SafetyForWomen

Written by "amanda smith"

I had always been a small women and never thought I could fight back until that fatefull night. I had taken a Women's Self Defense class with my girlfirends in the past but never thought it would come in handy. The class was held at the YMCA and there was about 15-20 women there ranging from teens to grandmas. The class tought us some basic moves how to break a choke hold, and we got to knee the groin of the padded attacker. It was fun to get to go full force in the class so the attacks felt real, and i kinda felt I could take a man down if need be.

It was two years later whene I would get to use my skills, but it did sure save my life. I work in a yoga studio and was the last one to leave so I locked up, at that point it was closing in on 11:30 at night and all i had to do was walk a little bit to my car, thats whene it happen. A man came up to me and just grabbed me didn't say a word just grabed me, and I froze in fear for my life. I knew he would kill me so I decided to fight I was worth it so I thought back to my self defense tranning and hit him in the throat. He loosened his grip I then followed up with a hard as I could knee to his groin, it was with all my power I hit his groin. He then grabbed his groin and fell over and I ran away as fast as I could.

After that I decided to reenroll in a Women's self defense class and train because you never know whene it will come in handy.