{"id":1367,"date":"2014-01-12T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?page_id=1367"},"modified":"2014-01-12T19:00:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T19:00:35","slug":"self-defence-for-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/mma-articles\/technique\/self-defence-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Defence for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">For entertainment purposes only<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;The Fence&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Fence &#8211; this is a concept developed by a guy called Geoff Thompson.<br \/>\nIf someone is acting aggressively, or is following you and you confront them, make sure when you&#8217;re talking, you gesture (casually) with your hands near your face.<br \/>\nTake a look at this video from <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">2 minutes in<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_4a3dscMbjY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=115&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If the person carries on acting aggressively<br \/>\nTake a step back and say &#8220;hey, I don&#8217;t want any trouble&#8221;<br \/>\nIf they step forward again; you should probably hit them with a palm strike or a jab to the eyes or whatever your favourite strike is.<br \/>\nRun if you can, otherwise you may have to follow up with more strikes<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Grip Breaks<\/strong><br \/>\nIf it&#8217;s too late for The Fence, and someone already has hold of you; it would certainly help if you knew how to break grips.<br \/>\nIf someone has hold of you and won&#8217;t let go however, I think you&#8217;d be better of striking them to free yourself.<br \/>\nIf the person is tall, and holds you &#8216;out of range&#8217;, try and remember this technique, in this ace retro video:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tfGSghM5HUg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Eye Jabs<\/strong><br \/>\nJust flicking your fingers in someone&#8217;s eyes will normally make them let go to turn away<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4nR_BShAh4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Ear slaps<\/strong><br \/>\nCup your hand and slap him\/her on the ear.<br \/>\nCupping your hand should capture some air, which will be pushed into his\/her ear and possibly knock him\/her off balance or damage the ear drum<br \/>\nIf he\/she blocks the ear slap, throw an eye jab with the other hand straight away<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Palm Strikes<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Cup your hand again, but this time drive your palm straight into the chin or nose.<br \/>\nYou can even do an open hand strike that hits the chin with the palm and the fingers strike the eyes<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Throat strikes<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; I&#8217;ve never been taught a throat strike, but it looks like you basically do a horizontally karate chop the throat.<br \/>\nAgain, if it gets blocked, follow up with another strike with the other hand<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9LLtNuaCruU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Head Butts<\/strong><br \/>\nIf all else fails, see if you can pull one of these off:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyEB4eTYuxg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Elbows<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can do lots of devastating elbows from standing. However, if you&#8217;re never going to practice them, a downward elbow would be one to try and remember.<\/p>\n<p>If you end up on the floor, they can be very effective too, check out 20 secs into this video<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aHBbQk1S83Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re life is in danger, you may have to rake the eyes and bite to get away. \u00a0It&#8217;s a bit technical but try and go on your side slightly and push yourself away:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7u4deVa-z0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t train any martial art, and want to be able to defend yourself, then I think you pretty much need to fight &#8216;dirty&#8217;.<br \/>\nHeadbutts, bites, eye rakes and jabs, are all band in Mixed Martial Arts because they cause so much damage.<br \/>\nTechniques like eye jabs are also fairly simple, so you don&#8217;t need to practice them a million times to make them effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For entertainment purposes only &#8211; &#8220;The Fence&#8221; The Fence &#8211; this is a concept developed by a guy called Geoff Thompson. 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