How to defend yourself on the street

[roomfor1more]

Having done martial arts I have to two pieces of advice. One would be to walk on well lit streets at night, avoid alleys, avoid as much as possible side streets, avoid calling attention to yourself, walk with confidence, do not react to any comments, and if possible walk against the flow of traffic. Along with that try to vary your routes and times so that you are not predictable. Last point, carry your keys in your hand with at least one key exposed. This will serve as a weapon especially if you hit them in face. The other piece of advice I would give is to take some self defense classes or martial arts classes.

 

[oggbashan]

If you are attacked physically react as fast as you can and keep attacking them. Go for broke. Ignore any rules. Gouge eyes, bite, scratch, yell, kick and use anything you have as a weapon. Don't stop until they cannot respond and then get away.

 

[Que]

I am a transsexual, I moved to a ghetto. I have to walk a lot and I get yelled at on the street. If anyone accosts me what is my best bet for defending myself?

I have no hand to hand skills yet or anything.

A gun isn't an option.

Stun gun? Rape whistle? Take some classes? Someone was telling me about a bra that has a flash bang device in it.

Thanks

first of all...i realize that economics dictates to a certain degree location...however there is bad and worse...my suggestion is to talk to a female realtor or better yet an appraiser about what parts of town that are inexpensive she feels more safe in...sometimes its block by block...sometimes its ammenities of a particular neighborhood or apartment building...if there is honestly no place in that city you can walk down the street safe, move...really...

secondly I have no idea what the idiots in cleveland may think about their crime ridden cities ability to modify the clear and unambiguous language of the the 2nd amendment of the US constitution but you have a right (and a responsibility) to protect yourself for yourself and for those that care about you. A gun is the best way for anyone to do that....take a class (often low cost sometimes free...) I would be happy to sponser you if need be. I wouldnt recommend anything smaller than 32 caliber. again the cost of that may be prohibitive for you atm...if you want to be open minded about this I'll see what I can do.

Now for those that assume I am a burlly knuckle dragging redneck with a 44 magnum in a shoulder holster, I am unarmed and have been for quite sometime...if I felt I was in a dangerous area (and this is important) at a dangerous time period I would equip myself....

I used to get a lot of assignments in the low income areas because a lot of members of my profession wouldnt go there...Id go on a saturday morning before the gangbangers got up. never a problem, went in unarmed with confidence. I have to admit, though I might have shown a little fear had I gone "en femme" but thats another story.

 

[CandiCame]

OK- I'm gonna preface this by saying that I've had my ass kicked, a lot, when I was younger, and I've moved on and figured out how not to do that. I grew up in bad neighborhood after bad neighborhood, I live in a ghetto now, but it's a gay ghetto so it's (steriotypically) less violent.

Why the FUCK is a gun not an option? Just kinda want to know because there have been so many situations where I got out of trouble just because I had the fastest draw and looked fucking insane. A conciel (sp?) & carry is, what, like $18? And I think you have to take some kind of "I won't shoot people unless I have to test" but I just renew mine and have for so long that I don't remember what that was like.

As far as actual fighting goes... I can't do it. And I haven't really ever had to. I'm short. I'm skinny. But you can totally play that into wiry. Someone else said that attitude is a big part of it, and it is. You can probably take me down. You can probably kill me. But do you really want to go through life with one eye or some shit? Do you really want to tell your friends that the limp or the scar or whatever was from some little fag you cornered? And never- NEVER make an empty threat. A lot of people make empty threats and you can tell. If you say that you're going to do something, do it. You'd be amazed how little your voice shakes when you commit to it.

You totally can kill someone with a pair of stilettos. I've seen it happen. When we were living in gov housing, this couple was always fighting. Chick knocked him down and kicked him in the throat. Motherfucker squirted like a Terantino flick. It was pretty awesome, honestly, because I hated that guy.

But here's the thing. People are still people. Druggies are gonna come after money. I don't have any fucking money. You can tell people who don't have any fucking money vs. people who do. I have a luxury sedan. So I look like I have money. So people try to rob me. People try to break into my car, usually though- or steal my shit while I'm gone. I've only been mugged mugged once- and it was retarded. Guy was not going to shoot. 9 times out of 10, the guy isn't going to shoot. He needs the money and doesn't want the murder charge. I really didn't have any money, but even if I did, I wasn't going to hand it over. The whole situation was retarded.

I break a lot of the rape schedule rules- because I've found out that not giving a shit if you get raped is, for whatever reason, a huge deterent to getting raped. But I've never, ever been in that situation, and I've walked home drunk in full-out Sailor Scout cosplay. I think that there might be something a little unsettling about a grown man in a Sailor Soldier mini-dress and stilettos slurring his way down dark alleys though.

I think that someone else already said, "Don't start nothing, won't be nothing." That's generally true. If you're even remotely the least scared person there, no one's going to fuck with you. You can't go through your life scared of folk. That's probably the most important thing to remember. People attack you for a reason- they want money, or sex or something, and if you ain't got it, they'll pass you by for someone that does.

It might help that I'm apparently crazy... This might come from living in ghettos and trailer parks my entire life, but half the gay board thinks that I need some major readjustments to function in normal, non-broke-ass-bitch society. There are a lot of little things that you will learn. It's fine.

 

[CandiCame]

secondly I have no idea what the idiots in cleveland may think about their crime ridden cities ability to modify the clear and unambiguous language of the the 2nd amendment of the US constitution but you have a right (and a responsibility) to protect yourself for yourself and for those that care about you. A gun is the best way for anyone to do that....take a class (often low cost sometimes free...) I would be happy to sponser you if need be. I wouldnt recommend anything smaller than 32 caliber. again the cost of that may be prohibitive for you atm...if you want to be open minded about this I'll see what I can do.

Now for those that assume I am a burlly knuckle dragging redneck with a 44 magnum in a shoulder holster, I am unarmed and have been for quite sometime...if I felt I was in a dangerous area (and this is important) at a dangerous time period I would equip myself....

Even like... a little 22 or something would be better then nothing.

 

[Biker_Type]

get a gun, learn how to use it, get your ccw permit (move if that's not possible), and feel safer! and don't waste time with anything smaller than .380!

 

[Kojote]

Find confidence in whatever 'weapon' you have at hand. Even in the Keyrings or keys between your fingers.
Think of it as an armament and focus on the thought that you are armed and ready to use your weapons. It will show in your attitude.