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I'm starting to think a little about self-defense when I come home late from a club. My girlfriend says a good kick or squeeze in the balls would be enough to put a guy down for the count, but my boyfriend says it hurts a lot but would probably make the guy really mad.

Does anybody have any actual experience? Especially, was the guy really incapacitated? How long was the guy down for? What were the circumstances?

Basically, I think my boyfriend is being a little cocky (ha, ha), but I don't want to really test it on him.

Thanks,

Gen

I think if I was in some horrible situation like that, i would definitely grab him by the family jewels. I have also heard that you should grab your keys and gouge him in either the eye or the big vein in the neck - has anyone else heard that?

I've taken some self defense courses and I would definitely suggest them. The ones I took were excellent and geared for women. I've luckily never had to use it but I feel comfortable that if I ever needed to, I could.

Be careful he doesn't wear a cup....many of the heavy weights do..........it's embarassing as he ties you to a tree!!

You reach down and it's all metal...........Oooopes.....one for his side.

the eye thing - throat - up the nose.....a much better bet......

courses are the best way to go...and practice so your not caught off guard.

When it comes to self-defense of you or the lives of your offspring(should you have any)I feel it is just to use whatever method is necessary to protect yourselves...

They are both right in a way. If you kick a guy hard enough, he'll go down. Don't ever try to grab, though - that puts you too close in to his body where he can grab you back. But like your boyfriend said, when he recovers, he's going to be [censored]. And if he is on any kind of drugs like PCP or cocaine, sometimes pain doesn't affect the way it normally does. Keys in the eyes works, but once again that puts you in real close to his body, the throat is VERY CHANCY, becuase unless you do some major damage most women are not strong enough to get through a man's neck muscles (UNLESS he has a very prominent adam's apple, in that case grab and twist - HARD)

Make sure anything you do is hard, fast, and vicious; you want the guy on the ground, in pain, and unable to get up; the you RUN, RUN, RUN have 911 set to speed dial on your cell. You can buy pepper spray, or you can even keep a small can of hairspray or high alcohol content perfume to aim at his eyes that keep you a lot farther away than keys.

Also when a someone attacks another person they want an easy victim. They want an easy target so they can get in and out quickly. When a victim fights back they really don't like that and are likely to leave you alone to find and easier victim.

I would reserve my knee for the groin while poking him in the eye or something. Also, the spot at the base of your throat where it dips in just above your collarbone....wow does it hurt to press a finger into that area even lightly (try it--I just put light pressure on mine and thirty seconds later it's still feeling a bit tender and I feel like I should have trouble breathing). I was at a self-defense class where they taught us to go for that spot as well.

As a man who's been groin kicked,(Not that I attacked anyone, she was just [censored] at me for something I said.)I can tell you with authority it's quite effective for putting men down as it hurts like hell.

Do whatever you feel neccessary to protect yourself.

Ladies..ladies. I teach self defense. Go for his eyes. If your life or safety is in jeapordy then take your hands and grab both sides of his forehead and push both thumbnails into his eyes as hard as you can. Then run! He will be both blind and in no mood to attack you. Guaranteed to work everytime.If he is wearing glasses then slide your thumbs under the lenses.