If It Happened to You

[movie zombie]

good article regarding self-defense, especially for women:

http://womenofcaliber.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/if-it-happened-to-you/

i don't remember which calgunner pointed out this website in the first place but i find it useful.

as always, the best defense is having an awareness of one's location, the location of others around one, lighting, etc.

for those that have not seen the movie Columbiana yet, i suggest it. there is a fight scene in it in which the young woman is fighting for her life and uses whatever is close to her.....impressive use of a toothbrush!

i would add that i have long hair.....and i'm aware of the dangers that poses. however, i often wear it up and i secure the hair with a sharp object of either wood or metal.....easily available should it be necessary to seek the nearest object.

[Steyrlp10]

for those that have not seen the movie Columbiana yet, i suggest it. there is a fight scene in it in which the young woman is fighting for her life and uses whatever is close to her.....impressive use of a toothbrush!

I saw it and wished she had a fork! The other close quarter fight I thought that was good was The Kingdom with Jennifer Garner aka The Alias Chick.

[movie zombie]

perhaps we should all start carrying forks...metal, of course! actually, not a bad idea....i used to travel with a cork screw between the seat and car door.

[Shellshocker66]

I don't agree with the article at all when they move onto "being in the car" and running into something. First never EVER get in the car! If your going to get shot get it over with right there in public! If someone is wanting to get you alone in a car then they don't have a good plan for you! I myself rather take a chance of it being a bluff, a bad shot, or like I said quick death opposed to a long drawn out torture at the hands of a maniac in some secluded spot. Most criminals like easy targets and if you act like one and comply they will take full advantage of that. Fight right there and scream like a banshee!

[onequickshift]

Emerson did a nice little class not to long ago (Jen G was HOT in that movie...), I loved how she had the knife! Practice Practice in whatever one may choose to do to prepare themselves for such occurances.