Women's Self-Defense Class - The Woodlands, TX

The Montgomery County Women's Center and Capital One Bank are teaming up and offering a free women's self-defense class at 7pm the third Thursday of each month starting July 19th. Each class will be 45 minutes and taught by an experienced martial arts instructor. The first two classes will be taught by Michael Black, chief instructor at The Aikido Center, and I will be teaching later classes. The classes will be held at the Capital One Bank facility on Research Forest Drive.

Date Rape in College

The statistics are that approximately 20% of college women experience rape or attempted rape while in college. These are staggering numbers. As you might guess for lots of reasons rape is the most under reported crime on campus. The University of Missouri at Rolla recently asked me to speak on campus on the topic of Preventing Sexual Assault. There are ways to reduce the probability of date rape occuring. The first is to limit your alcohol intake. Alcohol is involved in 75% of date rapes. Use the buddy system and agree with friends that when you go to parties you will look out for each other. There are many more tips in See Sally Kick Ass: A Woman's Guide to Personal Safety.

Assaults on School Teachers

I recently was a speaker at the Missouri Association of School Librarians annual convention on the topic of "Everyday Personal Safety". This is a timely topic for educators since the US Dept of Education surveyed 3.7 million teachers and found that on average 4% of public school teachers are physically assaulted and an additional 7% are threatened with violence each year! These statistics would indicate that every educator should have some basic self-defense/personal safety training. Unfortunately most schools do not provide that type of training for their teachers.

See Sally Kick Ass: A Woman's Guide to Personal Safety

See Sally Kick Ass: A Woman's Guide to Personal Safety is a comprehensive book focusing primarily on prevention with over 650 safety tips. However, even if you do everything right you might find yourself at the wrong place at the wrong time and have to defend yourself from an attacker. The book has chapter on physical techniques with over 130 pictures illustrating highly effective self-defense techniques. You can check out more about the book at www.seesallykickass.com or at major bookstores.

New Blog

This is a new blog designed to discuss women's personal safety issues and how they and their families can be safe. We will discuss a broad range of topics and offer safety tips. Your comments, thoughts, experiences and suggestions are welcome. If there is a specific isssue you would like to discuss please let us know.