We asked safety experts for some self-defense tips and beginner-friendly moves that will give you the best chance of escape (and empower you for the times you feel unsafe but aren't in imminent danger).
Whether you need to walk somewhere alone at night, find yourself talking to someone drunk and aggressive outside a bar, or experience a potentially violent scenario unfolding in front of you, having a set of effective self-defence skills and strategies can help you to keep safe and stay in control.
Self-defence is perhaps the best-known defence to violent crimes, but many people do not know what the law means in practice. Self-defence allows you to use force to protect yourself or another person, or to defend your property or to prevent crime.
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Self-defence is an absolute defence which applies in crimes committed by force, it applies even in cases of murder. If a jury finds that a defendant was acting in self-defence, they will be acquitted. The common law defence of self-defence was incorporated into statute with the enactment of the Criminal Law Act 1967 (CLA 1967).
What is ‘self defence’? The principal aim of self defence is to reduce the risk of individuals becoming victims of violence. It is a fundamental principle of the BSDGB that the term ‘self defence’ is given its widest possible meaning whereby priority is given to those non-physical elements which are designed to ensure the personal ...