Safety Tip for the Ladies of PT...

[Giselle]

Thanks a lot for this!!

I feel sorry for any creep that tries messing with one of us



Hehe, I do Taekwondo. Also, in a self defence class I learned that if you don't have keys to claw at their Eye's with your long finger-nails. (Be like a kitty! Meow!)
Also what Karen said is also something I learned. In Taekwondo, using your palm is called a palw heal strike and works good to break their nose. Also I saw no one else mentioned bite them if their hand is near your face.

My mother got assaulted in a parking lot, and that's exactly what she did. She bit the cr@p out of his hand and drove like a madwoman back home. Mothers...

[moosmom]

Giselle,

Good for your Mom!!!!

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Thank you for all those tips. While I hope that I am never in such a situation, it can happen to anybody. Those tips are great and I will be sure to pass them on.

[WolvesRawk]

Wow. I NEVER follow those safety rules! I know karate, and I'm pretty good too. I also have a very good bite. I read in a magaizine about a rapist tried attacking a girl that was walking home from school, but she was a black belt so she kicked him super hard and ran away. The kick broke the guy's leg so he couldn't follow her.

[Cubby'sMom]

Wow! I guess I should praise my mom for being paranoid lol. She's always worrying about my sis and I doing a lot of stuff such as myspace. I don't give out personal info on there anyways, I never have. I'm starting to turn into her now with a lot of stuff because it seems my mom has had a lot of experiences with creepy people, and once it might have been Ted Bundy as well(the car was identical to his I think or something). It's terrifying to see and hear what people will do to people.

[AbbyMom]

2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

This happened to my co-worker. She flung the wallet away from herself and ran like h*ll when he went for it. She ran to the neighbors where they called the police. He was captured shortly after and she got back her wallet.

It works!

[Karen]

Wow. I NEVER follow those safety rules! I know karate, and I'm pretty good too. I also have a very good bite. I read in a magaizine about a rapist tried attacking a girl that was walking home from school, but she was a black belt so she kicked him super hard and ran away. The kick broke the guy's leg so he couldn't follow her.

Do NOT be overconfident just because you know karate. You still need to be alert and aware of things around you. Karate is not necessarily going to be useful in every situation - better to be alert and avoid the situation in the first place.

[joanofark]

Do NOT be overconfident just because you know karate. You still need to be alert and aware of things around you. Karate is not necessarily going to be useful in every situation - better to be alert and avoid the situation in the first place.

Nicely said

[MariaM]

Also you can carry a little spray bottle around with you in your purse, like hairspray or something that you could spray in their eyes.

[lvpets2002]

Hey Donna that is great info: I am like you I knew some of it; but had not heard about the crying baby ordeal.. Great info for anyone.. Thanks