By: Instructor Ryan Fellows
We as a society are taught from a very young age to be nice to people and to ‘treat others as you would like them to treat you’. These aren’t bad traits; in fact it would be a much better place if everyone adhered to the rules and to these ideals. Unfortunately, as we all know that is not necessarily the case.
There are those in our society who prey on good people. They like to target the ones who think that ‘it will never happen to me’. There are people who are unwilling to respect others and expect us to give in to their demands. Those of us who aren’t thugs or thieves, who respect others, need to understand that it isn’t a bad thing to say ‘enough is enough’.
If you were walking down the street
and see, for instance, an elderly person being harassed, would you lend
assistance? If your family member were being assaulted, would you get
involved? Of course you would!
Most of us would absolutely help in these situations. Why then won’t you stand
up for yourself? You must have this conversation with yourself, giving yourself
permission to fight back.
We all have an obligation to be proactive in our own self-defense. It is an important decision that must be made personally, by each of us. Make a conscious decision to say ‘no more’. ‘No longer am I going to be the doormat to every body who wishes to take advantage of me’. You must decide what is important and is worth living for and use that for motivation. This may be your spouse, your children, your home, your car…. etc. You have to decide what it is that will make you get up if you are down on the ground and being injured by someone.
One of my instructors and mentors, Tony Blauer, talks about “being your own body guard”, I think that this is profound. We all need to think about this and act on it. If you don’t protect yourself, who will? If you are seriously injured in a violent confrontation in the grocery store parking lot tonight on your way home from work, who is going to take care of your spouse or your children or those most important to you in your absence? These are the things we must come to grips with.
Self-defense is an obligation we must all make. I train people of all ages to defend themselves in a violent confrontation. I train law enforcement, military, and civilians in close quarter combatitives and firearms use. I have studied several forms of martial arts and continue to train with many of the best instructors in the world. I am committed to teaching good, law abiding people to defend themselves and their loved-ones. I teach regularly all over the country and am a certified concealed carry instructor for New Mexico and a Personal Defense Readiness Instructor. I specialize in training women and love to teach. I am available for private, semi-private and group lessons in your area or at our facility in Albuquerque.
Ryan Fellows is a Senior Instructor for Summit Self Defense and he is based locally in Albuquerque New Mexico. He also trains locally in Taos New Mexico. He is a certified Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor and a Personal Defensive Readiness (PDR) Fundamentals Coach. He can be reached by the following means:
ryan@summitselfdefense.com
505-463-7820 (cellular)
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