February 11, 2012, Toronto, Canada - In this SAFE International self defense blog. we would like to extend a special offer on our SAFE International Women's Self Defense Parties for the summer of 2012. SAFE International has taught 150,000 women since 1994. SAFE International self defense parties are quickly becoming one of our most popular course offerings. In a time when there are so many homeparties selling jewelry, culinary products, plus much more, what could be more important than a party that could potentially save your life and the lives of your friends and/or loved ones.
What do you stand to gain by hosting a SAFE International Women's Self Defense Party? Firstly, you and your friends will leave with a better understanding of how to avoid becoming a victim and the confidence to deal with conflict should it arise. Attackers look for women who appear to be vulnerable, distracted, and weak. Think about it. Attackers are not looking for a challenge, but rather an easy victim who will likely cooperate and not resist. SAFE instructors take you through the most common scenarios and how they may play out from the attackers' perspective if they get their way. Awareness and Avoidance are a priority during all SAFE self defense parties.
Very often during a SAFE course, women are eager to get to the physical instruction, but once they begin sharing stories about their own personal experiences, the conversation becomes extremely valuable to all. Women consistently tell us that the relaxed and fun atmosphere we create is a key in making them comfortable to share these very personal life stories. In fact recently, one of the women at one of our self defense parties shared that the information we were discussing raised about 10 red flags in her own life in regards to safety with a past boyfriend.
During the next phase we discuss verbal strategies to end conflict before it escalates, or to at least get prepared in the event that it does escalate. SAFE International teaches verbal strategies that vary depending on the scenario. it is very important to realize that a strategy that may work to end conflict in one scenario, may get you killed in a another. SAFE International adopts the verbal concepts of Richard Dimitri, founder of Senshido. These verbal strategies include not telling someone what to do, not challenging them, not telling them they are wrong, or insinuating they are wrong. So often people will tell a "would be attacker" to relax or calm down which in fact will yield the opposite result. This is the one area most people struggle with due to their egos and wanting to be right. As we say, would you rather be right and dead or lose the ego and use a verbal approach that might just save your life?
The third area we address at a SAFE International Women's Self Defense Party is the physical concepts. We do not teach techniques which require memorization and are based on, "If the attacker does this, you do this" The majority of our clients will only take one 4 hour hour self defense course in their life and our research shows that teaching our concept of "Attack the Head" is by far the simplest and most effective concept. Many, many times we have taught women with some previous experience in self defense and they have related that our concept is much easier to recall in a high stress scenario. SAFE instructors teach how to strike vulnerable areas of the body and incorporate these strikes into some realistic drills in which emotion is created. To view many of these drills, visit our SAFE International YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/SAFEInternational?feature=mhee
SAFE International's main website can be found at www.safeinternational.biz The SAFE International USA website is nearly complete and will feature our Women's Self Defense Parties, High School Self Defense, Older Adult Self Defense and opportunities for people to become licensed SAFE instructors. You can also email Chris Roberts, CEO of SAFE International at chrisroberts@safeinternational.biz