Self defense is a concern for many people, worldwide. This blog will feature self-defense related articles, features, statistics and tectics to make you feel safer at home, work or when you are in public. We also discuss efficient handgun weapon deployment for citizens, law enforcement and military personnel. The blog is published by Robb Hamic.
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I conducted a self-defense training class for girls in grades 3-7 yesterday. This was a fantastic opportunity for me as a teacher and a father. I think that I had more fun than the girls. I had to take a look into their little fears as I prepared for the class. I train many adults but have done few seminars for kids. My wife mentioned it to a friend of hers and before I knew it there at least twenty girls signed up. I decided to keep it fun but had to speak about the harsh reality of self-defense and explain that I was not teaching them a martial art. I gave them concepts, tools and let them prove their new abilities on me.
I prepared for the class by talking to several little ones, including my girls. I listened to the group of girls at the class yesterday and learned that most small girls fear abduction by strangers. We live in a good area of the United States and it surprised me that these girls were all somewhat afraid about being abducted by a stranger either in a public place or from inside their home. It seems likely to me that these girls know what is going on in the world and watch or at least hear the nightly news. Of the girls I surveyed, they stated that they would all be too afraid to take any action once the abductor placed them inside of his/ her vehicle. In general, girls of this age were not afraid of bullying, fights with other kids or other types of confrontation.
I did some research and found these statistics relating to child abduction:
800,000 children are reported missing every year. Approximately two children every day.
Of the children reported missing, 350,000 are family abductions. Children are taken away by family members in violation of custody agreements.
Non – family abductions amount to 204,000. These include kidnappers who are acquaintances or complete strangers to the victims.
Only 115 of non-family abductions are stereotypical abductions, defined as those in which a child is detained overnight, transported at least 50 miles, held for ransom, intended to be kept permanently or killed.
The rest of the 800,000 missing cases include runaways, throwaways, or lost children.
Family child abductions
In 16% of family abductions, the child experiences severe mental harm.
8% of the children experience physical harm.
7% of the children are sexually abused.
Mothers take the child away 46% of the time.
Fathers take the child away 54% of the time.
Non-Family child abductions
More than 65% of the children abducted by non-family members are girls.
46% of children are sexually abused.
31% of the children are physically abused.
32% of abductions take place in a street or a car and 25% take place in a park or a wooded area.
The top 3 places an abductor imprisons the child are – a car, the abductor’s home and the abductor’s building.
Most abductions are carried out within a quarter of a mile of the child’s home.
75% of the abductors are male.
67% of them are below 29 years of age.
Stereotypical kidnappings
40% of children in stereotypical kidnappings are killed.
4% of children are never found.
79% kidnappings are carried out by strangers and 21% by acquaintances.
After reviewing these statistics, it seems like the little ones were justified in their fears. In fact, they were not in denial. According to one very large survey, over 75% of parents fear that their child will be abducted. I have to admit that I share in this fear to an extent. I guess these statistics support why the months of these girls called so quickly after hearing about my “real world” self defense class for girls.
I taught self-defense and Israeli Krav Maga to these girls as opposed to martial arts. I see the general definition of martial arts not being self-defense related. I have been a student of various forms of martial arts for half of my life and I see that many of the techniques are just that, techniques for class and not the real world. The only rule in self-defense is survival. Where it relates to these young girls, they would never be in a situation that could be confused. Why would they ne taught martial arts as a means for self-defense and how would these girls understand the difference? Young girls are easily influenced and they want to do as they are told. I feel good being able to give them concepts and a number of highly effective tactics for dealing with their fears and statistical possibility for their safety. In contrast, if I was teaching the girls a pure martial art, I may not feel as good about the relevancy of the material for their fears or vulnerabilities.
I make my training and seminars relevant by addressing a person’s fears first, then building upon the confidence that they gain from physically confronting the fear with concepts or physical fighting skills. For this group of girls, it was obvious that I need to work on the scenario of a bad guy grabbing them by the wrist and attempting to take them away. After solving this problem for them in minimal time girls worked the scenario with me as the “bad guy” using full contact against me. I gave them hard resistance and I didn’t let go until I was in pain. This is a valuable lesson that the girls learned. They actually experienced success.
Next, we moved on to some self-defense concepts and finished with one of the worst-case scenario for them. Being placed in a bad guy’s car after a successful public abduction. Each child did this individually with me as the “bad guy.” I teach simple yet effective ways for them to solve their problems. In this case, it was a violent solution to a very big concern. Each girl worked it out in their own time and used her own tools to fight be off while I was in the driver’s seat of my truck. It was empowering and it worked with each of the girls.
