Welcome to Devi Protective Offense - Self-Defense By Women, for Women and Mothers of Young Children

COULD YOUR SELF DEFENSE LESSONS
ACTUALLY GET YOU KILLED?
(Is the cure worse than the disease?)

Let's cut to the chase. Women's self-defense has been around for ever. So what's wrong with it? Lot's. Here are some bullet points to start with:

1. Many self-defense systems are based on sport fighting, Not Reality.

Sport martial arts are all about how to fight facing off against someone approximately the same size you are. These martial artists know what works in that situation and they are very good at it. But in reality an attacker will rarely face off against you. He will blindside you, he will sneak up, he will approach pretending to be in jeapardy in order to play on your feminine goodwill.

In reality the person attacking you is going to be bigger because it's safer for him that way! (Safety is a big factor in a criminal's decision of which victim to chose. Most criminal's don't want to get hurt either!)

Sports fighting is about a fair fight. Two matched opponents trying to give their personal best. People interested in this sort of fighting train for tournaments and competitions because their goal is to face off against the best and prove themselves. cont'd below

What you Need to Know to Avoid an Attack or Survive One

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This couldn't be farther from the goal of a criminal who attacks women. An attacker who choses a female victim is not looking for a fair fight, he is looking for an easy target - a woman with a ponytail, heels, a child – anything that makes it difficult for her to fight or run away.

In this case, strength-on-strength and finesse techniques, like kicking and punching, could get you killed. Would you go head-to-head with a brick wall to knock it down? You need the right tool for every job.

2. Kicking and sport martial art classes may give you a false sense of security.

You've been taking taekwondo for a few years or taebo at your gym. You're sick of letting people get away with crap just because you wearing a skirt.

The intoxicating idea that your strong kick or punch means you can stand up to the guy stealing your parking spot or oggling your rear could cause you to make a life-threatening decision.

There needs to be a strong psychological component to any self-defense course. More than just empty empowerment...

"This is the first program I've seen that addresses the paramount issues of awareness and responsibility for yourself and others... Devi should be required for every young female college student or mother-to-be. If every woman watched this DVD, there would be a lot less for me to do."

~ Colin Ryan, Special Investigations Unit for a suburban P.A. police dept.

3. Most self-defense systems are created by men... great men, smart men, men with lots of training… as men.

Men attack men differently than they attack women. Men attack women in different places and under different circumstances. They often don't speak first. They pull women into doorways and cars, They rape them. (This is not to say that men don't get raped, it is just a lot less prevalent.)

It seems very difficult for a man to understand how size, weight and strength actually change the nature of a self-defence technique. Most male martial artists have never been faced with someone twice or even two and half times their size, and so the techniques they advocate miss that crucial information.

A man would have to be faced with an attacker roughly the size and shape of an angry gorilla to feel the same fear and hopelessness a woman feels, and to be in the same kind of danger.

Case in point: wrist grabs are common scenarios in self-defense classes. Picture a man and woman facing off to practice. The woman grabs the man's wrist and it's easy for him to break her grasp. The man grabs the woman's wrist and it is much harder for her to get free. Is she doing it wrong? Maybe. Or maybe when he wraps his fingers around her smaller wrist, his fingers double wrap. And when she does it her thumb and forefinger are an inch apart, leaving him a nice gap to slip out of.

"We have all waited a long time for this video... it's a college course in self-defense... so impressive in scope and depth, conveyed with such an acute understanding of women's issues... the Devi DVD will be my gift to every woman I know."
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~ Dr. Belisa Vranich, Clincal Psychologist,
author of GET A GRIP: Your Two Week Mental Makeover

4. Many self-defense lessons never deal with the huge issue of multiple attackers.

If you are already smaller and weaker than your attacker and you have a child to keep from harm… what do you do If three people attack you. There need to be very specific and workable answers to questions like these.

5. If you do not learn how to deal with a knife wielding assailant you are not learning to protect yourself.

Most self-defense lessons don’t take into account that weapons are an integral part of a criminal’s wardrobe. And even if they did, they don’t have the training to properly address this crucial issue. Does a kick work against a knife? Do you want to find out now or later? Carpenters usually have hammers and criminals usually have knives. Read More...