Self Defence

Ok
I'm always scared that at my school I'm going to get in a fight and not be able to defend my self and the only thing I am scared of in life is being pinned down on the ground by a boy or girl and not being able to get out so what are more things i can use for self defence
so the only thing i know right now is to is

1.)go for the hair
2.) go for the knees

what else can can a girl use for self defense

Pressure points work miracles. The neck has several, the solar plexus (a small patch of muscle, I believe, right above the stomach and below the lungs), and there are several easy break points around the elbows.

Point blank, avoid fighting, but if you have to, keep cool because when you get angry and worked up you'll make mistakes in perception and dodging.

[EDIT] :Avoid drama, keep cool, DON'T aim for the neck (dont want to kill someone).

Unless someone is activly threatening your life you never have to worry about fighting because it can be prevented by keeping to yourself and avoiding the he said, she said bullshit. And remember, who you beat up today could bring a gun tomorrow : /

Yeah well what if your not even talking to anyone on the bus and they come up to you

or your on a street pinned down against the ground its not just school its anywhere and i want to know how to get out
and not spend my time waisting 200 dollers on a class for one month
just a few tips on how to get out

Take self defence classes. i took them for about four years when i was younger. it's a great way to learn to defend yourself and get fit at the same time :) but, always try and avoid fighting if possible. violence wont solve anything.

Well if you aviod the fight and they come after you
you do what....

I was told...

to avoid fights as much as possable but if they come after you fight back like its a life or death situation
and thanks for the help i appretiate it

I was going to suggest classes originally, but without the mindset and conditioning, learning the methods and techniques won't help you much. You'd need to take a fully fleshed out martial art style - not one of the rec center 'how to defend yourself' classes - they help, but not enough.

If the fight comes to you, then do what you have to. Pressure points, like I said earlier, will disable, but not necisarly (I can't spell today) kill, so I'd go with them.

Look over some charts. There's one, I don't remember the exact name/artist now (but ill look into it for you if want to pm me later on) that has a list of the pressure points with a male model and appropriate striking methods for each one.

A good workout on the bag never hurts either.

Ok thanks
this helps alot
it just scares me to be pinned on the ground and not get out

Yeah
see there are a few people at my school that starts fights ALOT and it scares me to death that they might do something and i cant get out and
last night my friend and i were playing around and i know he wouldn't do anything to hurt me but we were playing around and he pinned me to the ground and tickleing me and hes pretty big
but the thought of not being able to get myself out
just REALLY got to me

I trust you have nails... even without this is a sure fire way to get someone off of you.

Feel behind your ear lobe for a soft spot between your skull and jaw. Apply firm pressure to it with your thumb, preferably with your nail. Afterwards imagine doing this with all of your might.

You will notice it hurts one heck of a lot and the pain lingers for a while. DO NOT use this for more than a few seconds.

If you cannot get to the ear ram your nails up into the armpit, again try it on yourself so you know where to go and how much pressure to use.

You will feel much more empowered knowing you can incapacitate someone with your finger or thumb alone and it will ease your mind significantly.

Hair and knees. Hair I would forget unless it's to help you get at the ear. The knee has to be approached front on whilst they are standing or any pain inflicted will be very temporary.

But before you even think of trying any of these your first option is to get away either by talking or running.

Violence is ALWAYS the last resort.

Thanks thats my chioce
but as in the knees
if you kick from the front and if you have enough power then that can be very helpful in a fight of getting them to stop and walking away

You can also kick downward at the knees from the side and cause some damage. Also, the back of the knee when the leg is straightened out holds a tendon (I believe, don't quote me) that, if you nail it just right with your foot extended (be careful, could break your toes if barefooted or in sandals) that could cause the muscle to give out for a few minutes (had someone kick me there before and my leg gave out and wouldn't function for about half a minute, and he was just playing around). Nail them there, they'll drop, and you'll have a chance to run to get help or get that fight deciding head shot or upper body shot in.

And if someone manages to rush you and tower over you, knocking you onto your back, extend your leg and hit right above the groin area/stomach, hold the leg there, pull their arms, and fling them over, avoiding being pinned. Physics wise, it could be done to someone nearly twice your size, as you're using their weight and the force of their ram against you to fling them over, just pray you don't have weak knees.

Seriously, the best weapon against the human body is knowledge of what makes up the human body. I use to take Goju Ryu karate (student for nearly nine years) and part of our black belt test involved in depth study of the human anatomy and the pressure point/striking method charts. If you know the human body, you can break the human body.

^ that sounds really cool, but regular cheap dirty street fighting works pretty good too and is easy to learn, theirs no rules whatsoever. Just go at it with everything you got. Use any cheap tricks you can think of. Pull down their pants, pee on them, gouge their eyes out with your sharp nails, throw any objects around you, be creative, just whatever comes to mind.

