Self-defense & Assault Prevention for Girls & Women is a complete book of instruction in basic, practical self-defense which can be used as a text in physical education classes, in women's studies, assertion training groups, for young adult counseling and guidance, and as a home study course.

The effective, easy-to-learn defense actions are clearly explained and fully illustrated, step-by-step. Self-defense is not viewed as preparatin to become a skilled fighter, but as instruction to avoid becoming the victim of assault. The physical defenses are a back-up for prudent behavior to minimize the posibliity of assault and assertive responses to the threat of assault. Although they derive from ancient jujitsu techniques, the defense actions have been adapted to the needs and capabilities of women living in the modern world.

Self-defense, as presented by Bruce Tegner and Alice McGrath, is an aspect of general competence and self-reliance and is appropriate for health and safety education.

Bruce Tegner is a world-renowned authority, teacher and writer in the field of the martial arts. His many books on specialities of weaponless fighting skills for sport, recreation and fitness, and self-defense constitute a virtual library. They are used by schools, clubs, individuals, recreation centers and law enforcement training academies throughout the world. Bruce Tegner books have been published in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and German editions; they have been praised by professionals in physical education and library journals.

Alice McGrath has been teaching and researching self-defense for women and children snce 1957. She was trained by and taught with Bruce Tegner at his school in Hollywood, California. Together, they developed a special course of self-defense for girls and women which Miss McGrath introduced at the California Physical Education Workshop in 1967; this was the first practical self-defense course to be widely adopted in physical education classes.

Bruce Tegner & Alice McGrath have given scores of workshops, lecture/demonstrations and in-service training programs for physical education teachers. An educational film is based on their course for girls and women. Both hold California Community College teaching credentials.

Contents

Introduction
Is self-fefense instinctive?
Self-defense: A definition
Denial, obsession, or competence
Television & self-image
Don't be a wiling victim
Women as losers-Women as winners
Is a little instruction a dangerous thing
Why not run away
Self-defense, friends & relatives
Does teacher need a black belt
Practice partners
Basic self-defense actions
Safety in practice
How & where to hit
Side of fist
Open-hand blow
Heel-of-palm blow
Finger stabs
Elbow blow
Forearm blow-parry
Finger-bending grap release
Slapping parry
Kicking for self-defense
How & where to kick
Edge-of-toe kick
Bottom-of-shoe kick
Snap-kick practice
STamping kick
Wrist grip releases
The assertive 'no'
Shouting
Defense examples
Wrist grip defenses
Release from two-handed grip
Double wrist grip release
Double wrist grip, rear
Double elbow grip release
Avoidance procedures
Forward reach
Step & parry defense
Response to back threat
Body grab defense
Front grabs
Back grabs
Over-arm body grab
Arm pulled up back
Hair pulling
Defense against kicking
Front choke shoulder grab
Seated defenses
Back attacks
Back choke
Forearm choke
Hand over mouth
On the ground
Kicking defense
Lying down
In bed
Forced entry
When to defend against armed assailant
Knife defense
Front threat
Back threat
Defense aids
Purse weapons
Multiple assailants
Dog for defense
Defense against dogs
The missing kick
Guns for defense
Home sfety
Safety on the street
Driving safety
Hitchhiking
Sexual assault
The 95 % solution
Index