Often I receive emails asking my advice on various topics involvingaltercations with people.
I’ll share one of their stories here.
Her name is Sally and she had just pulled into a parking space at alocal mall.
Sally sat in her car for a moment collecting her thoughts beforegoing into the store. Her two children were in the back seat.
Suddenly there was a bump, bump on the driver side of her vehicle.
When Sally looked out her side window she saw a woman standingthere with the car door open all the way, still resting against theside of Sally’s car.
Sally got mad, as the woman said, “Do you have a problem?”
“Yeah, your door is scratching my car. Please move it back from mycar.” Replied Sally.
The other woman said, “Can’t you wait, I’m trying to get out of mycar,” as she continued get out, taking her sweet time. Perhaps ittook the other woman longer because of her big butt, Sally pondered.
Finally Sally started her car, prompting the other woman to moveher door and her big butt out of the way.
Sally then backed into another space about 4 spaces down and acrossfrom the big butt, door scratching woman.
Sally dialed her husband on her cell phone as she continuedwatching the other lady.
Her husband gave her the dispatch phone number to the local policedepartment, which Sally called.
Then after one and a half hours the police finally showed up,however the other lady had left just a couple of minutes after shesaw Sally calling on the cell phone, so there was nothing they could
do.
During and after the encounter Sally felt both fear and anger. Shewished she had handled it differently, however she never thoughtabout being in that type of a situation before and didn’t know whatto do.
Perhaps you have experienced a similar encounter.
Well, here’s a few insider tips to help you be better prepared forthe next time, possibly even preventing the door ding fromhappening, at least while you’re in your car.
Prevention:
Whenever I’m in my vehicle and I see a car pulling in next to me orsomeone about to get into the car next to me to leave, I alert theother person so that they know someone is in my vehicle.
I do one or more of the following to prevent damage from other cardoors:
1. Turn off and on my headlights (not shining on the person (s) though).
2. Activate my car alarm which flashes the lights and makes a beep.
3. Roll down my windows and talk loud and/or make eye contact withthe other person briefly.
4. Open my car door, acting as though I’m about to get out, butthen I let them pass by first, politely insisting on being the gentleman.
The reason I do this is because most people seem to be more carefulwhen they know someone is watching, even the belligerent ones.
They just get embarrassed and turn the tables by getting angry atyou to take the spotlight off of themselves, hoping that you won’tsay anything.
I hope I’ve made you a little more prepared.
Stay safe!
Al Abidin P.S. Stop by our website, if you haven't lately. Al Abidin Director of Training, Cutting Edge Combat Self Defense for the real world! Since 1998.P.O. Box 404 Lakewood, CA. 90714 USA (866) 276-3350 http://www.hikuta.com/
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Two Self-Defense Tips
Six of us were lying on icy concrete. It was an unforgettable landing as we were scattered over the flight line at Sheppard Air Force Base.
In my last email, I told you about an air force tradition of tackling anyone who was on their last day at the base. Unfortunately, the guy I tried to tackle scooped me up on his shoulder like a wrestler or grappler would.
Then four other guys tackled him, which made all six of us fall to the ground.
Here’s how to defend against the previous two attacks.
Although, this instance was horse play. These are common attacks used on the street.
A wrestler/grappler picking you up.
Whenever someone drops their head down as they mover toward you, this is a sign that they are going to grab you to pick you up or to take you down.
As soon as you see their head drop toward you, it’s best to quickly skip backwards with both feet as you bring both of your hands in front of you to shove him backwards.
Use your open palms to slam into his shoulders to stop his forward motion.
If he continues moving, step off to the side and let him go past you. Also, it might be a good idea to try to trip him as he goes by.
Multiple attackers coming at you.
The best defense for this is start moving and don’t stop. If you stand still you’ll be an easy target. If however you’re moving all around like a pin ball inside a pinball game it will be hard for the group to attack you. They’ll have no alternative but to attack you using one person at a time.
To see what I mean try the following exercise with four people: Have them surround you and then start and keep moving all around and at the same time have two or more of them try to quickly touch you, simulating a punch. They will find it very difficult if you are constantly moving AND changing directions.
If you continue moving it will be difficult even for that one person to attack you.
Another thing you should do to any attacker that gets close to you is to hit him in the chin. A great way to do this is to stomp your forward foot (foot that is closest to the attacker) as you quickly slam your open palm up under the attacker’s chin. This will drive him back and away.
Do the same for the next attacker and the next, and so on until you get away.
Remember for you to be effective you’ll have to keep moving around like a pinball inside a pinball game.
Have a great day my friend and fellow group attack evader!
Al Abidin
P.S. Have you seen the new updates to our website? Go to http://www.hikuta.com/index.html to see them now.
In my last email, I told you about an air force tradition of tackling anyone who was on their last day at the base. Unfortunately, the guy I tried to tackle scooped me up on his shoulder like a wrestler or grappler would.
Then four other guys tackled him, which made all six of us fall to the ground.
Here’s how to defend against the previous two attacks.
Although, this instance was horse play. These are common attacks used on the street.
A wrestler/grappler picking you up.
Whenever someone drops their head down as they mover toward you, this is a sign that they are going to grab you to pick you up or to take you down.
As soon as you see their head drop toward you, it’s best to quickly skip backwards with both feet as you bring both of your hands in front of you to shove him backwards.
Use your open palms to slam into his shoulders to stop his forward motion.
If he continues moving, step off to the side and let him go past you. Also, it might be a good idea to try to trip him as he goes by.
Multiple attackers coming at you.
The best defense for this is start moving and don’t stop. If you stand still you’ll be an easy target. If however you’re moving all around like a pin ball inside a pinball game it will be hard for the group to attack you. They’ll have no alternative but to attack you using one person at a time.
To see what I mean try the following exercise with four people: Have them surround you and then start and keep moving all around and at the same time have two or more of them try to quickly touch you, simulating a punch. They will find it very difficult if you are constantly moving AND changing directions.
If you continue moving it will be difficult even for that one person to attack you.
Another thing you should do to any attacker that gets close to you is to hit him in the chin. A great way to do this is to stomp your forward foot (foot that is closest to the attacker) as you quickly slam your open palm up under the attacker’s chin. This will drive him back and away.
Do the same for the next attacker and the next, and so on until you get away.
Remember for you to be effective you’ll have to keep moving around like a pinball inside a pinball game.
Have a great day my friend and fellow group attack evader!
Al Abidin
P.S. Have you seen the new updates to our website? Go to http://www.hikuta.com/index.html to see them now.
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