Over, Under, Sideways, and Put 'Em Down, Women's Knife Defense

EMPHASIS ON TECHNIQUE

You must remember that technique is not the determining factor in a fight. Who

applies the technique and who receives the technique are the primary

determinants. Ruthless determination will overshadow techniques or choice of

weapon “every” time. No, I can't state that as an absolute.

The will to win is more important than the skill to win. Mental attitude is crucial!

Determination is the only thing that will get you off the ground after being

stabbed, shot, or punched. No matter what techniques you end up

using(grappling ,punching, stabbing, or whatever)Your Fighting objective is to put

the opponent physically down on the ground. After you have accomplished this

goal, be certain he stays down. The time frame of the attack is usually very shortit

is often over in a matter of seconds. Keep this in mind when developing

offensive and defensive techniques and through all aspects of your training.

One of the things related to the topic of practical self-defense that has changed

in the last 40 years ( or 34 years since the book was originally published )

is that there are a lot more women participating in every form of practical selfdefense

( and also every form of martial arts ), including grappling, boxing,

professional “mixed martial art” fighters, etc. Unfortunately there are also many

more violent women in society today, including female bullies, some who choose

to use weapons, some who are skilled fighters, or at least fighters who are not

strangers to fighting. And there are a lot of females who have very little to no

experience with knowing how to fight and/or defend themselves...they usually

just have a big mouth, and a bad attitude, with pathetic fighting skills ( just like

a lot of males out in society )...Contrary to “back in the day” there are women who

can seriously hurt another woman in a fight and/or violent attack. ( and there

are some males that aren't immune from getting their ass kicked by a female

( and I don't mean a black eye, I mean sent to the hospital with serious injuries )

As soon as this book is published, I will be starting a program that will be

putting much more emphasis on women's self-defense / knife-defense

instruction, than on teaching males. But I will teach a select number of males.