Women

Women are more likely to be assaulted than men. An important component of self-protection training for women is self-defense training in a martial art such as Tae Kwon Do. Other components of self-protection include learning assertiveness, awareness, and safety skills. For women, the reality is that a potential assailant is likely to be male and much larger and stronger. However, most assaults use physical force only and do not employ a weapon -- which is where effective physical fighting comes in. Also studies show that women who fight back are more likely to be able to escape an attempted assault. With yelling, screaming, running away, and/or fighting being the most effective strategies.

For useful fighting techniques, women need to learn to pit their strength against the weakness of a potential assailant. This requires learning powerful striking and kicking techniques, and learning effective target area's. Since Tae Kwon Do emphasizes kicking women learn to use their strongest weapon effectively. Kicking also has the longest reach and can help keep an attacker farther away. Since we also learn how to get out of hand-grabs, chokes and other common situations, women get good all around self-defense training. Choking is an important technique to be able to get out of, since choking is a common tactic, and studies show that when used choking tends to shift the stats in favor of the assailant. Our classes include instruction in these techniques as well as applying and defending against striking techniques.