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- Herausgeber: BoD - Books on Demand
- Kategorie: Ratgeber
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024
In this book Conny Akterhall shows 76 nonviolent self-defence techniques so that you, concretely and in mental balance, will be able to respond to physical aggression if it occurs - without causing pain or injury. The content of the book is primarily aimed at staff in all care activities, including social services, health care and schools. The techniques are also useful in your personal life.
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PREFACE
For about 40 years, I have trained staff in various care activities including social services, health care and schools.
The topic has been how aggressive situations can be handled, both verbal and physical.
Some practical exercises in nonviolent self-defence have sometimes been included in the trainings.
What I show in this book are 76 nonviolent self-defence techniques to be able to concretely and mentally balanced respond to physical aggression if it occurs - without causing pain or injury. At work or in your personal life.
These are the characters you will meet in the book
You are the darker figure.
The light grey is the attacker.
Here both are men but they could also be women.
Örebro, Sweden, April 2024
Conny Akterhall
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Calming Body Language
Exhale
Choosing Continuation
Practice Nonviolent Self-Defence
CHAPTER 1
About fingers, hands, and arms
Finger grip
Handshake grip
Wrist grip
Scratching
Pinching
Biting
CHAPTER 2
About gripping hair
Hair grip
CHAPTER 3
About holding on to clothing
Clothing grip
CHAPTER 4
About stranglehold
Stranglehold
CHAPTER 5
About embrace grip
Embrace grip
CHAPTER 6
About attacks from a distance
Spitting
Threat
Fist punch
Kick
Push
Weapon
CHAPTER 7
About intervention
Intervention
CHAPTER 8
About continued intervention
Continued intervention
CHAPTER 9
About releasing a grip
Detach
Final Words
INTRODUCTION
Where people meet people, conflicts can arise. Most of the time, meetings go well, but sometimes conflicts can progress to aggression.
When aggression occurs, it's not out of nothing.
It's something that triggers it.
It may be that person (A) says or does something completely innocent, but that person (B) feels provoked by.
If (B) reacts with aggression to the perceived violation, there is a risk that (A) in turn feels provoked by (B)'s aggressiveness. Someone "makes a picture", someone becomes a mirror image.
It's perfectly normal for people to follow, mirror, each other's body language. In a positive encounter, spontaneous mirroring are positive.
We feel a sense of belonging.
However, if a person shows aggression, a spontaneous reflection, doing the same, can create more aggression leading to violence.
On the other hand, if the other person shows aggression, you may have the opportunity to dampen his aggression with a conscious body language.
The law gives you (very simply put) the right to reasonable self-defence against a criminal attack. However, the law of self-defence only needs to be invoked if you have injured someone in your defence.
With good knowledge of nonviolent self-defence, no one needs to be injured and then you do not even need to invoke the law of self-defence.
Using a Calming Body Language
Look at the pit of his throat!
Avoid looking into the eyes of a physically aggressive person, as he may perceive it as threatening.
Find his territorial boundary!
Imagine that he (and you) need an area to feel safe in.
Think of the shape as an ellipse/egg.
His (and your) needs/ellipse can extend far ahead.
Therefore, position yourself a little to the side.
Move as you have learned with a stretched torso out of his territory.
Show open hands and keep your elbows close to your body.
You have good protection with your arms and hands close to you. The gesture has a calming effect on him.
Exhale in all techniques
In a normal exhalation, it is the passive/relaxed upward movement of the diaphragm that produces the exhalation.
Your body's mobility can be said to be normal.
If you "hold your breath" or breathe in, you will have reduced mobility in your body.
If, on the other hand, you exhale with an active diaphragm movement upwards, your mobility will increase above normal. It's good when you're going to perform a nonviolent self-defence technique.
One way to achieve an active diaphragm movement upwards is to hold back a little with the tip of your tongue up in the palate just behind your teeth as you exhale. Create an Sssss-sound. This will increase your mobility and allow you to better perform your technique.
In addition to your exhale-Sssss increasing your own performance, your Sssss-sound will also calm the other person down!
He can regain control of himself more quickly.
But it's only when he's physically aggressive that he can be soothed by one (only one) Sssss-sound!
If you repeat the sound, it creates new aggressiveness!
Another way to exhale with an active diaphragm motion upwards and increase your mobility is to talk.
But... Physically aggressive people are often made more aggressive by reprimands. Therefore, speak soothingly to yourself. What to say to yourself in the situation that arises is up to you.
I have chosen to say to myself “I can, I can, I can".
To select continuation after a situation
Any of these following options: A/ or B/ or C/ may apply as a conclusion to any techniques presented.
A/
If the other person is surprised and lets go of his aggressiveness, then try to neutrally get him interested in the constructive things that you / he was doing before. Just keep up with what you were doing before it happened.
………………………..
B/
An open safety contact to hold / control / calm him.
Position yourself at his shoulder/side (along his territorial boundary) so that you are both facing the same direction.
Your arm behind his back, should be in contact with his shoulders.
