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A young lady was killed the other day in Fort Collins. The suspect a 29 year old looser named Curl has been arrested. There is not much known about the incident yet, but the suspect was an acquaintance of the victims boyfriend. I'm sure many of you have friends or have dated someone who had a friend that you didn't like. It's OK to not like your friends friends sometimes! You may know a lot about your friend or the person your dating, but that doesn't mean that you automatically know a lot about the other people in their lives.
The victim was sexually assaulted then strangled. Her house was then set on fire apparently to try to cover up the murder. This type of situation always reminds me of some dangerous advice I once heard a so-called expert give to a group of women on TV. This guy actually said, and I'm paraphrasing because it was a while ago, "Don't attempt to fight back, it will only make your attacker angry. Your best option is to comply and then look for an escape".
Look, I think there are obviously times when complying, or pretending to, is a valuable tool in your self defense arsenal. BUT it's downright derelict to tell people to never fight back and to always comply. The data actually supports just the opposite.
We may never know exactly how this horrible crime went down, but let's look at a probable scenario; The victim was forced to the ground and the attacker sexually assaulted the victim and possibly strangled her from the same position. There are 3 basic positions to train from in this scenario, attacker in the guard, attacker kneeling to the side, and attacker straddling on top (mount). From the guard or side position, kicking violently and repeatedly is a great way to keep someone from being able to get on top of you or to be able to apply much force in a choke. However, if the choke is applied, you MUST deal with that danger first in order to get oxygen and blood to the brain. Under this kind of stress and exertion, you will go unconscious quickly so clear the airway FIRST AND QUICKLY. On Tuesday night, we worked a little bit with kicking someone out of our guard. We'll continue to work with these scenarios over the next 2 weeks.
The victim was sexually assaulted then strangled. Her house was then set on fire apparently to try to cover up the murder. This type of situation always reminds me of some dangerous advice I once heard a so-called expert give to a group of women on TV. This guy actually said, and I'm paraphrasing because it was a while ago, "Don't attempt to fight back, it will only make your attacker angry. Your best option is to comply and then look for an escape".
Look, I think there are obviously times when complying, or pretending to, is a valuable tool in your self defense arsenal. BUT it's downright derelict to tell people to never fight back and to always comply. The data actually supports just the opposite.
We may never know exactly how this horrible crime went down, but let's look at a probable scenario; The victim was forced to the ground and the attacker sexually assaulted the victim and possibly strangled her from the same position. There are 3 basic positions to train from in this scenario, attacker in the guard, attacker kneeling to the side, and attacker straddling on top (mount). From the guard or side position, kicking violently and repeatedly is a great way to keep someone from being able to get on top of you or to be able to apply much force in a choke. However, if the choke is applied, you MUST deal with that danger first in order to get oxygen and blood to the brain. Under this kind of stress and exertion, you will go unconscious quickly so clear the airway FIRST AND QUICKLY. On Tuesday night, we worked a little bit with kicking someone out of our guard. We'll continue to work with these scenarios over the next 2 weeks.
posted by James Hiromasa at
10:12 AM
1 Comments:
I know it is easy to say, but I hope that I will never go down without a fight. It is a lot different in the moment and I know that. However, that is why I'm training with all of you now. I want it to be second nature to react to a threat like this. I'm not one to be to very submissive as it is to strangers, but most of my experience has been defending others. I can't say for sure how I would react if it was just a threat to me. It might also be helpful for some to know not to scream for help/rape. Usually people tend not to respond out of fear to this. Sometimes screaming fire if you can't get away from your attacker can gain a quicker response from people in the area. Sad...but true..
~Sarah~
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