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Protecting the Vulnerable (Part Three)

20 Mar 202320 Feb 2023

Once an elderly person completes their PSDA (Protection Self Defense Assessment), you can determine the best way to help them learn to protect themselves. Here's the first step that I…

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Protecting the Vulnerable (Part Two)

20 Feb 20234 Mar 2023

The first thing I recommend in protecting the elderly is to conduct a Personal Self Defense Assessment (PSDA). As for who are the "elderly," please read the first part of…

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Responding to Threats: Level Seven

7 Jun 202127 Sep 2021

In the last part of our series we looked at Threat Level Six which is where someone intends to cause you or someone else Serious Bodily Harm. If you haven't read that…

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Responding to Threats: Level Six

26 Apr 202120 Sep 2021

In the last part of our series we looked at Threat Level Five which is where restraining an attacker won't work, so you have to respond with techniques that cause temporary incapacitation. If…

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Responding to Threats: Level Five

15 Mar 202113 Sep 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 20216 Sep 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…