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From: bev@hlexa.UUCP (Beverly Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Self Defense
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Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 09:28:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 17 09:28:12 1984
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Advice to women to stay away from situations in which they might be mugged,
or to run, doesn't help at all.  We all know that much.  Martial arts
won't necessarily help alot either but it can't hurt, and its always
better to have a little confidence (through practice) and maybe a little
skill.  Marial arts are good for womens self defense because they are not
as based on brute strength as most western forms of fighting.

Actually the two best tidbits of advice I ever heard about self defense 
for women were:

1)  Two fingers in the attacker's eyes.  Use a good strong thrust, but
it doesn't take much.

2)  Pretend you're going to feel him up and get two fingers around the balls
then just press them together firmly.  This should be devastating enouph
to knock him to his knees, maybe even out altogether.