Most of the time, when talking about self defence, it is referring a mugging attack, gang attack, a brawl with someone whilst on a night out or a rape attack. Defending from rape is something that nearly all women fear. Hopefully after reading this article, you may feel better equipped to deal with this unfortunate situation.
Firstly, IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO RUN AWAY FROM ANY TYPE OF ATTACK, including rape. If you have the chance to flee, do it quickly. If this option is not given to you then to stop the rape from happening you shall have to fight back. If you are being held whilst standing, either by the wrists, shoulders, around the waist, or even the throat, you should have your legs free. Use them by kicking at the attackers shins and knees, stomp his feet or knee him in the groin. Do this as many times as needed for him to release his grip on you. As soon he has released, flea the area as soon as possible. If you have been forced to the ground, again if your feet are free use them as above. Usually the attacker will be on top of you and his hands will be preoccupied. He may be holding one of your arms, but will be nearly impossible for him to be holding both of your arms, so with your free one, pull his hair, his ears, scratch his face, and punch him at vital spots like the eyes, nose or lips. Biting is also an option too. A bite anywhere will hurt. Good targets include fingers (if his covering your mouth) or anywhere on his face. If you are on your front and your attacker is on your back, then the first thing you have to do is get on your back so you can see your attacker and defend better. Use your elbows and swing back towards your opponents head. Hitting him in the face or temple or ears will hurt. Do this as much as needed. Another option is to reach below grab his private parts and squeeze them as hard as you can. If he does not get distracted after this, then he is not human. Once he has been distracted, roll onto your front. Do this by rolling sideways or by rolling forwards just like a forwards tumble. From here you shall be able to see your attacker, defend yourself more efficiently if needed, or get up and flee if the option is presented to you. Of course there is never a guarantee that any of the above will work, but there is a good chance. If you are attacked by a rapist, although it will be terrifying, do your best to face the fear and fight back if fleeing away is not an option, and hopefully you stop the attack. Good Luck
Marks
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Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Defending from Rape Attacks
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9 comments:
I'd just like to point out that biting should be used as a last resort as it does potentially expose you to communicable diseases. But if you find yourself unable to do anything else, by all means, chomp down.
LORI, I completly agree with you. Biting should be used if no other option is presented. But as a last resort it can be a painfull one.
This is very well intentioned advice, but nothing that isn't going to already be instinctual.
Escapes from the above situations would be far better meritted.
Pointing out that going against the thumb is the easiest way to break a grip.
Essentially your advice equates to "flail about and hit what you can.."
Pretty sure most women would be doing that by nature.
Some advice such as learning how to bridge their hips, using their knees on someone's hips to keep them from being able to have the leverage to penetrate. How to escape those positions by bridging, using their legs and hips to their advantage while on the ground...
While standing, making as much noise and screaming as much as possible. Using leverage against the elbow or wrist or thumb to get free.
Solid fundamental escapes are way more useful than "kick him in the shins and stomp on his feet"
How bout the use of improvised weapons, such as the keys in your hand. Carrying personal protection devises such as alarms, panic buttons your car's remote. etc. etc.
I think you are well intentioned, but there is a lot you can learn before you can pretend to be an expert on anything.
Using improvised weapons is true and effective, but there are some things I dont agree with you on.
In order to attack the rapists thumb, you would have to locate it grip it, remember to grip it in the best position for leverage, then risk turning it to break the attackers grip, all the while, the attacker could be hitting. A simple kick, two or even three towards the lower level targets would be much more easy, faster and more painful.
To be on the floor looking for good ground control whilst on your back is essential for competition, but what if youre on a dirty ground with broken glass, what if the attcker is trying to hit you also. What if your pressed against the wall or bins or a car? Would it not be wise to defend yourself by pulling his hair, striking at his weak spots or biting, than trying to gain a good guard position?
In these types of situations, IF YOU CANT FLEE WHICH SHOULD BE TOP PRIORITY, you have to defend yourself effectively, which ends HIS attack. Strikes to vulnerable areas are not hard to pull off, dont require much training (like wrist releases of ground control) and do damadge fast.
Actually when I mentioned the thumb, I mean every wrist escape is aimed towards the thumb and not the fingers. Not gripping or manipulating the thumb. But that if you are going to rotate your wrist to escape, you rotate towards the thumb and not the fingers.
Knowing escapes for the ground IS KEY period. Not for good position, but because a woman will most likely get thrown to the ground for a rape, regardless if there is dirt or glass. By knowing how to escape someone holding them on the ground, they are much better off.
I am not saying a woman should go to the ground, I am saying she should know what to do if she is found on the ground (in the case of rape, she most likely will be there).
The ground isn't the only place women should be focused on in rape prevention (of which only a small part is physical), learning to escape grips, headlocks, bear hugs and the like are more effective so that you can flee.
IF you think pulling the hair of an adrenalized rapist is going to force him to stop, you are seriously mistaken. By doing what you say, a woman is more likely to be further damaged by flailing about, and causing pain to the attacker will not deter him, once he has already started a violent action.
In most cases women who fight back are more severely injured then women who do not. But you are right in targeting eyes and groin as some way of helping, it is often what is reccomended, but again it comes naturally as opposed to real useful tips or instruction.
Rape is most often about POWER not about sex. The sexual element is meant a method of degredation as well. Going for hair, balls, and things that hurt only help adrenalize and anger a would be rapist more, not to mention some of them would enjoy it.
Far better that the LEARN HOW TO ESCAPE by solid fundamentals, leverage, raising alarm, and drawing attention. Then essentially flailing about.
As I said, you advice wasn't anything more than what I woman would do by nature. You attack any woman and she is going to go for your balls, your eyes, claw at you etc. They don't need to be told that, that isn't a tip for a rape attack, that is common nature.
