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Archive for ‘Self-Defense Advice’ Category

How You Train Is How You React

by Norm Bettencourt How you train is how you will respond and react in the real deal. Self-defense is about survival and nothing else. It is not about fighting fair, clean or being honorable. It’s about doing what you have to do to go home and see your loved ones once again. You don’t know… Read More

Home Security

by Ralph Winn Home security is an issue to which we all need to give considerable thought. The combined amount of money lost in the 2.1 million burglaries in 2003 was 3.5 billion dollars. According to the FBI, 65.8% of these burglaries occurred at personal residences. You need to understand how to formulate proper home… Read More

Car Travel Safety Tips

To protect yourself from getting victimized on the road depends on you being attentive to your surroundings. Carjackers and assailants prefer the element of surprise. Most victims say they never saw it coming, until the assailant appeared at their car door. To reduce your risk, follow these top ten tips… 1. Always keep these helpful… Read More

Top 10 Dating Safety Tips for Online And Off

by Michelle Annese Still looking for a special someone? Just be sure to keep yourself safe. Here are ten ways to find love for your heart but keep your personal protection on your mind. 1. Watch out for someone who seems too good to be true. Begin by communicating solely by email, then look for… Read More

Babysitter Background Check

by Jack Jones One of the things that scares parents the world over is the idea of leaving their precious children alone with a stranger. Or even someone who is not a stranger. There have been stories in the news of parents going out for an evening, leaving their children in the hands of a… Read More

17 Self Defense Tips for Dorm and Campus Safety

by Michelle Annese College Safety. Are you frustrated where to start? Here’s how to keep an assailant or thief from making you their next target. These 17 safety tips are on target to protect yourself and your property away at school…while still having college fun. Not to mention, just think how at ease your parents… Read More

Robbery Prevention And Defense

By Ira A. LipmanRobbery, unlike other crimes, represents a threat to both your person and your property. Robbery is the taking of another’s property by force or threat of violence. It is a crime in which there is always a confrontation between the victim and offender. Muggers (street robbers) generally try to frighten or intimidate… Read More

How To Be Safe While Traveling

How To Be Safe While Traveling by: Scott Flint The most dangerous time in your life, when you are most likely to be attacked is when you are traveling in an unfamiliar area. Tourists are the favorite prey of the goblins of the world for the following reasons: They are easy to spot. Tourists make… Read More

Self-Defense: What You Need To Know

In the world in which we currently live, it is now necessary that one knows how to properly defend themselves or their loved ones if they are in danger of being hurt. This article will become useful if you want to increase your knowledge of basic self-defense and techniques used to fight off an attacker.… Read More

NCPC.org – Personal Safety

From NCPC.org: Preventing crime is everyone’s business – children, youth, adults, and seniors must all work together to protect themselves, their families, and their neighborhoods. Tips Ask law enforcement for a free home security survey. Make sure you have sturdy metal or solid wood doors at all entries into your home and that sliding glass… Read More