Reimagining Women's Self-Defense: Protective Offense

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There is much more women can do to protect themselves from the rougher side of life-other than kicking and punching

Protective Offense (the focus of this book) is where self-defense meets common sense, where self-awareness, situational awareness, strategy, and problem solving coincide. Protective Offense is a new paradigm of empowerment for women who want to revel in the chess game of life, dismantle anxiety, see conflict as opportunity, and raise engaged, resilient children who won't become victims (or criminals).

Protective Offense is the culmination of thirty years of study in the martial arts and self-defense. It is a contribution to the overall project of equality, safety, and dynamic living for women and families. Fighting is only one tenth of self-defense, but it hoards ninety percent of the spotlight. There is so much more women can do to protect themselves.

Expect to learn how to:

• Break down the process of violent crime
• Stay off the criminal radar
• Connect intimately to your intuition so you can it use without guilt
• Recognize the signs of emotionally abusive people
• Recognize some of the tells and tricks of violent criminals
• Respond as early as possibleto a confrontation by multiple attackers
• Understand how weapons are used and what you can do if confronted by one
• Maintain your cool andnavigate confusion and shock under duress
• Know which physical techniques to count on in a fight for your life
• Know which physical techniques NOT to count on in a fight for your life
• Grasp some of the most important legal ramifications of physically protecting yourself against violence
• Include specific considerations of parenthood in your self-defense practice
• Model an aware and proactive mindset for children
• Evaluate self-defense coursesand instructors so you can make educated decisions
• Think about how to raise children who will never present themselves as unsuspecting victims, or victimize others, and who will act conscientiously if they see something happening
• Help to engage andencourage others to reshape women's self-defense training

As a generalization we could say women are more connected to their own mortality. Women are more aware of danger in everyday life than men are. Regardless of the reasons-our biological connection to life, that we are smaller, physically weaker, generally have less social or political power than our male counterparts, or that we are often responsible for others-we just worry about safety more often than the average guy. Ask a man how often he thinks about safety or worries about going out alone. Then ask a woman the very same questions.

Self-defense for women is not and should not be taught the same as self-defense for men.

Author Bio

TjaVanWicklen is a 30-year veteran martial artist with a background in edged weapons, firearms and wilderness survival. Shes seen martial arts though many lenses, as an instructor, personal trainer, EMT and manager of a stunt performance team. Shes trained with elite military and law enforcement personnel and was a founding member of Conflict Research Group, a blog and information site run by a collective of well-known safety professionals. Shes won several grand championships, been featured in magazines like Mademoiselle and Black Belt and interviewed on Television for ESPN, Good Day New York, Veria Living, and others. For more than five years, she managed a martial arts production company that created and performed over 100 stunt performances for major events, movie premieres, and film festivals worldwide. Rory Milleris a writer and teacher living peacefully in the Pacific Northwest. He has served for seventeen years in corrections as an officer and sergeant working maximum security, booking and mental health; leading a tactical team; and teaching subjects ranging from Defensive Tactics and Use of Force to First Aid and Crisis Communications with the Mentally Ill. For fourteen months he was an advisor to the Iraqi Corrections System working in Baghdad and Kurdish Sulaymaniyah. Somewhere in the midst of that he received a BS degree in Psychology; served in the National Guard as a Combat Medic (91A/B); earned college varsities in judo and fencing and received a mokuroku in jujutsu. He has drunk chichu with reformed cannibals and 18-year-old scotch with generals...and loves long sword fights on the beach.