Fight Like a Girl...and Win: Defense Decisions for Women
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A kick-ass practical guide that packs a major punch ... without even throwing one! Self-defense lecturer and no-nonsense blonde bombshell Lori Gervasi lays out simple actions and important decisions women must make BEFORE they find themselves in physical danger to eliminate surprise and panic.
It's an unfortunate reality that women are susceptible to random acts of aggression, from sexual harassment and stalking to physical assaults, domestic violence, date rape and worse. But women can learn how to protect and defend themselves -- with this groundbreaking guidebook. Let martial arts black belt and accomplished journalist Lori Hartman Gervasi walk you through easy-to-follow, everyday steps for taking charge of your personal safety, training your reflexes, and -- if and when the time comes -- using force. Her program consists of 26 potentially life-saving decisions that every woman must make, including:
DECIDE TO BELIEVE IN YOUR FIGHT – Battles are waged from the inside out. Your conscience, intelligence, and guts must be committed to the cause. You and those you love are the things worth fighting for.
DECIDE TO DEVISE A STRATEGY – Create a one-way ticket out of every imaginable circumstance, from back-door escape routes to getaways in public places. Think "what-if…?", plan for the unexpected, and be ready for anything!
DECIDE TO RECOGNIZE THE THREAT OF THE INITIAL ATTACK – When practicing awareness, you can detect danger before it happens. The bad guy will take steps to get close to you. Watch carefully and identify these for what they are—the preludes to an attack.
DECIDE TO MOVE – If an attacker strikes, don't freeze—get moving! Break through your fear with instant mobility. You have limitless options and any movement works as long as it leads to your safety.
DECIDE TO ACT ON YOUR INSTINCTS – Your intuition is your guide, but you must respond physically in order to be successful. When something isn't right, take action, change plans, redirect yourself, and control your destiny!
…along with Defense Do's And Don'ts, inspiring "Power Points," and other survival tactics that can help you to be prepared, stay strong, and
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL…AND WIN
Lori Hartman Gervasi
Lori Hartman Gervasi was born in Burbank, California. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in television and film. For ten years she worked both on air and behind the scenes as a television journalist for ABC News and Channel 9 News in Los Angeles. She has a black belt in karate and is author of the nonfiction book Fight Like a Girl…and Win: Defense Decisions for Women. Faith Countryman is her first novel. Gervasi lives in Southern California with her husband, Frank. Visit her website at www.LoriHartmanGervasi.com.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very hard to take at first. Lori Hartman thinks every minute about what could possibly happen and what to do about it if it does. Sounds pretty exhausting and what a way to live. However, she does have some practical ideas and some interesting insight into our personal choices. The major point of the book is to make you enough aware to just avoid being sucked into any kind of "relationship" with others bent on doing you harm. And like she says, the only proof you will ever have of knowing if what you are doing is right, is that nothing will happen to you.
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