Survival Tips And Self Defense Techniques You Must Know

As we enter adult life, we come to assume a lot of responsibilities that we weren’t even aware of previously. As a newbie adult, you learn that you have a financial responsibility now wherein you need to not just support yourself, but your parents as well. But what about the responsibility that you have towards yourself? It’s one that needs to be your topmost priority: it’s about keeping yourself safe as you face the outside world.

These days, there are a lot of weird psychopaths walking among normal people or rather wearing the mask of normal people. They are demons in disguise, and we know that there are mechanisms in place such as the law and order wing of the government who’d handle such people for us. But, when you’re face to face with a demon, you cannot rely on a group of designated officers sitting kilometers away, can you?

Therefore, it’s up to us to keep ourselves safe. We suggest that the first step that you take to start prepping yourself up for adult life be by learning simple self-defense techniques. It will keep you and the ones around you, safe. Here’s a list of survival tips and self-defense techniques that one must and should know about:

Prevention

This too is a self-defense technique peeps! The best way to use this self-defense technique is to make sure you don’t enter such a situation where you’d be in danger, in the first place. Here are a few tips for this:

• When you approach your house door or your car and you’re alone, look around for a few seconds. Make sure there’s nobody suspicious around.
• Make it a point to not wear any precious jewelry while you’re traveling alone.
• Make it a habit to park your car in a well-lit area. And have the keys in your hand. You don’t want to reach the car door and search for your keys and miss out on noticing someone who’s sneaking right behind you.
• Never walk down a dark alley, alone at night.
• We never know who is stalking us. Therefore don’t make your commute routes predictable. Once in a while, take a different route just to discourage a stalker who might already be observing and memorizing the pattern.

Basic Techniques You Need To Be Aware Of

Remember that an attacker is an attacker. It can be an aged man or even a woman. If you sense direct danger, defend yourself. Don’t think twice about it. Here are a few ways to pin down an attacker:

• The Eyes:

Any harm, when done to the eyes, can leave the attacker disoriented, giving you enough time to escape. Poke their eyes with your knuckles or fingers. Don’t do a trial and error here. Just hit their eyes real hard.

• The Nose:

If you’re somebody with long arms or if you have the confidence that you can reach the nasal bones, go ahead! With the help of your palm’s heel hit the nose in the upward direction. If the attacker is positioned behind you, then make use of your elbows.

• The Ears:

You might not be aware of this, but supposedly, ears are one of the weakest points of the human body. Do an ear clap. Make a strong move by hitting the attacker right in his ears. This will force him to bend sideways. You can top this off by blowing a punch towards him with your other hand.

• Throat And Neck:

Haven’t we seen in movies how hitting the veins around the neck can make a person collapse? It’s true you see, a lot of our main veins (the carotid and the jugular) are located at the side of our neck. Hit the neck with your hand as if you were to break a brick. The blow needs to be short, yet powerful.

• Torso:

The center part of the torso is another place where you can attack the demon you’re facing. It’s the part which is under the rib region but right above your tummy. Hit the torso with your fist or your elbow, putting your entire body strength behind it.

• Legs And Knees:

You can successfully incapacitate the attacker by giving him/her a hard kick in the shin or the knee region. These two areas are the safest regions where the attacker cannot grab your foot.
Your body parts can be used as weapons. The head, knees, and elbows are naturally hard and can be used for self-defense.

Setting Strong Verbal Boundaries

Verbal skills are an excellent form of self-defense. If a predator starts talking dirty to you, he’s likely just interviewing you to gauge if you are an easy mark for them or not. After all, words are capable of inducing fear. So, the next time somebody is very offensive to you, in a threatening manner, show them you are strong by responding in a very confident and calm way. This will make the attacker think that he wouldn’t be successful in his mission with you.

The techniques mentioned are useful for both children as well as adults. Make sure that you enlighten your friends and family about these easy self-defense techniques. After all, prevention is better than cure.

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