Self Defence South Africa

Techniques and strategies involved in defending yourself by using only your own body. Discussions include the various martial arts and techniques designed to help save your life.

An attack can come from a variety of tools. While guns and knives are the most common bricks, sticks, pangas and anything else the attacker can get his hands on can be a danger to you. Knowing how to handle an attacker wielding a weapon is a skill that may save your life.

Weapons are traditionally defined as guns and knives but also cover a variety of improvised weapons from items found in your immediate environment. With the technical knowledge and willing ness to use, a weapon can be your best friend when defending yourself. In the untrained or unwilling hands, it can become a hindrance or even danger to the owner.

There are generally a limited number of scenarios or settings in which an attack is most likely to take place. Be it at your workplace, home, playground or travelling in between it is important to know how to behave and handle yourself in each scenario.

While knowledge, technique and awareness are key in defending yourself, never underestimate the importance of a healthy, strong and agile body.

Where you go, who you are with, what you wear, your posture, demeanor and general attitude can contribute to becoming a target for crime.

While most teenage fights are of a non-lethal nature they can always turn nasty at the drop of a coin. In addition to the violence itself, there is always an emotional factor involved as well as that of peer pressure and their standing within the group be it at school or in a social setting.

As we age our speed, strength and stamina usually diminish with time. This in no way means that our seniors are defenceless. Discussions of self defence with emphasis on the senior members of society.

Discussing the current crime prevention techniques in South Africa. Their merit and effectiveness as well as what can be done to improve the existing situation and what new measures could or should be introduced.

Discussing criminals and criminal activity that have made the South African news or that are now in the public eye.

Personal experiences of having to defend yourself. What kind of attack took place, how you handled yourself and the outcome. Your analysis of the event as well as feedback form other user on your experience.

While neither crime nor defending your life are usually funny, almost everyone has some sort of funny story of an event that looking back at it makes you laugh. Share the story so we can all laugh with you (or maybe at you).

While break-ins and robberies are unpleasant realities of life there are a lot of things at home that can hurt you without any outside interference or malicious intent from anyone.

Hundreds of people die on South African roads every year and most of them are not victims of a criminal but of bad decisions combined with bad driving. Discussing ideas and options on safer driving, decreasing driver aggression and arriving home safely.

Countless people are getting ripped off every day by scam artists and fraudsters. These scams originate from sources such as phone calls, letters, emails and even people approaching you on the street. Share your knowledge of these and help prevent them.

Issues, problems and successful dealings with the South African Police Services (SAPS) and other private security personnel. Discuss your personal and professional dealings here. For legal reasons, please avoid discussions of open or ongoing investigations as that might hurt your case in court.

Advertise your South African self defence events, seminars and camps.

From time to time we will pst a new poll for our community to vote on. You will also find previous polls and results here.

Site announcements and important information.

All issues experienced with any part of the site as well as suggestions and comments on how to make this site better and more useful to the South African public.