Just be ready to face the consequences.

I done karate and judo for self-defence when i got bullied at school. its really good

Pressure points are amazing I get my best friend with them all the time but only for jokes and he was the one who showed me them too =)

Well when your cornered you are going to have to defend yourself. A rough hit to the nose will daze a person, The ribs can be pretty fragile after a few hits, A kick or punch to the stomach will wind someone and open the chance for a headlock.
People here will probibly hate me for saying this but this is a peice of advice given to me and it worked wonders "if you think you cant win or your on the floor look for the heaviest object and swing"
XxLuciferxX

The best way to fight is to use every part of your body. Your elbows, knees, head, fists, legs, and feet. This comes in especially handy if you're shorter than the person you're fighting. If your pinned down, the best thing to do, is to try and kick them off. Try putting a foot between you and them and kicking them off. That or headbutt them.. haha

Ps.... You seem a bit paranoid with being put in a situation where you have to fight... People don't really just come up to you and punch you in the face.

Eyes, earings, gut, whatever you can

the person who said to keep calm made a very good point. when you're angry your blows are slower and it allows them to make an opening

"People don't really just come up to you and punch you in the face" Beleive me people do. when my family moved i was in the garden when some very older guy (i was only very young) ran in the garden punched me 3 times in the face and ran off.
I have also been randomly attacked on several occasions on the streets and when i was in school (thank god im out of that worthless landfill)
XxLuciferxX

Some old guy really came and punched you in the face?? whoa.. haha.. I mean sorry.

That just doesn't happen where I am. Only amongst the homeless guys, and if you actually say something, when you should have kept your mouth shut.

Thats just being cruel im upset now lol :( i was only 12 at the time and this guy was around 20-21 and i didnt even see the guy untill his fist hit me.

Wow ok
thanks
i think its funny at first im being told to aviod it and now im being told to gut their eyes out.lol
thanks and i live in a small town where if people come from the city they LOVE to start stuff because i guess theres not enough drama so yeah my friend got in a fight that almost put her in the hospital so i was a little creeped out by that so thanks for the help.

If someone pins u one the ground head but them, go for the throat, kick at the knees, the groin, pull hair, bite theres lots of stuff you can do

It's the most simple thing in the world to do, If you are unable to get away from someone. You say you want to defend yourself..
Dopelganger had it right.
This is harsh and painful, but I promise you it will drop ANYONE - and I truly mean that. Index finger of your strongest hand - straight into the eye socket...Hard! Apart from Superman, no one will stand after that.

I, like nearly everyone else would like to point out that violence is not an answer. I've grown up in a very rough neighbourhood in Manchester, England. I -had- to fight growing up, one thing I promise you - it doesn't solve anything, just gives you scars.

~Pete.

I'd avoid trying to go for pressure points. Martial arts for the most part, are just that, an art, and really not all that much use in a real street fight, except as someone said to give you the mindset and mental conditioning to keep focussed.

I'd advise you check your body language when out walking alone. Do you look like the kind of person who'd be easy to attack? Are you walking tall and with purpose, do you look wary?

Have a good think about these things and remember that most people who would actually attack someone, either for money or other reasons are going to go for weak people, people who look like easy marks....I know this only because I used to be something of a minor thug when i was a teenager. We could spot people who we knew not to mess with a mile off, and it was very little to do with their size or sex.

If it comes to it though, and you have to fight..think about the body. No use trying to grapple someone around the ears or behind the knee's...if you get that close you are in trouble. Use your legs, which are strong and long...scream for all you are worth and kick them between the legs if you can...and then run....

Ow
that would hurt with the eyes gouging thing
its like the whole horror movie thing
ow

Yup, gotta agree.

im not small(not fat) kinda built and i can handle my own, ive been beat down by gangs because of me running my mouth over something that didnt concern me. LEssion lernt keep your mouth shut and you shouldnt have problems haha.

ffor real tho if your concerd just keep to yourself if your honestly that scared.

3. go for karate lessons.

See thats the problem i do keep it to myslef at school and these to mean chicks just wanna start stuff and i know i can handle myself but if i cant get out of it then i might be Injured or maby even dead and i can't stand people getting in fights for no reason
and i wont run away from a fight like a little girl i REFUSE to do that so If someone starts a fight i will finish it and if they mess with me i wont tollerate it so thats my problem I just dont want to get in something that i cant win which rarly happens

Well, to completely kill my thoughts on violence not being the answer, when I was bullied by the "mean kids" I just got fed up and beat the, I guess you can say, "leader's", ass.

