ANTI AGGRESSION SELF-DEFENSE FOR WOMEN INNOVATIVE METHOD OF SELF PRO KRAV "More and more women are looking forward to learning how to defend themselves..." Is fear and panic the ferment of selfdefense? Is it a temporary and merely commercial phenomenon? Or is it the feeling of insecurity, as some closet thinkers say, what creates this fear of aggression? In other words, won't it be the horrors of society and its media parade the real cause of the gangrene of self-defense? Who holds the truth, if truth exists in this matter? Anyway, let's be very pragmatic and treat this problem more or less present among many women who are suffering from its side effects (insomnia, fear of being alone at home, going out at night or going to certain places, nausea, lack of confidence, and the list goes on...).
t's therefore a broad topic, if not a challenge, to present and make you feel like learning the Anti Aggression Self-Defense method For Women of Self Pro Krav or SPK. My intention is not that of approaching the subject from a philosophical, psychological or economic point of view, but from the realism of common assault that women can suffer. It is clear, for the sake of truth and without discrimination, that there is a marked difference between the physical attributes of men and women. Does this differentiation work against the female gender? Certainly, women are less macho and therefore they are more aware of their possibilities and their limitations. In other words, faced with the danger, women are more realistic. Moreover, when it comes to get out of a violent attack, they have fewer qualms to hit, bite or respond in the genital areas of men. Advantage or disadvantage, the question doesn't arise at the time of the assault, and any theory about it is superfluous. Let's be realistic in front of the danger of the street and the brutality of the attacks. Generally, women are not assailed in the same way as men since motivations for the aggression are often different. In most cases, the man who attacks a woman looks at his prey rather as an object of desire and lust, thinking he has enough physical superiority to
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reach his goal. But women are not as weak as you might think, and they are probably more determined than men. They also have some physical benefits associated with sex that they should know how to use, if needed, to get out of a dangerous situation. All they need is a more realistic training, based on simulations, in order to prepare them to get out of a bad situation. But we must be honest and tell them that the method is not a magic recipe, there is no such thing like a definitive blow by which women can become invincible. Nothing is ever safe, even if you are an expert or a combat sports champion, because we can't predict the imponderable or control fate. Therefore, let's stay being h u m b l e , b e c a u s e escaping
without losing honor, must remain the first and last choice, and only when this is not possible, the method may prove useful. For Captain Jacques Levinet, founder of Self Pro Krav, female module, and author of a book on the method, what happens when an attack is imminent? This phase is crucial to the way forward. Proper evaluation of the situation will determine the success or failure of the practice of our method. But how can we assess a situation of stress? We must exercise our minds with a relatively simple brain exercises, asking ourselves the following questions to manage the crisis: Why? When? Where? What? How much?
Reason for the aggression Is the attacker demanding money? If there is extreme risk of losing life, it's better to yield, while trying to collect as much information as possible to describe the
Self Defense aggressor so that he can be later identified. In case of sexual assault, your honor, but never your life, will deserve that you defend yourself. Finally, in the case of gratuitous violence, the degree of danger will make you choose between acting and escaping if the risk of sequels is too big.
Moment of the aggression The scene can occur during the day, in which case the visibility will enable you to better identify the perpetrator or perpetrators (physical features, number, etc.) as well as the possible ways out. On the contrary, if it happens at night, it goes without saying that you will not be able to pick up as much information as in the first case, but the tone of voice of the attacker will be a significant element. The more or less difficult weather conditions (rain, snow, wind, heat) also play a role, for example, a stifling heat or a slippery road, especially in case of persecution. We conduct training sessions in dim light or in fatigue situation so that trainees can get used to these special circumstances.
Scenario of the aggression If the place is open (street), it may be possible, although not sure because cowardice is commonplace in these cases, to count on the immediate environment because of the shouts due to the outsourcing of the victim's inner reaction. On the other hand, if the aggression occurs in a closed environment (apartment, private place), you can only rely on your inner strength and lucidity to escape. The scene can also occur in a crowded location (neighborhood, stadium, street demonstrations) or in a risky zone (supermarket, shopping area). In these cases, we must consider the movement of the masses and the number of attackers. This situation requires more suspicion and smell, since courage is not usually characteristic of criminal fact witnesses.
Surroundings of the aggression It's necessary to get accustomed to the environment settings of the aggression. A desert place will necessarily require from you to have a broad view of 360째 to find a trivial support element (sand, water, a piece of wood, a stone, a chair ...) that could help you answering the attack. The crowd, even if they don't help you in a direct way, can protect you and take you away from the aggressor. Considering the apparent danger of assailant (or assailants), firearms or knives, is also a key element of the "How?" Finally, the emergency exits must always be your primary concern to be able to run away.
Perpetrators of the aggression The number of aggressors is crucial to position yourself if you can't run away. You must always be placed at the ends of the group to carry out a first response that facilitates your escape as soon as possible. Being able to describe the attackers is also a
main component of the female Self Pro Krav training method, very useful to later identify the perpetrator or perpetrators of the crime and begin to repair the mental and physical damage. The typical pattern of our exercises begins by determining the gender, ethnic type, apparent age, size, corpulence, color and haircut, special signs (shaved head, beard, mustache, way of walking), clothes (type, color, etc.), prescription glasses or sunglasses, voice pitch and accent, and the use of a particular slang or language. To this must be added the direction and means of escaping of the attackers. For the founder of Self Pro Krav or SPK, aggressions often begin with a brutal phase of insults or demands. An inevitable dialogue is then set. In our courses we insert this type of relationship so that women get accustomed to this problem which is structured as follows: breathing, language, lies and voice intonation.
Breathing Without a controlled breathing, there's no possible action. You don't
breathe naturally in cases of violence. Our discipline favors abdominal breathing that permits centralize inspiration in the belly area to handle stress and bring the energy to the ground. The goal is to "stick to the ground" and avail ourselves of the telluric energy, instead of breathing only through the pulmonary respiration, which causes a loss of balance and capacity of reaction.
The expert advice The way of breathing in case of aggression is: long pulmonary inspiration through the nose with your mouth closed, abdominal air lock with your mouth open, slow abdominal exhalation through the mouth during the dialogue phase, dry exhalation through the mouth in the moment of response, relaxation and resumption of pulmonary inspiration, for maximum ventilation, once the danger has gone or during flight. Training allows you gradually to reach this goal, and the results are spectacular, especially at the level of confidence. Conversely, bad breathing reduces the visual field of the victim: it's the "tunnel effect",
Self Defense well known by professionals. We no longer control the body or capture the opportunities to escape or response, we focus our mind. The result is a general immobility which annihilates any will to act. Our method greatly helps women, in general more gifted than men for changes in the respiratory rate. Bad breathing is synonymous with constricted vision, imbalance and impotence. Crisis accelerates breathing and causes panic. *** Regular seminars for women and training courses to become instructor are provided by the expert at the Jacques Levinet International Federation of Self Defense and Police Training (AJL).
*** Coaching and training online by Captain Jacques Levinet in several languages are also available on request. Mail-contact@academielevinet.com Website - www.selfdefensepourlesfemmes.com Tel. +33467075044