| It takes years of training to completely master | | | | When executed properly, groin kicks can be |
| martial arts that will make you proficient in self | | | | devastating. This is a 'dirty' fighting technique for |
| defence moves and techniques. However, it is not | | | | self defence that can get you enough time to |
| hard to learn basic self defence moves that can | | | | debilitate your attacker and find help. |
| keep you alive if you are ever attacked in a | | | | 3. Knife and gun disarm |
| street or parking lot. There are a few things you | | | | Disarming a weapon takes time to learn. Of |
| can do in such a situation that will help you get | | | | course if you are given the choice to hand over |
| away. | | | | your money or whatever the attacker wants, |
| Here are three simple techniques for self defence | | | | you should give it to him and hope he just leaves. |
| that you can use in an attack. | | | | However if your attacker has a knife or gun and |
| 1. The eye strike | | | | wants to kill, you must know how to disarm this |
| For obvious reasons, hitting someone in a fast | | | | weapon to save your life. |
| and effective unarmed strike to the eyes can be | | | | Basic gun disarms requires fast thinking and the |
| devastating. The eyes are one of the most | | | | knowledge of a precise way to surprise your |
| vulnerable parts of an attacker's body. You can | | | | attacker when you attempt the weapon disarm. |
| quickly stop an assault by doing a proper eye | | | | If used right, this is a tactic that can get this |
| strike. The one downside to this move is that you | | | | weapon out of his hands - and into yours. |
| must know exactly how to get in close range of | | | | These are three of the best self defence moves |
| your attacker while not making yourself a greater | | | | you can practice to hone your preparation for the |
| target. | | | | worst. These can be practiced at home with a |
| 2. The groin kick | | | | friend or training partner. |