| Some of the worst acts of violence and rape | | | | always available. Even if the legal system does get |
| committed against women are committed by men | | | | involved, the abuser often gets bail no matter how |
| who said they loved them devoutly. Women are | | | | brutal the crime. Weapons can't be relied on for |
| physically and mentally brutalized, and often can't | | | | protection, and if you can contact the police, it takes |
| leave out of fear of losing their children, for economic | | | | time for them to respond. In close combat fighting |
| concerns or for the safety of their children or | | | | your body is the weapon. It is you alone, against an |
| themselves. | | | | angry and abusive attacker. This is not about |
| The Department of Justice, which keeps statistics on | | | | revenge or being as bad as they are; it is about the |
| crimes committed in the United States, has said that | | | | survival of you and your children. |
| reports of domestic violence have actually gone | | | | Every day in the United Stated, four women die as a |
| down. This is little comfort for the 475,900 reported | | | | result of domestic violence. Every year women |
| female victims of domestic violence, which includes | | | | report 572,000 assaults committed by men closest to |
| victims of crimes ranging from rape to aggravated | | | | them with 170,000 of those assaults resulting in trips |
| assault by someone they shared a relationship with. | | | | to the emergency room. Over half the reported |
| When it comes to the lives of you and your children, | | | | rapes in the United States are committed by |
| sometimes the only thing that remains to do is to | | | | someone the woman knew prior to the attack, and |
| fight. | | | | over 1.2 million women are forcibly raped by former |
| Victims of domestic violence can be of any age, sex, | | | | lovers. The statistics make one thing clear; you have |
| race, culture, religion, education, employment or | | | | to fight. |
| marital status. Both men and women can be victims, | | | | Our martial forefather and Special Forces legend |
| but The Department of Justice says women are | | | | Colonel William E. Fairbairn, who taught Allies' elite |
| victims in 77% of the family violence cases with the | | | | personnel during WWII, fully advocated women |
| vast majority of the violence being committed by | | | | learning self-defense. The Colonel believed that with |
| their spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. | | | | the right training, any woman could defend herself |
| Those who have done the research say that the | | | | against a male attacker. At his training camps, |
| statistics are misleading, and that the actual numbers | | | | women were taught exactly the same techniques as |
| are much higher. One thing all sides can agree on is | | | | the men were. Women's warrior history is often |
| that a woman is more likely to be beaten and raped | | | | neglected, but women should embrace the beliefs of |
| by someone she knows then by a stranger. | | | | their warrior ancestors. Everyone should be given the |
| Domestic violence is a complex issue, but in a fight, it | | | | opportunity to choose to be a warrior and not a |
| is either hit or get hit back. Removing yourself from | | | | victim. |
| danger is always the best option, but that isn't | | | | |