Self Defense During Christmas Shopping

A karate instructor in Canfield, Ohio taught a class at the Old North Church on Saturday that covered the basics of self-defense when shopping or attending late night parties.

Meant to combat the rise in crime during the holiday season, the class was a women only event and focused on things like being aware while you are shopping or coming home from late events.

The karate instructor explained that would be robbers and attackers look for easy victims, for people who will not fight back for whatever reason. The goal of the class was to help women have an attitude that will discourage would be robbers and attackers.

Women should feel like they can protect themselves and those attending the class agreed that they felt considerably more confident, which was the goal of the karate instructor who organized the class.

Important highlights included always being aware of your surroundings and only carry the essentials with you such as required credit cards, personal papers etc.

Getting into the holiday spirit doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t adequately prepare for the possibility of coming into harm’s way at some point. Self defense, also, does not need to be so elaborate as to take away from the holiday spirit.

A happy medium can be found with the use of basic self defense tools to help you to feel confident in your ability to avoid dangerous situations and/or evade would be attackers. Items of personal protection such as pepper spray, stun guns or TASER guns can also be helpful in feeling confident and secure.