Your body: the most effective, diverse and accessible weapon

violent attack techniquespredator behavior

Nov 17

Written By Bre Lasley

Don’t rely on ANYTHING or ANYONE other than yourself for protection.

Your VOICE, HANDS, ELBOWS, KNEES, TEETH, HIPS and FEET are the most fundamental resources on your body.

The goal is to use your strengths against an attackers weaknesses.

ALways

ACT on your intuition
BE ALERT
BE AWARE
BE LOUD
BE A FIGHTER

Voice:

Practice yelling from your diaphragm not your throat!
Repetitively yell, “NO!”
Take deep belly breaths in between to remind yourself where yelling needs to come from.

Hands:

gouge eyes
strike throat
grab testicles
pinch behind the arm
pull hair
break pinky fingers
Use the base of your balm to upward strike his nose.

Punching (unless mastered or wearing a Bia guarded defense ring) isn’t using your strength against weakness. Chances are if you punch a man he’ll punch you back a lot harder or you’ll injure your hand and lose ability to practice previously mentioned strength moves.

Elbows:

The front and back two inches of the elbow are two of the hardest hitting parts of the body.
You can swing your elbows up, down, forward, backward and to the side.
THROW THOSE ELBOWS... UP SIDE TO SIDE (unintended, but I’m keepin’ it)

Knees:

Use the TOP of your knee to hit the groin or anywhere else on the body that it’s closest to.

Teeth:

BITE BITE BITE. Anywhere/everywhere.
Fun fact- I bit my attacker so hard my teeth touched. GO HARD.

HIPs:

Use your hips to help stabilize your stance while you fight back.
If he’s on top of you, use your hips to lift him up enough for you to lean side to side to slide out from under him.

FEET:

Use your feet to stabilize your stance!!
Keep your weight on the balls NOT the heels.
The heel of your foot can be a great resource to stomp on the top of his foot, strike a kick at his groin or face if you are on the ground trying to get out from under him.

The strike zone for a man is the centerline of his body. Meaning from his head to his groin.

ALWAYS KEEP FIGHTING. ALWAYS. DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO TO GET AWAY/GET HELP.

For further training and information check out BIA DEFENSE.

Until then, be mighty.

Bre

Bre Lasley