I'm Shocked! Why So Many Trained Women

Freeze in a Rape Situation?

I have a question for you? Does the martial art or combat art you are training in allow you to take out an opponent effectively and quickly?

Firstly, let's get one fact straight. Nobody can prevent a violent, unprovoked and surprise attack on your person that comes out of nowhere delivered by some drug crazed psycho.

Who for no other reason has decided that you are to be his next victim. Maybe, you just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Which regrettably so often appears to be the case.

But, and it's a big but, if you train in any martial art in a dojo (training place) then you must understand and be quick to realise that a fight in the dojo whether it's karate, judo or any other form of martial art it is just that. In other words, you are confined by rules to prevent injury to yourself and more importantly your opponent.

What's more, a lot of the real self-defence type moves are removed from the system because they are too dangerous. Therefore, the watered down sports kick or blow is designed to score points, push your opponent back or distract an attack at best.

In short, you are using techniques to win the fight (in the dojo) in a controlled environment.Your self-defence training is not meant to hurt anyone. Yeh right!

It's true, accomplished martial artists can stand up to attackers but the majority of these people have dedicated their lives to training their bodies and minds. They end up top in their art.

However, most people will never aspire to those dizzy heights plus, it's most likely you do not have the time nor the inclination to spend years and years training in hundreds of different techniques, with the added knowledge that most of the moves some quite complex ones will not hold up in a real life or death street situation.

One of the most challenging issues on this subject is introducing realistic scenarios into the training programme mix. It is also one of the most controversial.

But one reason I believe so many trained martial arts women freeze in a vicious rape attack is their lack of real- life scenario training.

Let me explain, the one thing that most martial arts schools do not do is put there students under real aggressive attack situations verbal as well as physical in order to experience and recognise what role adrenaline and increased heart rate plays within the body.

When your heart rate goes from 160beats per minute to 200 bpm, which it will under very extreme pressure such as: someone attacking you. Therefore, it's most important that you recognise the signs and symptoms and use it to your advantage.

Guess what, it won't matter if you have trained for years and years it will still happen.

It's the body's natural function to get rid of the waste it does not want. As well as, drain from some parts and move to others the blood in order to protect the body's most vulnerable areas.

This can result in your legs starting to shack, wanting to go to the toilet, feeling sick, tunnel vision, loss of movement etc, etc. These are just some of the symptoms. The commonly used term for this is: The adrenaline dump.

The above paragraph is a very brief and basic description of what can happen to you under stress. But I'm sure you get my point. If you want a more detailed description on the subject see my other publications below:

http://www.SimpleSelfdefenceTactics.com

http://www.SimpleSelfdefenceforWomen.com

Hence, any complicated moves just go straight out the window your brain just will not let you perform such techniques. Those once easy to do moves suddenly become impossible.

Worse still, some people simply freeze and can't do a thing to stop what is happening to them. No matter how much training they have had.

Unless, and this may explain why some trained women freeze when attacked in the street. They have been exposed to real life scenarios, tough pressure and contact training in the dojo, specifically designed to push their stress levels through the roof.

Unfortunately, too many of those women victims have relied too much on the watered down sports techniques we spoke about earlier that were learned in a controlled environment.

"You often hear people say after a violent assault, I just froze I couldn't do anything".

That's because they have not been taught or experienced the true effects that adrenaline has on the entire body under high combat stress conditions.

Not knowing how to deal with it is in my opinion one of the main reasons why trained women still freeze under real- world- life or death situations.

Isn't all this, the very things that most people start training for in the first place. Sadly, many are still not being taught any of this information even today.

So they end up going into a confrontation with overconfidence lack of knowledge and techniques that are going to get them at the very least pummelled into the ground.

Real Self Defence is all About Surviving Not Scoring Points.

The point I'm making is this, if faced by an actual violent street attack, you will be scared everyone is even the person who is attacking you.

It's a natural body reaction. Your body will not react as it normally does. Things that were easy to perform suddenly become hard or impossible to do.

So realistic scenario training where you actually get to strike the target, as well as understanding the effects of adrenaline and increased heart rate has on the body will help you deal with extreme stress situations.

On top of that, you'll give yourself a much better chance of survival should an attack take place.

Fights and rape attacks haven't changed just the way we deal with them has.

For the trained martial artist to survive on the street man or women any technique used has to be proven to have worked and useful.

What's more, choosing the right combat system could make the difference between becoming a victim or not.

In real self-defence you have to go past the myths and the hype and use simple practical and effective moves.

Forget what looks good don't try to perform the pretty Hollywood moves but do little in actual combat to the attacker.

Make no mistake about it; simple techniques will be helpful in actual self-defence where you're fighting for your life on the street, at work or in the home.

Now that you know this, pick a sport for enjoyment and a combat self-defence system for survival.

Remember, As in life, on the street you may not get a second chance.