Google Martial Arts

If you "Google" "martial arts training" you willreceive 2,250,000 hits for various schools, video's and courses. Those courses will teach any number of techniques that the "experts" tell you will get you out of a dangerous situation.

Many of the people that learn from these courses, schools etc. will actually leave the course in more danger than they arrived. Why? The reason is that they mistakenly feel confident in their skills.

There is a well-known interaction between a self-defense expert and a student who had attended another seminar. The student proudly stated that having completed the course, she feels more comfortable walking through the park in the evening to get home. The instructor correctly pointed out that the course was garbage. If the course had been worth the cost of admission, the woman would have avoided the dangerous park.

If awareness and the ability to recognize and avoid risks are not part of a course, then you should carefully examine the value of the course. The best self-defense is to not be there.