Self Defense Techniques – Grace Martial Arts

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Responding to Threats: Level Five

15 Mar 202112 Mar 2021

In the last part of our series we looked at Threat Level Four which is where you are with other people (e.g. family, friends, strangers who are victims). You could run…

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Responding to Threats: Level Four

1 Feb 202124 Jan 2021

In the last part of our series we looked at Threat Level Three which is where someone approaches you physically with the intent to cause you harm. If you haven't read…

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Basic Self Defense – For Children And Teens

30 Nov 20201 Apr 2021

The first step in Basic Self Defense is Awareness. You can read about that here and here. We want to focus now on Basic Self Defense for children and teens.…

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Basic Self Defense – Three Awares

19 Oct 202031 Mar 2021

The first step in Basic Self Defense is Awareness. You can read about that first part here and watch our video on YouTube. The second step is to understand The…

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Basic Self Defense – Awareness

7 Sep 202030 Mar 2021

We live in dangerous times. I first said that to a self-defense class 56 years ago this month. We still live in dangerous times. In fact, we've lived in dangerous…

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Four T’s of Self Defense

15 Jun 20202 Apr 2021

Self-defense training follows a time-honored and proven system that includes four T's: Teach - Teach students self-defense techniques Train - Train students in applying self-defense techniques Test - Test students in using self-defense…

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Self Defense 90-10

20 Jul 201929 Mar 2021

I often tell students in our Grace Martial Arts classes or clinics that self defense is 90% awareness and 10% technique. Let's see how that works in a variety of…

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Responding to Threats: Level Three

27 Apr 201927 Apr 2019

In the last part of our series we looked at Threat Level Two which includes high-level verbal threats that are menacing and possibly criminal. If you haven't read that article…

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Responding to Threats: Level Two

9 Mar 20194 Mar 2019

In the last part of our series we looked at Threat Level One which included low-level verbal threats like name calling, insults and other verbal bullying. If you haven't read…

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Responding to Threats: Level One

9 Feb 20199 Feb 2019

In the first part of our series about Responding to Threats we looked at our Legal Rights. If you haven't read that yet, please click here to read it before…