Crime Against Women in India

Self-defence and Its Importance for Women in India

Self-defense, especially for women, is of utmost importance in the kind of the world we live in today. Women, usually referred as the weaker sex, are considered easier targets. In a country like India where the cases of gender violence are on rise, out of which many go unreported, self-defense for women has become a necessity more than ever.

We can chip away at rape culture by teaching girls emotional self-defense

Sexual assault, rape, and kidnapping crimes against women remain a large problem in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. In 2016, there were nearly 85,000 reports of assault attempts against women with roughly another 39,000 cases of rape. The largest reported crime in India is domestic abuse, with more than 110,000 cases indicated in the most recent statistics. From 2015 to 2016, reported crimes targeting children increased more than 8% — creating a situation where young girls may be forced to learn how to defend themselves.

In the class, however, women seem to recognize the dangers that surround them and have few qualms about finally being able to fight for themselves.

Society’s Approach Towards Crime Against Women

Rape, molestation, kidnapping and murder are the most common forms of crime against women in India. The women in India are also vulnerable to acid attacks and eve-teasing. The mindset of the people, including the victim and the spectator, is to ignore and just let it go. But, what we, as the responsible citizens of an independent country, fail to realise is that these instances of harassment can flare up into other bigger heinous crimes against women. And that is when the importance of learning self-defense techniques for women is felt.

Various studies have shown that the criminals tend to choose their targets when they (the potential victim) are unaware of the surroundings. Hence, it is time that each woman became vigilant and totally aware of the surroundings.

The women should be aware of the strategies to be adopted under different adverse circumstances. For example, if you’re alone at home during such an attack, you should hurriedly run to kitchen to find chili powder and knives to use them as weapons.

Here is the list of possible measures that women should take to safely steer away from danger

1. Note down the number of the cab when travelling alone.
2. Enroll themselves for self-defense classes and learn several techniques to physically fight the attacker.
3. Opt for training's in basic karate, kickboxing or any self-Defense basic training and traditional stick fighting (using lathi)

Some Quick Tips & Tricks for Self-defense

1. Pretend to be submissive at first and fight back when the attacker is off-        guard.

2. Stay fit enough to run fast.

3. Keep a check when walking on the road to avoid groping or chain-snatching      from behind.

4. Keep your purse to your front and walk paying full attention 

    around.

5. Try avoiding high-heeled footwear when you have to walk a long distance        and in unknown territories.

6. Say out ‘STOP’ in a loud and aggressive voice when need be but avoid            using swear words or threats.

Though the self-defense training might not be easily available everywhere, women can make up for this by being updated about the gender violence issues across newspapers, television and magazines. Also, the women in smaller cities can learn self-defense techniques from websites which have proper training content and tutorials.

Maharashtra government to include compulsory self-defense classes in school curriculum

• Is it necessary for every girl to have self-defense training for their safety
• It is appropriate and optimal that every human get some sort of self-defense training
• It’s very important for girls to understand some myths about violent attacks
• The self defense community makes them believe that a stranger is going to attack them
• According to the stats, most attacks are committed by people you know
• Men are smarter than to attack you as a stranger 
• They’ll come to you as friends and lovers to lower your guard
• Once you fall for them or don’t do what they want then they attack when you least expect it. They usually try to attack or kill over a girl rejecting them or some relationship issues.
• They also use deadly weapons
• It’s those types of men that you need to watch out for
• Learn the signs of an abusive partner, set boundaries, know when you’ll likely be attacked, don’t trust everyone, list goes on

Yes. It is absolutely necessary for their safety to learn self-defense

Self-defense/martial training affords you the ability to be calm when things are going wrong. You already know what it feels like to get punched in the head, you’ve had the wind knocked out of you under controlled circumstances. You know how to use the energy when you’re pushed or punched to your advantage.

Is it necessary for every woman to have self-defense training. No, but it would be a good idea to have basic knowledge of prevention of potential problems. Knowing the issues greatly diminishes the risk factor to personal safety. The more she knows, the safer she will be.

There are so many stories of women  who faces  sexual violence or a random attack by a stranger  as well as being abused  in some way. In fact many women who start training in self-defense usually choose to begin after they have been the victim of some kind of assault. 

The world is changing and becoming more unpredictable. As such Self-Defense training is  must for every women's to-do list. Due to upward crime graph against women, self-defense training  is not only required but also suggested, so that they can resist any kind of sexual assault as well as random attacks. 

Reason to join self-defense training and using self-defense weapons 

• It improve self-confidence
• Karate training makes you safe when away from home
• You will focus on competition, not on defense after learning karate
• It helps to reduce dependency on others
• It improve healthy & fit lifestyle due exercises & physical moves
• It is able to handle Dangerous & Emergency situations
• You will be physically educated in terms of self-defense
• To reduce Sexism/Discrimination 

When to start Self-Defense training 

For a girl, Proper training starts from 11 years old and plans to introduce some basic self-defense moves around when she is 6 to 7 years old. Discipline and mindset are most important when she learn self-defense. In most cases, height is having the important role to start the self-defense, at least 30 inches tall is enough to start self-defense training. An adult can join & learn self-defense anytime. Its all about, Fitness, Discipline, Focus & of course Self-Defense.

So what you waiting for... to know more about our training session & basic self-defense training for working women, please contact:

Master KB Roy (6th Degree Black Belt from Japan)

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