Personal Safety and Self-Defense

Safety awareness is the key factor in your personal safety and is the single most important element of effective self-defense. 

Criminals prey on the unsuspecting and the weak, and usually avoid people who are aware of what's going on around them.  Educating yourself and learning how to be more alert is the start to self-protection.

The thought of an act of crime or violence committed against us is frightening, but violence does occur and it can touch your life at any time. Being prepared ahead of time can give us confidence to protect ourselves in case of a confrontation.

Being prepared may mean that you just pay more attention to what is occurring around you, or it may mean that you take a self-defense class in order to know what to do in case you are attacked. 

Browse through this web site for more information on this topic:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs2/hs_safesecure6.html