the greatest muscle is between our ears

using our heads will most often prevent dangerous and deadly situations,,,,

For the lady who asked for advice... I highly recommend u and urs go to a sd class. Woman are taught to be nice and not show anger/aggressiveness. U need to unlearn that. In public men/strangers can also make sexual remarks, etc. Yelling 'f off' works well

yup brain is important in every situation :-)

ah its aight...i told her to dump her a$$ n she did...

I wonder how women would behave when they master the art of martial arts. Gives me goosebumps

u wanna know..? watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQ76Sv-aNs

I learned only a few simple moves for self defense and if you have to use just one of them on some jerk, they back off fast because they don't know what else you know how to do.

A man I was sitting in a car with was getting real pushy and fresh and handsy with me and he would not stop when I said NO. I grabbed his wrist and secured his elbow against the back of the car seat and then bent his wrist downward causing him a lot of sudden pain. He was shocked and he backed off of me real fast. It took very little strength on my part to execute this move.

I was kind to him. I could have easily broken his wrist.

I know some pressure spots , and holding my keys between my fingers,,,etc,,,

those are simple things women can learn, I never considered myself as having learned 'self defense' per se though

Guess you haven't heard of Cynthia Rothrock aka China O'Brien Rothrock, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Q, Lucy Lawless to name a few

Over the years I've attended a few self defense classes, but can't remember a thing now.

Even had three months of karate where the instructor taught us what part of the body to hit to make someone vomit but can't remember what body part to hit.

good thread.
if i was to have a daughter i`d definitely have her in martial arts classes at a young age, carrying mace, etc. (brake cleaner comes in small canisters and can easily **** up someones ****).
more importantly, it`s always wise to not go anywhere alone (yeah, not always possible, but i remember Lily Burke (tragic, horrible story)).
keep your head on a swivel, always

I agree Sloe, I do have a daughter & two sons, I taught them all to use thier eyes in the back of thier heads and common sense. My 14 yr old had to once, when 3 older kids tried to jump him coming home from school one day. He knew something was up when they started walking real close to him and talking smack. ...he yelled "look at that!!" and pointed accross the street, it gave him a few seconds enough to shove the one and take off running. Thank god he out ran them as they chased him about 1/2 block then they turned the other way.

I grew up in a neighborhood full of boys so we were always wrestling and fighting and nobody ever held back because I was a girl...I learned to fight dirty and fight to win...I have a daughter and when we are horsing around i teach a few things here and there that I have picked up over the years. I'm 4'll" so not only did i have to worry about weight of a person but also their reach...so I learned to be quick and I learned to take a hit because be able to take a hit is just as important as learning to avoid one