Woman shares self-defense advice that could actually save your life – & it has nothing to do with the method you choose
WOMEN, unfortunately, need to know how to defend themselves in the case of an attempted assault.
Alysha Flynn, who runs a female running club, shared the ways she keeps safe when running out on her own – techniques that can be used anytime.
Taking to TikTok, the fitness coach shared with her followers that she learned an important hack from one of the women she trains who is also a self-defense coach.
“It has to be what’s best for you as an individual,” she began in her video as she herself ran along the tracks by herself.
“The tool only works if you’re trained, confident, and prepared to use it.”
She then explained that if, for example, you are carrying pepper spray on your run, you need to have it accessible and you need to be confident enough to actually use it.
“If you’ve never used it before, could that actually put you in more danger than not having it with you?” she questioned.
“Now imagine that it was a taser or a pocket knife, and you are not trained and unprepared to use it. No matter what you choose, you have to be ready to use it and to protect yourself if it ever got turned on you.
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“So it makes less about what tool is best and more about which one are you confident using.”
Previously, another woman went viral when she warned women to never take the same route two days in a row.
“Not every single college girl or young adult woman comes from the same background and same mindsets when it comes to safety and having street smarts and street sense,” she began, justifying the purpose of her video.
“It is important for us, as young women, to get comfortable with the idea and mindset of being consistently inconsistent with where we run our errands, what we do and how we do it.
“The people that are out here with the intentions of participating in sex trafficking, kidnapping, raping, etc – they are looking for specific targets, the oblivious, the ones that don’t have awareness, and the ones that don’t have street smarts.
“So, when you are shopping for errands and going to the gym, and going to your favorite coffee shop and brunch spot, you are becoming consistent for someone who is tracking you.
“You need to be so consistent with being inconsistent that you are then too difficult for them. It’s too much effort to try and track you.
“You need to be going to different coffee shops all the time, don’t go to the Target that’s right next to your house, do different things. Spread it out. Drive the extra miles to run errands and the next week, don’t go there anymore.
“Then go to the place that’s close to you. switch it up so much, pay attention when you’re leaving these places, who is following you, whose car is parked around you before you got out to go in the store.”
She then restated that the people “who are looking to hurt you” will not target you because they cannot figure out your routine.
“Prioritize your safety because people live day in and out trying to harm others,” she warned.
She even went as far as suggesting that women who live in apartments install loud alarms to let those around them that they aren’t to be messed with.
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