You have probably read and heard a lot about preventing crime but the possibility of becoming a victim of robbery or an assault is always there. Did not mean to scare you but do not worry – here are some experts’ strategies you can do in facing these unpleasant, life threatening, and terrible situations in our lives.

We know that it is not easy to stay calm in a dangerous situation but try to be one as possibly you can. At least 95 percent of experts unanimously agree about the usefulness of a loud scream at the right time. It is proven an effective device. Loud noises the victim can produce is more than enough to drive away the attacker because criminals always try to commit crime without being detected at all by anyone other than their victims.

Nowadays there are several inexpensive alarms available at the store that you can easily slip right into your pocket or serve as keychain and its sound can be heard to blocks away. If you do not have such electronic or battery operated gadget – your scream will save you a lot. Yell! The loudest you can. No criminal wants to be noticed about his act.

In isolated cases, it would be best to surrender your money or jewelries rather than resist that would harm you and could even kill you. Most especially, if the attacker has a weapon, unless you are an expert, trained or experienced, do not resist.

There are common weapons which you can keep right in your purse like pepper spray or tear gas that can harm the eyes and nose of an attacker. You can always reason out to the authorities that you carry this for your personal protection. Surrender it if necessary if they asked to.

There are also electronic stun guns strong enough to physically disable the attacker in an instant and would give you time to either run or call help. Carrying a handgun is the least experts’ give as an advice for woman to carry, for it requires proper training and licenses. Like any other weapon, there is always the possibility of wrestling handgun from you by an attacker. He may not have a weapon before but now he has and it came right from your hand.

Another thing you can try is to buy some time by talking or negotiating with the attacker. It would all depend on the personality of the attacker, you can sense it. Depending also on your respond, you can also turn off the attacker with bizarre behavior such as throwing things or you can suddenly act like a retard. Pretending to be an instant epileptic patient is also effective.

All these tactics can be applied depending on situations. Remember that your primary goal is to create circumstances that you would be freed from your attacker as quickly as possible without any harm or injury.

If you know the art of self-defense, you need to carefully assess the strength of the attacker before fighting back. The first area on your attacker’s body should be the groin. This part in a man’s body is super sensitive but he knows that you know that and some of them wear protective athletic cup on that particular part.

There are other areas in his body that would catch him by surprise, using your knuckles or fist, your shoes and feet, and whatever you have in your purse or hand.

• A hard kick to the knee will surely knock a man down
• Use the side of your ATM or credit card by sliding it to his face
• Use an eyebrow pencil, a pencil or pen and point at the lower back of his ear
• Use the side of the sole of your shoe down the attacker’s shin. Apply pressure and it will work since there is no tissue between the bone and skin.
• If you are wearing spike heels, stomp on his foot
• Strike that part just below his Adam’s apple or even better if you could grab his Adam’s apple and squeeze it
• In an upward portion towards his forehead, you can strike the bottom of a man’s nose by using an open palm. Using an open palm hurt the attacker more and you less than your fist which is easily breakable.
• Grab any of his fingers and try to break it backward. You will surely temporarily disable him.
• Never attempt to harm an attacker in their eyes. It won’t work unless by using a spray but never your bear hands.
• You can also use the tip of an umbrella to hit an attacker or the umbrella itself
• Use biting as a last resort. If he has is an HIV positive then you could be at risk later.
• If he grabs you by the arm, your first instinct is to pull him away which is wrong. Quickly yank your arm or wrist through the space between the man’s thumb and pointer finger, the grip’s weakest part.
• The attacker grabs your clothes. Jerk your body away from the side where he is gripping you.
• He grabs you from behind with a hug. Force your arms straight up and drop toward the ground. That will surely break his grip.

Most attackers are actually cowards and they want an easy victim who will not resist. Now that you know some techniques to foil an attack, practice it at home without harming your brother, son or your husband.