Su Ericksen is a first degree TaeKwonDo black belt and has taught self defense workshops. She lives in the Midwest with her family and works at a large medical center in the cardiology clinic. To read more on this subject please visit her website: Self Defense-4-Women.com You may contact her through her website.
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A healthy relationship will help insure your own personal safety by having a life partner to love and cherish you. It will also help you avoid domestic violence situations.
Identifying traits of a potential partner that indicate their tendency toward domestic violence can help you avoid this dangerous situation. The earlier you recognize these traits the safer it is to end the relationship.
The tenets of Taekwondo are a code of conduct to observe while learning and practicing this martial art. Taekwondo is an honorable art that emphasizes respect for the instructors, fellow students and oneself. Serious study regarding the tenets of Taekwondo and Korean terminology should be implemented as well as the physical practice of the techniques.
Don't take your personal safety for granted. Take charge with these five easy to learn self defense tactics to help keep you safe.
Whether we carry self defense weapons or use the improvised weapons at hand- including your hand- we all need a plan if the situation presents itself. Be prepared to defend yourself and those you care for by being familiar with what can be used as a weapon and how to use it.
Jeet Kun Do means “The Way of the Intercepting Fist”. It is a combat system and philosophy developed by Bruce Lee after researching various fighting styles. Bruce Lee stated that his concept isn’t adding more and more to form a system, but rather a winnowing out or refining; casting off what is useless. One of the basic concepts of JKD is that a fighter should do whatever is necessary to defend him/herself no matter where the techniques came from.
In a Self Defense Situation Attacking Pressure Points Can Help a Smaller Victim Defend Against a Larger, Stronger Attacker. Knowing Where These Nerve Centers are and How to Attack Them Can Provide the Edge You Need to Escape.
Hwa Rang Do is an ancient combat skill recent brought out to the public after 2000 years. Fifty eight generations have past it down from Buddhist monk to Buddhist monk in remote temples in the Korean mountains.
Hwa Sang Do is The Way of the Flowering Knight. Until recently was only practiced in the remote mountain temples of Korea by Buddhist monks, passed down for fifty eight generations. Is it an effective from of self defense?
Battered Woman Syndrome appears to be the product of legal advocacy and not science. It was first proposed in the 1970s to help defend abused women who are tried for killing their abusers. Is Battered Woman Syndrome an effective legal defense?