Sure, him and his friends ran with their tail between there legs but I'm sure there were other, more constructive ways to handle it that wouldn't have gotten me expelled for a semester or looked at like a psychopath.

As hard as it is, unless these mean chicks are actually laying hands on you, just blow em off. Words holds no weight, especially when you look at it through a psychological stand point - obviously they don't have half the self esteem or confidence that you, or whoever their victim is, have/has, so they feel the need to tear everyone else down to their level.

Just picture yourself as above them and that they're so pathetic that they have to result to insults just to pull you down to a notch they can compare to, and if they lay a hand on you, beat them all the way to hell's gates.

Don't instigate or intimidate, but if they retaliate - annihalate. And think to yourself if the benefits of silencing a problem are worth the consequences. I'm now working my ass off in school to catch up for the semester I missed, and to be honest, looking back, I don't think It was worth wasteing my summer in front of a computer screen learning stuff I already knew because some dude decided to take his anger out on me one day.

Nice
thanks y'all
i appretiate it

I'd rather lose my reputation then fight. I'm in high school to but if anyone were to fight in school and they planned on going to college, they may not be going anymore. I want to be an elementary school teacher. what college will take me if i get into a fight? i don't fight and i prolly never will, and if anything were to happen i wouldn't fight back. i would run away

At my school we have marshall arts :P and i went to it last year and the instructor was so funny the boys of the group kept going for his tricks and ended up getting hurt... was kind of funny how easly you can hurt some one with a slight movment. But we had to promise not to practice on any one not in the room which was soo not fair because its just soo tempting to get some on on the ground in one move :D

Nice
my school is that cool but i like it

This is dirty fighting, but if its a guy kick them in the balls and if its a girl, hit them in the boobs, lol. Its not honorable, but it works! Struggle like crazy, and hit with whatever you can, elbows, head, ext. If you don't want to fight dirty, go for the stomach, or nose.

Don't kick him in the balls cause he might grab your foot or something guys always expect that, Trust me... I've tried haha. Go for the chins.
At my school they teach us self-defence, because we are at the stage where we might get into fights. Just try not to provoke a fight and you won't get into one is my motto ;)

Ignore the person above, unless you want to kill someone.

To the poster above, do you know how dangerous it is to punch someone in the throat? And if you hit someone in the nose, and you put too much upward motion into it, you can kill them or cause them serious brain damage.

Do you even know what the hell you are talking about? You sound like someone who has watched too many Kung Fu films.

Don't be stupid.....and please don't post such thoughtless and poorly understood self defence advice tips.

You don't know what you are talking about and God forbid anyone follows your advice.

"Ps.... You seem a bit paranoid with being put in a situation where you have to fight... People don't really just come up to you and punch you in the face."

^ive seen it happen many times...in the 8th grade a clique of 8-12 black girls jumped me, i hadn't done anything to them, and a couple of them i had talked to[friendly] during classes... but i was talking to a black guy, and i am white, and even though it was nobody's boyfriend or anything, it pissed them off and they jumped me. later it was warped into, i called one of them a n*^$%&@.

anyways, your adrenaline ought kick in mighty quick if its life or death, and that stuff makes you STRONG. think like, PCP strong.

Yeah I have girls at my school who do that too and if you look at them the wrong way they are on your but in a heart beat
one of them tried to hit me 3 times which after that its automaticly self defence in the court of law and i can kill them and i would be ok
but yeah i dont kill im to scared
but she didnt hit at me but tried and missed and i hit her in the throut and she was down to the ground and i start walking away and she gets back up and pulls my hair and i turna around and sock her in the nose and and right before she falls back she tries to hit me again and i hit her in the gut and then i just left and the princaple didnt even talk to me about it because he knew what they do to the school and waht typpe of people they are at out school
now they all stay away but know theres another group that heard about the fight and they are starting to gang up on me because they wanna see whos stronger and i didnt do anything to any of these girls except punch one for taking my wallet out of my pocket and she had it in her hand i turned around a saw her and grabed it and she wouldn't give it back and i just hit herin the face no damage except a black eye but it was actually quite fun

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if some bare hugs you and have your arms and you cant ellow them in the face use ur feet the kick back in there shins!

IF THEY HAVE YOU ON THE GROUND and ur on ur back and there on top of up scream as loud as u can( they will most likey use one of there own hands to put over ur muouth, take ur free hand pull there arm donw so its on ur cheast and move ur feet nere under ur ass then left ur body up from the bottom really hard. if yu do that right u should need up on top them with there legs around u, from there fight ur way out by punch them in the nosie and dick.

NEVER EVER GO TUMMY DOWN WITH UR BACK UP
YOUR FUCKED ONCE YOU DO THAT!