You do not require special physical skills to have belief in your Self Defense ability or your ability to protect yourself, in fact, far from it. A handful of simple and effective skills, backed up with useful knowledge and a positive mindset would be more than sufficient.

There are some very simple Self Defense skills that will help you obtain a Maximum-Effect from a minimal amount of force.

A knowledge of some highly sensitive areas of the body and some simple strikes goes a long way. These senstive areas go much further than the eyes and the groin which are the 2 that most people could think of quickly.

Rhere are so many areas on the body, when struck would have great effect and you would be well justified in using them in a situation where you really believed that your life was in danger.

The techniques you need to learn must be very simple to be effective at all. The reason they must be simple is because most people cannot carry out complex or fine motor skills in a high stress situation like that of an attack.

You are more than capable of performing all the self defense techniques that you need to know, it’s just that nobody has probably shown you any of them just yet.

The information you learn here will assist in piecing all the physical aspects of self defense together.

Without the right information, your techniques could be useless as you need the ability to carry them out under stress.

Learn to control your fear and avoid panic, then you are already half way there. We can certainly help you with some simple strategies to do that. We will also help with many other areas such as awareness, avoidance,natural instincts and many of the simple physical techniques and strategies that will help you develop a belief in your self defense.

Why should you believe that you can defend yourself against a bigger stronger person?

Well, remember, it has been done before by many people. There are thousands of stories of people successfully defending themselves against all odds, you just tend to hear more about the ones with a bad ending. The fact that these other people have protected themselves is an indicator that it is certainly possible for you to make a difference.

You are capable of inflicting more damage upon another person than you could possibly imagine. Learning the techniques and practicing them does certainly give you the confidence to know you are physically capable of performing them.

Knowledge of the most sensitive areas of the body, together with super effective strikes will help your confidence in yourself to soar as you grow in the belief in your self defense.

We have all been gifted with natural instincts to survive. If there ever comes a need then you must dig deep and find those instincts and do whatever it takes in order to survive. You can and will do whatever it takes in order to survive and get back to your loved ones.

A Mother will do anything to protect here young. You must find that same emotion and use it to protect yourself. At the end of the day, if you do not do everything you can to protect yourself, then you may never be seeing your children or other loved ones again.

Find the emotion that drives you. What is it that will ensure you are going home today?

Over the next few articles, we will be covering many areas to be effective in Self Defense regardless of your size and strength. We alsoput a great deal of information in our Self Defense Book at Fightwize Self Defense. We also put together some basic information in a Free Self Defense Book.

It may not occur overnight but you will develop a belief in your self defense. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't you are absolutely right!

The next article will cover an essential element for your mind "How Far will You go to protect yourself”?

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By Malcolm Bale – 3rd Degree Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu