Self Defense For Girls - Target Focused Survival Skills
The Fighting Arts forGirls – Target-Focused Survival.
You might not know much about survival stress, but, for the sake of brevity, let me just say that once you are attacked from close quarters – especially a spontaneous, surprise attack – your SNS (Sympathetic Nervous System) will flood your entire system with stress hormones, which, again to keep it brief, will pretty much shut down your ability to think exactly when you need to think and act as well and as quickly as possible.
Assuming you are not preparing yourself to respond quickly (fight) every time you answer your door; every time you turn a blind corner; every time you get into or go out of a car; every time you walk down a school hallway where escape routes and barricades are few and far between, you need to rely on Principles of the Fighting Arts. Principles are great because they are designed to serve you well no matter what the circumstance.
TIME PROVEN AND RELIABLE PRINCIPLES.
- Breathe Tactically Upon First Touch (understand that 9 out of 10 victims freeze when first touched and understand that you require oxygenated blood flowing to your brain to act).
- Use First Touch as a Trigger to Explode Into Action.
- Always Look For Open Targets and Hit Them Hard and Hit Them Often.
- There are other key principles, but let’s focus on this principle.
- Assuming you are not training hard in the Fighting Arts, you must rely on your eyes Many Vic’s close their eyes and just flail away in a slapping motion. Please resist this urge. Keep your eyes open, keep breathing, and become—
- Task Oriented. You can do this. You must do this. Seeking out Primary and Secondary Targets is within your power, no matter how much stress you are under. If the Bad Guy has both your arms under control, ask yourself If he’s using both hands, well, heck, what targets can he be blocking. The answer: Zero! A Bad Guy can only block two or three possible targets at any one time.
- STAY FOCUSED. There may be times when the Bad Guy has your striking levers tied up, but, if you stay focused and take your punishment for a while, one or more of the following targets will open up. Wait, keep breathing,.
TARGETS. Primary Targets will be written in bold print. These are targets that can cause the Bad Guy to stop breathing, seeing and/or moving toward you. Secondary Targets are easier to hit, and, when hit, will often open up the Primaries.
Ø Eyes.
Ø Throat.
Ø Groin.
Ø Knees.
Ø Nose.
Ø Ears.
Ø Temple.
Ø Back of Head.
Ø Chin (at the hinge).
Ø Sides of Neck (Brachial Plexus Nerve Motor Point).
Ø Jugular Notch (just below Adam’s Apple).
Ø Clavicles (easily assesses and easily broken).
Ø Forearms.
Ø Wrists.
Ø Top of Hands.
Ø Fingers (twisted/broken).
Ø Stomach.
Ø Obliques (Pinch the “love handles” when the Bad Guy grabs you from behind).
Ø Kidneys.
Ø Insides and outsides of thighs (Femoral Nerve Motor Point and Common Peroneal Nerve Motor Point).
Ø Back of Legs (Tibial Nerve Motor Point).
Ø Upper, middle and lower shins (Superficial Peroneal Nerve Motor Point).
Ø Top of feet.
I might have missed one or two. Fact is, as you can see, there are a bajillion targets you can hit. Hit a target well and other will open up.
Good Luck. Stay Safe. Until Next Time.
Hammer
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Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Harry A Widger
Filed under: Bullying, College, Date Rape, Fighting, High School, K-6, Parents, People Involved, Predators, School Grade Level, School Safety Issues, Students, Violence
Survival Stress may occur in cases where your survival or health is threatened, where you are put under pressure, or where you experience some unpleasant or challenging event.
Always remember to sing, Solar pleaxus, instep, nose and groin, thats come useful in a good few self defense situations for me.