I love to teach self-defense to anyone. Girls are fun to teach and really need the training. It is my goal to train as many kids as possible within the next year. My goal is to train 5000 individuals in 2011.
About the Author:
Robb Hamic is the managing principal of Summit Security & Investigation® and Summit Self Defense™. These companies provide services for self-defense, survival Israeli Krav Maga and education. In fact, Robb Hamic is one of the only people who combine his skill sets to provide women with holistic solutions to their safety in anti-abduction situations. Mr. Hamic is written a book about keeping safe and is available for sale on Amazon.com:“Karma’s Helpers”
In
response to the recent violent kidnap attempts against women in Steiner Ranch,
I am hosting several women's self defense classes at the Town Park Community
Center.I am a master self-defense
instructor and teach a two hour format class that is effective and funWomen learn tactics that they can
recall under stress to defend against attacks.I stress three things: Detect, Defuse and Defend.
I live
here in Steiner and thought that it would be beneficial to our community.The class is intended for women but
children over 14 years of age and men can attend.Class size will be limited to 30 and RSVP is required by
phone or e-mail.The cost of the
class is $50 and participants need not bring anything except an open mind.
As a
professional self-defense trainer I have trained Austin Police Department.I specialize in all areas of use of
force including: concealed handgun licensing (CHL), handgun safety and
deployment, Taser and OC Spray (mace).My firm is Summit Self Defense and we have a website dedicated to
women's safety: http://www.femaleselfdefense.com.I teach locally to organizations, groups, corporations or
privately when I am in town.See
my credentials HERE.
My wife and former
Sheriff's Deputy, Marie, will assist in delivering this training. Marie and I
have seen the aftermath of violence against women firsthand and we want to give
women and people options. We have created a website that provides women
self-defense options and we reach out to many of our students in our seminars
who may be victims of violence. They provide training through seminars locally,nationally and internationally.
Summit
Self Defense offers training to corporations, organizations and groups to
combat workplace violence, personal safety, crimes against women, risk
assessments and real life scenarios. I have trained in many towns in Texas and
in several other states.
November 8, 2009- Steiner Ranch, Texas (Austin)- I have made arrangements to host women's (others may come) self defense classes in Steiner Ranch to address the growing concern about violence against women and girls. I live in Steiner and I want to do my part to reach out to the community to provide self defense options. The classes are open to anyone on a first come first served RSVP basis (limit 30 people per class). The cost is only $50 per person and will cover at two hour class on awareness, detection of danger, scenarios, the most effective self defense that a woman (or anyone else) could use against an attack, imminent jeopardy and legal use of force considerations.
I have decided to host at least two classes per month. I may expand based on current interest and RSVP's. My class is relevant, easy to fit into your schedule, inexpensive and sought after. I travel across the country delivering this training and now it is available to Austin residents, locally. This is an open class intended for women but men and children over the age of 14 may attend.
Most 'self defense training only focuses on some form of defense, whether it is realistic or not. In my opinion, that way of teaching can be harmful and leave you with no other option other than fighting. Women and girls don't want to fight and they don't want to stand and fight toe to toe with an attacker. The main objective of a person, including myself, is to get away from the attacker as fast as possible. While the idea of punishing an attacker is nice, it is impractical and gives people who train in these types of systems a false sense of security. A person who is attacked needs to know enough to keep themselves and their loved ones safe until they can get away (in most cases). Self defense needs to be simple, effective and easy to remember because all fancy techniques disintegrate under stress.
Consider these facts:
A bad guy wants only three things: Property, your body or your life
In 2008- 6 out of 1000 people were the victim of aggravated assault in the US (an injury that could cause death or great bodily harm)
47% of all crime is unreported
We all know that things aren't getting better
Robb Hamic is the Chief Instructor of Summit Self Defense. Robb provides firearms and defensive tactic training to Austin Police Department and over a dozen other law enforcement agencies across the US, military units and thousands of people per year. Robb teaches from a highly evolved self defense system that he advances throughout every year. Robb is a women's self defense master instructor and expert. He trains people in all levels of use of force including: combatitives, hand to hand tactics, close quarter, handgun deployment, Taser, OC Spray (mace), knife, de-escalation of force, conflict avoidance, rape prevention, safety, use of force, imminent jeopardy and other guns systems and tactics. Summit operates three schools across the US and is currently expanding rapidly.
Robb's wife and former Sheriff's Deputy, Marie, will assist in delivering this training. Marie and Robb have seen the aftermath of violence against women firsthand and they now work together to give women and people options.
RSVP by e-mail or phone. Bring a friend or family member and please tell your friends. We look forward to meeting you!
robb@summitselfdefense.com
512-284-0087 (cell)
Classes
All classes held at the Towne Square Community Center in Steiner Ranch
