Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 36

The term “Self Defense” has a negative connotation
that from the start can yield failure for the user.  The
problem is that this label already portrays in the
mindset that the individual is a victim of a violent act
or aggression and that the practitioner should
perform a defensive action.  This premise of acting
after the fact is why most people succumb to the
aggressors’ actions and never fully recover from the
initial attack or fear inducing situation. The Woman
must not become defensive; she must be aware of
her situation and not dismiss or ignore possible
threat.   She must become proactive and gain the
initiative and momentum while forcing confusion in
the attackers’ mindset to have a possibility of
advantage. Kyusho Self Protection is a vital training
process that deals in the realities of an attack. It is
simple yet powerful training process that enables the
smaller, weaker, slower or older less aggressive
individual a chance against the larger, stronger, more
aggressive and potentially crazy attacker. By using
the weaker anatomical targets of the body in
conjunction with your own natural body actions and
tendencies you can easily protect yourself or others,
even under the stress and physical limitations when
your adrenaline kicks in.  And by working in a
stepped and progressive manner with your own
gross motor skills (instead of someone else’s
techniques), your chances victory are eminent. And
by working in a stepped and progressive manner with
your own gross motor skills (instead of someone
else’s techniques), your chances victory are eminent.