Statistical Facts About Crimes Against Women

• One rape or sexual assault occurs every two minutes.
• One violent crime occurs every five seconds in the U.S.
• 172 Women are physically and/or sexually assaulted every hour!
• 261,000 rapes and sexual assaults occurred in the U.S. in 2000.
• 90,186 forcible rapes in 2000 as reported to police.
• In the year 2000, 2.8 % of college women experienced rape in a six month U.S.
Department of Justice study.
• 17% of rape or sexual assault victims were victimized by someone they knew!
• One murder occurs every 34 minutes.

So what is wrong with most traditional women’s self defense training?

• Real aggression causes an "adrenaline dump". This fear induced high volume shot of adrenaline is normal and natural and cannot be stopped, even by experienced black belts, soldiers, police officers, or trained professional fighters
• The effects of this "adrenaline dump" can be devastating, especially if you are not prepared for it
• Many techniques taught in traditional women's self defense training are too complicated for the average person to properly execute, especially under the duress of an all out street attack

• Techniques that are highly complicated tend not to be executed properly, if at all, when the pressure is on and adrenaline levels are high

• Many of the systems use joint locks and pressure points that require years of training to properly execute. Sometimes even when they are applied properly to someone who has an unusual amount of joint flexibility or a high resistance to pain, they don’t work
• FBI journals indicate that a high percentage of attacks can be avoided using good verbal and spacial skills
• A great number of the techniques taught were not designed especially for women. They require too much upper body strength
• Many of the arts teach kicking techniques that are great for the studio but useless on the street.
• Many techniques require years of training or are just impossible to learn unless you are under the direct training of the master instructor. Many techniques take years to perfect, even under the supervision of an expert instructor – We Teach Real-World Techniques That Are SIMPLE to execute
• Most of what is taught is just fluff and it does not help you in a real-world attack