Tip 10: Maintain Eye Contact Another basic tip that you need is the fact that you can often keep aggressors at bay by holding their eye contact. You are seeing them and that in itself can be intimidating to those that consider attacking. While we will go into more details about how to react to

Tip 9: Look Confident Being confident is a key element to distracting and convincing a possible attacker not to bother with you. Hold your head up high. Keep your chin up. Pay attention to your surroundings. Those that are easy targets are much more likely to be a target than those that are confident and

Tip 8: Don’t Get Into the Wrong Car It sounds simple enough, but when your feet are killing you after a long day at work and you think you know the person pulling up next to you, it may seem like a good idea. If you think that this could not happen, here’s an example

Tip #7: Dress Conservatively As women, we want to be beautiful and to have amazing looking clothing. The problem with this is that it puts you at a greater risk when you do have it on. For this reason, do not wear anything that is overly revealing. Some men, the bad type of course, see

Tip 6: Prepare Yourself Correctly While we live in a day and age where women have equal rights to men, that doesn’t mean that we share the same body make up and that means that they are likely to be stronger than you, especially when they want what you have. A key element here is

Self Defence Tip 5: React To Problem Situations It is essential that when you find yourself in a problematic or potentially problematic situation that you get out of it. For example, in a previous lesson, Melissa recognized that a man could be planning to hurt her. Recognizing the fact is one thing. The next act

Self Defence Tip 4: Pay Attention to Your Body’s Signals Your body has the ability to be aware of troublesome situations. This is best explained by an example, such as Melissa’s. She had to walk home from work one evening about 8pm. This was not the normal thing but with her car breaking down, it

Self Defence Tip 3: Keep Alert! Another mistake that many women make is not staying alert. In this day and age of ipods and ear buds, it is quite easy to lose track of what is happening around you even in some of the worst possible situations out there. A simple walk to the corner

Self Defence Tip 2: Companionship Is Essential While being alone is important to your sanity, it may be too risky in some situations. For example, during the day in a public park, a walk alone has no problem as there are others around that could help in a situation in which you need the help.

Self Defence Tip 1: Do What Mum Taught You The first and the most obvious tip is one that everyone needs to remember. Protect yourself at all costs by putting yourself in better positions. For example, it is likely that your mother, at some point, told you never to walk down that dark alley. Even