But if you tell a woman about how to escape a wrist grabs, how to escape bear hugs, head locks, and other restraining positions. How to AVOID rape by being with friends, being cognicent of your surroundings, having tools at your disposal, etc. Things that people do not know automatically.
That is simply my point. Yes there are impossible scenarios. If a girl is pinned against a car, or a wall, wouldn't it be better to learn how to escape that pin, then flail about at his hair, eyes, etc, further enraging him.
Talk about how to get out of a pin, how to escape when you are pressed against something or how a person is grabbing so that YOU CAN FLEE.
Damaging an attacker doesn't make it easier to flee, it makes him more determined to damage you during his attack.
I am not trying to be argumentative, it is just some of the things you are saying while they seem like common sense to you, are actually very contrary to what a woman should be doing, or in prevention. I have worked with Law Enforcement for 10 years, working with Women's centers and the like to help develop rape prevention programs.
I hope you are able to take this as constructive criticism. Check out some rape prevention facts and such, link some of the websites. Nearly every local law enforcement agency has something along the lines of tips. True classes and courses rely on solid striking fundamentals combined with useful escapes.
Escaping and drwaing attention is more important than trying to inflict damage, hurting someone in almost all cases will not prevent them from hurting you unless you completely disable them. That takes training and time. Most of the time hurting someone just pisses them off enough for them to be more determined in hurting you.
It is true in self defense, and doubly so in Sexual assault.
Again, not trying to be argumentative, and I think it is well intentioned, just not rooted in a lot of knowledge in regards to Sexual Assault.
I agree with what you say. Learning things like leverage when on the ground would help. But in order to gain the position needed for leverage you have to be able to move. As you said, rape is about power, and the poor women will most likely be OVERPOWERED and held in a position, making it unable to move. A good kick in a weak area WILL work. If not the first time then maybe the second, third or tenth. A person should not just hit once but again and again and again. Eventually it shall work.
Most rapes are carried out in places where there are no people to hear her scream such as alleys, dark and dirty places or even in homes or aprtments. Trying to create attention to the situation wont stop someone being raped. It could delay it, but it may be too late by the time someone comes. And that is IF someone comes. Lots of times, people are to cruel to wont to help others in danger. Have you not ever seen a fight where one guy is getting beaten and others just stand and watched?
Everything i mentioned in my article IS exactly as you say COMMAN SENSE. But that is the whole point. Many times people dont think about comman sense defences. Who needs to be taught how to kick someone in groin, no one does. But many people have to be REMINDED of this.
Here’s some advice:
1) Keep your wits about: do not get into potentially dangerous situations, period.
2) Buy some pepper-spray or a small knife and carry it in your pocket, not in your jacket or purse. Spraying mace into someone’s eyes will disable them, the knife can be used to stab him and inflict enough damage (preferably on his arms or legs but also the vitals if necessary) to be able to escape. Do not rely on improvised weapons which may or may not be present.
3) Learn a martial-art: no amount of theoretical advice is going to teach you how to defend yourself (in any way): you have to find proper instruction and actually do the work. I cannot stress this enough: learning to defend yourself is a tiring, sometimes painful but most of all practical matter. It cannot be learned by reading books or listening to other people’s advice, however sensible.
4) If you do decide to defend yourself (which can get you seriously injured or even killed and make matters far worse, that’s if you don’t know what you’re doing) you must go all out. Women are by nature weaker than men and unless they know perfectly well what they’re doing and are prepared to make the attacker pay for what he’s doing (which sounds pretty straightforward but really isn’t: most women I know are pretty gentle by nature and most won’t be able to muster the ferocity and the bloodlust that is needed to actually and effectively fight back during such an encounter) they’re going to suffer. If you decide to defend yourself it would be a good strategy to play along at first: if you’re lucky he’ll let his guard down and if you can pull his head towards you you can do some real damage (gouging his eyes, hitting his ears with cupped hands, chopping his neck, performing necklocks…). However, before you even consider doing this you must be trained (see rule number 3), if not it’ll likely mean suicide.
This short list is in order of importance, of course it would make sense to listen to the advice of a professional on the matter.
Regards,
Zara
PS: I agree Marks’ advice may be incomplete but then again he never claimed to be an expert and it’s inherently difficult for a man to put himself in a woman’s shoes. His advice on hitting vital-points is rule number one in the martial-arts and is inherently sound. That being said I highly doubt women instinctively know what to do and where to hit (and especially how) and I don’t care what you say but if you grab someone by the balls, squeeze and then twist no man on earth is going to be able to stand that (let alone like it as you claimed). Btw: Marks wasn’t saying it’s a good thing to just ‘flail around’ randomly, I’m pretty sure he meant striking all available vital targets which is an entirely different thing.
Rapists can be very violent and often beat their victims viciously since it is not so much sex that they are after. Most of the advice I have read about fighting back is obviously from people that have not talked to rape victims or police officers that deal with all this. Prevention is the main thing, stop being in the wrong places (bars, clubs, dark streets,living alone, coming home at night unprepared, alone in the apt. without a weapon...ect). Once you have been attacked its too late, only women grapplers understand how powerful men are. Own a big gun and be ready to empty it if someone attacks you, and its no good unless its in your hand at the time of attack (think about that). Most of the hollywood advice listed above will get you beat unmercifully if you try it. Good luck
I completly agree. Awareness in order to prevent it is the best training possible.
However, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE, and if running away is not an option, then one must do anything they can to defend themselves.
This is simply the reasoning behind this article and knowing just a few simple techniques (which can be done by anyone without any training) MAY help.
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