| Vital for some - but a Liability for | | | | P.E.S.T. |
| You! | | | | Don't put any reliance whatsoever on |
| Important for YOUR success - but leading | | | | rape alarms - why should an innocent |
| to YOUR defeat! | | | | bystander come to help you, a total |
| Slide your feet and demolish him - slide | | | | stranger, and have his throat cut as |
| your feet and get kicked in the belly! | | | | well as yours? It just doesn't make |
| Move to your Left, WHACK! him - Move to | | | | sense. Far safer for him to mobile phone |
| your Right, be whacked yourself! | | | | the police, five miles away, and stay |
| Move about - be crushed! Stand still - | | | | alive to try to identify your killer ... |
| crush him! | | | | You must learn say three techniques with |
| To be skilled in Footwork - ten long | | | | your favourite weapon - stick, umbrella, |
| intense years of study; but to be | | | | chew, whatever. |
| skilled in Winning - five minutes of | | | | Your technique must be delivered from a |
| study - Stand Still! | | | | standing still position. If you move |
| Practice your footwork- and Lose; Don't | | | | your feet the (expert) mugger will |
| - and win! | | | | laugh. |
| The most important factor in using | | | | It must arise from an innocent, |
| footwork is - DON'T! You will surely be | | | | non-threatening position. It must not be |
| defeated and smashed. | | | | held above your head as if about to hit |
| For you, as a Beginner, this is most | | | | him. Ideally (in your case) it must |
| important advice. When you hit him, | | | | arise from your right rear and slash up |
| don't move your feet. | | | | through his left chops. |
| If you misguidedly attend self defence | | | | You must give absolutely no warning. |
| classes, your instructors will pour | | | | This takes courage (and Autogenic |
| scorn on these remarks. Show them a copy | | | | Training!) |
| of the first part above those dots and | | | | And then and only then can you step to |
| you'll see what I mean! | | | | your left and smash down into the angle |
| Explanation | | | | of his right neck. Many times, many many |
| You are a middle-aged unfit man or woman | | | | many times ... |
| with no training or experience in the | | | | To use footwork takes much, much |
| martial arts. You want to survive alive | | | | practice, months indeed. If you are not |
| and unbroken in a mugging or rape | | | | immaculate in your move, he will counter |
| attempt. You want that knowledge now, | | | | you. He may be a Mugger but most |
| today - tonight indeed! You lack time, | | | | assuredly he's no mug. |
| you lack fitness. You lack skill. You | | | | If you don't move your feet he MAY not |
| lack strength. You lack inbuilt | | | | twig on to your intention. And you must |
| ruthlessness. You don't have a chance? | | | | hit him in the instant before he starts |
| Wrong! | | | | his close attack. You must hit him |
| Simply because you don't have a chance | | | | first. You must in fact PRE-EMPT his |
| against a professional mugger or drugged | | | | coming attack and scatter his wits as |
| rapist, YOU DO! You have every real | | | | you smash his chops. And only then, |
| chance of surviving, of breaking him. | | | | while he is momentarily witless do you |
| You are aware that a weapon gives you | | | | proceed as Survival dictates - WHACK! |
| that much more chance of coming through | | | | Footwork? What footwork? You want to |
| in more or less one piece. You MUST | | | | survive, don't you? |
| therefore carry a weapon. A valid legal | | | | You do, don't you? |
| weapon. But what is a legal weapon? | | | | Did I hear you say "Yes"? |
| A walking stick, an umbrella, a dog | | | | Then forget about Footwork! |
| chain or dog chew. Possibly a karatetsu | | | | |