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Every individual has a desire to protect the well-being of their loved ones. One way to do this is to create a family plan that includes every person who lives inside of the home together. Should an emergency arise, each member will know what their particular role will be and will know exactly what to do when they have a plan to follow.

Living in a dorm while attending college can be a fun and enlightening experience that enhances college life. However, in order to fully enjoy this time in life – and living away from home for the first time – it is important to remember how to stay safe.

I am still surprised that some people find that they need more reason than personal safety to consider self defense training (sometimes misspelled self defence training). I know my situation is a little different; and perhaps anyone who has ever been the victim of a violent attack would think along the same lines as I do.

Some statistics show that an individual in America is attacked approximately every 24 seconds. Does this scare you? Even without this statistic, many people find that they feel frightened to go out at certain times, or feel a general sense of discomfort with their surroundings when they are away from home.

A sad fact that many people are probably unaware of is that stalking is a crime that is one the rise. In fact, according to the National Center for Victims of Crime, over one million women and approximately 400,000 men are stalked each and every year. This takes away the assumption that movie stars and other famous people are the only individuals who have stalkers.

In a time when budgets are tight for both families and school districts, it should come as no surprise that there are many latchkey children. In fact, it is estimated that there are actually about five million of them between the ages of five and 13.

The feeling that someone is following you is a scary thing. (Remember the post about the girl walking a few blocks to see her friend?) Being trained in hand to hand combat training, I can tell you that even I dislike the feeling of the hair on the back of my neck standing on end.

Across the lines of self defense and martial arts, you will find that there are many guidelines, many tips and many versions of the commandments students should follow in their quest to stay safe. This version of the Ten Commandments comes from the mouth of David James, a proponent of vee-arnis-jitsu.

When you are driving is the perfect time to keep in mind specific self defense tactics that will keep you safe on the road. My previous post regarding road safety was in regards to practicing safety should your car break down. This post is going to deal with self defense tactics specific to road rage.