Your Personal Safety Guide to help keep you safe on the streets
Dark nights and parties could mean risk tasking
for many of us at this time of year, so we’ve created a downloadable guide for
your personal safety whilst walking to and from your evenings or afternoons out.
The guide is designed to be used in
conjunction with a Safe on the Streets self defence course and can be referred
to before or after your training at any time. We’re currently planning the
schedule of women’s and girls’ self defence courses for next year, so this
feels like the perfect time to share a taster of what’s in the guide…
The Personal Safety Guide
While nothing can replace the high-quality
instruction our trainers provide, the guide is intended as a ‘road map’ that
will help you get from one place to another in confidence and safety. It is a
plan of action to help reduce and manage fear, raise awareness of potentially
risky situations and guide you on how to act to ensure your personal safety by
avoiding conflict.
Download the Personal Safety Guide now, or read on…
The road map
Conflicts almost always follow the same
pattern. The Personal Safety Guide follows each step on this road map and
tackles the conflicts or situations within it. Your personal safety could be
compromised after the first two steps unless you know how to effectively
diffuse the situation:
Remember, physical moves are always a LAST
RESORT. The aim is to completely avoid a risky situation, diffuse it and remove
yourself from it.
This starts with preparing your journey
Reduce your feelings of unease and fear by being
prepared, know where you are going, plan the route for the safest possible
journey and don’t take short cuts through poorly lit or sparsely populated
areas.
Pay attention to the situation. It’s
tempting play music through your earbuds for company as you walk alone, but
this can greatly reduce your awareness of your environment. Look around
as you walk and adjust your route for a safer one if necessary, even if it
takes you longer.
Be confident – even if you aren’t, act like
you are! If you are engaged by someone who makes you feel uncomfortable try to portray
a confident persona, without exacerbating their mood.
Let someone else know when you’ve left your
starting point and what time you intend to arrive where you’re heading. And let
them know once you’ve got there. Staying in touch on your journey not only
gives you some confidence, but it helps your loved ones feel better too.
And listen to your inner voice – if it
doesn’t feel right, don’t risk it…
SOS – A women’s and girls’ self defence course
This has been just a taster of the Personal
Safety Guide, and of some of the things you’ll be taught on the Safe on the
Streets self defence course. Please download the guide for more tips and advice
and keep an eye out for news of the new course dates. The course is open to all
women and girls and follows the nationally recognised advice for self defence
and personal safety.
Download the Personal Safety Guide now
For further information, please contact the
Dojo 01235 364370 or office@candomartialarts.co.uk