Students are advised to practice at "Shadow Drill," not on their friends.

[moon_custafer]

Glanced at a magazine article today in which someone praised the 1942 manual HANDS OFF! Self Defense for Women by Major W.E. Fairbairn (short version -- rather than warning you to avoid male company, not go out alone, or wear modest clothes -- because duh, it's wartime and none of that advice is at all practical -- the major shows you how to jab the heel of your hand into the point of the chin of anyone who tries to molest you). Anyway, I googled it when I got home and the whole thing is up on Scribd, for reasons of historical interest, practical safety, or you just need period self-defense techniques (devised by someone who worked with the Shanghai police force in the 1920s and also trained British commandos) for your 1940s-era heroine.

ETA because Don's subsequent comment and my reply got swallowed by LJ:


> LJ won't let me post this on your Self Defense for Women blog entry for some
> reason. FYI.
>
> ------------------------------
> Best "Self Defense for Women" stuff on TV was the old "Beauty and the Beast"
> series with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. In the pilot Linda gets mugged
> and left for dead. The Beast finds her and nurses her back to health in his
> underground pad: dropping her off anonymously at an emergency ward when she
> starts to regain consciousness. She decides never again to be as helpless
> as she was whilst being mugged and seeks out a sensei who is notoriously
> demanding and choosey about who he takes on as students. He reluctantly
> agrees to a try-out which he starts off by grabbing and immobilising her.
>
> Linda: Wait! NO! I'm not ready...
> Sensei: Ha! You going to just beg and put yourself at my, possibly
> non-existent, mercy? I thought you didn't want to be that helpless little
> girl who almost died doing that.
> Linda: No, NO!

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Best "Self Defense for Women" stuff on TV was the old "Beauty and the Beast" series with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. In the pilot Linda gets mugged and left for dead. The Beast finds her and nurses her back to health in his underground pad: dropping her off anonymously at an emergency ward when she starts to regain consciousness. She decides never again to be as helpless as she was whilst being mugged and seeks out a sensei who is notoriously demanding and choosey about who he takes on as students. He reluctantly agrees to a try-out which he starts off by grabbing and immobilising her.

Linda: Wait! NO! I'm not ready...
Sensei: Ha! You going to just beg and put yourself at my, possibly non-existent, mercy? I thought you didn't want to be that helpless little girl who almost died doing that.
Linda: No, NO!

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

> Linda: Wait! NO! I'm not ready...
> Sensei: Ha! You going to just beg and put yourself at my, possibly
> non-existent, mercy? I thought you didn't want to be that helpless little
> girl who almost died doing that.
> Linda: No, NO!

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

OK, it cut off my comment, too. huh.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

OK, now it cut off my edit.

[donald hutton (from livejournal.com)]

Looks like LJ is having serious brain problems. I see that my comment is cut in half even if you're putting it up. Maybe wait till after the weekend to see if it's recovered.