Sometimes, we can overthink technique when we consider our personal safety skills. Does it help to have a skills set to fall back on when someone grabs our wrist? Absolutely! But is that wrist grab escape essential for escaping a dangerous situation to safety? Perhaps not. An attacker has likely targeted someone because they are smaller or distracted - they don't look prepared to defend themselves. They are not expecting their intended victim to fight back! Anything we can do to...

When I was traveling recently, a conversation with an airplane seatmate impacted my view of safety in a profound way.  We started...

When I was hammering out a workout on the Peleton today, the instructor said, "If you're feeling uncomfortable right now, that's okay. ...