Understanding how to control the right balance between being too tense and too loose.

Understanding why a strong core is key for balance and movement in self-defense.

Understanding why positioning of your feet plays a key role in maintaining control and resisting force.

How to make yourself heavier which makes it more challenging or impossible for an attacker to pick you up.

Understanding why maintaining space between you and an attacker is important to minimize their ability to harm you.

How to position your body at an angle to minimize the target area you expose to an attacker.

How to keep a good posture to maintain balance.

How to fall with less impact and quickly recover.

Understanding why keeping eyes open is key in self-defense.

Understanding and utilizing your dominant side for more effective defense.

Understanding your body to use it more effectively for defense and offense.

Understanding most vulnerable areas of the body to defend against an attacker.

Using opposing forces to control or escape an attacker.

Learn why, while punching is a common instinct in self-defense, is not always the safest or most effective option for those who are untrained. Learn the alternatives.

How to use your knee as a powerful weapon for defense. Learn the alternatives to knee strikes when in close range.

How to block strikes to protect yourself.

Understanding the main principles of how to break grips.

How to break out of a "2 on 1" hand grip.

How to escape when someone grabs your hand from behind

How to break free from a two-handed hold.

How to escape when an attacker hugs you from behind.

How to escape when an attacker hugs you from the front and picks you up.

How to prevent being dragged away.

What to do when someone pulls your hair.

What to do when someone grabs your clothing.

Understand body mechanics and learn how to break free from a chokehold (one hand, two hands, pinned against the wall).

How to free yourself if being dragged by feet, hands, or hair.

How to use your body to create barriers between you and an attacker.

Learn to use your hips to create space to escape a hold on the ground.

Learn how to use hip thrusts when you are pinned under an attacker.

Learn how to defend yourself on the ground when an attacker is between your legs as well as when you are face down and an attacker is on top of you.

Everyday items that can be used for self-defense: keys and pen.

More items for defense: purse, phone, rings.

Understand how to use your footwear and assess the attacker’s.

Learn how to overcome a psychological barrier to fight back.

Practice keeping your eyes open.

Train your voice to call for help or to intimidate an attacker.