The Equalizer Women's Self-defense Program

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to provide high quality education and training in the areas of personal safety and women’s self-defense.

ABOUT THE EQUALIZER

Every year, millions of people are victims of violence, usually
at the hands of someone they know. Everyone should know how
to recognize and reduce their risk of becoming a victim and how
to effectively resist a physical attack, if necessary. Everyone should be
“Prepared in Advance”.

The Equalizer Women’s Self-defense Program gives women
important information concerning violence against women and
how to recognize and avoid potentially dangerous situations. This
program also gives women the tools they need to survive and
escape physically violent situations.

The first step you must take to be prepared in advance is to
educate yourself about personal safety and residential security
issues. In doing so, you will learn how to recognize and reduce the
risk of becoming a victim of violence.

Your next step may be to make the decision that you are going
to resist a violent attack. If so, quality self-defense training is what
you need now.

Some individuals may decide that their particular situation
requires compliance with the attacker to avoid serious bodily
injury or death. This is a personal decision and must be respected.
We do what we must to survive.

Equalizer Women’s Self-defense Program (EWSP)

The Equalizer Women’s Self-defense Program (EWSP) is structured into three chapters: Personal Safety, Residential Security, and Physical Self-defense. Each chapter serves to educate women and teens on critical aspects of personal safety and self-defense.

CHAPTER: One – Personal Safety LENGTH: 2-4 hours

PERSONAL SAFETY OBJECTIVES:

1. Provide facts about assault, rape/sexual assault, and stalking.

2. Inform about the effects of rape/sexual assault and available help.

3. Teach how to recognize violent attitudes and dangerous situations.

4. Guide on reducing exposure to potentially dangerous situations.

5. Instruct on avoiding becoming the target of an attacker.

PERSONAL SAFETY SUBJECTS ADDRESSED:

1. Victims Of Violence Statistics

2. Facts About Rape/Sexual Assault

3. Facts About Date Rape

4. Reduce The Risk Of Rape & Assault

5. Recognizing Violent Attitudes

6. Reduce The Risk Of Date Rape

7. What If You Are Attacked Or Raped?

8. What If Someone You Know Is Sexually Assaulted?

9. Facts About Stalking

10. Stalking And The Law

11. What If You Are Being Stalked?

12. Defending Someone Else

CHAPTER: Two – Residential Security LENGTH: 2-4 hours

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY OBJECTIVES:

1. Offer facts about property crime in general.

2. Discuss burglary, home invasion, and related risks.

3. Teach how to recognize and reduce the risk of property and violent crime.

4. Instruct on actions to take if victimized by property crime.

5. Educate on the legal rights of those victimized by property crime.

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY SUBJECTS ADDRESSED:

1. Understanding Property Crime

2. Understanding Burglary

3. Classifying Burglars

4. Tools Of The Burglary Trade

5. Tricks Of The Burglary Trade

6. Understanding Home Invasion

7. The “C.A.R.V.E.” Assessment & “D.I.V.I.I.R.T.” Property Crime

8. Practical Application Of “D.I.V.I.I.R.T.”

9. Perimeter Fences & Gates

10. Securing Outside Property

11. Exterior Lighting For Security

12. Surveillance Cameras For Security

13. A Key Point

14. Securing Exterior Doors

15. Securing Garage Doors

16. Securing Windows

17. Burglar Alarm Basics

18. A Home Safe

19. Children & Residential Security

20. A Safe Room

21. Residential Security While Away

22. Access While Away

23. Suspicious Activity & Objects

24. If You Are Victimized By Property Crime

25. Victim’s Rights

CHAPTER: Three – Physical Self-defense (divided into four phases) LENGTH: 4 hours per self-defense phase

EQUALIZER PHYSICAL SELF-DEFENSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Educate on the objectively reasonable use of force and the effects of survival stress.

2. Teach defense against common grabs, holds, and strikes, both standing and on the ground.

3. Instruct on defending against knife or sharp instrument attacks.

4. Enhance confidence in self-defense ability.

PHYSICAL SELF-DEFENSE SUBJECTS ADDRESSED:

Phase One:

• Self-defense Chapter Objectives

• Conflict Leverage

• Physical Fitness

• Nutritional Fitness

• Warm-up Exercises

• Stretching

• Guidelines for the Use of Force

• Survival Stress

• Threat Assessment and Response

• Strategic Striking

Phase Two:

• Common Grab Defense

Phase Three:

• Head Lock Defense

• Bear Hug Defense

• Knife Defense

Phase Four:

• Ground Defense & Escapes