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Originally Posted by Minnie
One thing I do when I'm by myself, and have to walk to my car or home (especially at night), is to carry my car/house keys a particular way. I pick the key that is the longest, and I slide that through between my index and middle finger, and grip the rest of my keys in my fist. It gives you a bit of oomph (not too much extra but a tiny bit) behind a punch, and the shaft of the key can be used to poke at eyes, etc.
A couple of tricks my Marine cousins showed me - one is to bring your heel down as hard as you can across the top of the assailant's foot - lots of little bones in there and it hurts like hell when you stomp it for all you're worth - especially with heels on.  The other is that if you can't reach to scratch at their eyes or gouge them, is to go for the Columella (that leshy bit that separates your nostrils) - get ahold of it and pinch it as hard as possible. It hurts like the beejeebers. It's not much, but sometimes it's just enough to get someone to loosen their grip and you may be able to get free to scream and run. |
The quickest thing to get away for a girl wearing heals is absolutely go for the foot stomp, but the foots a small thing and you might not know where it is.
You drag your heel down the shin in a not so sexy manner. It hurts like a #######. The other thing is to create distance by ramming your butt out, it usually throws someone off balance and off of their power center if they're behind you.
If your in close enough to grab his nose, your in close enough to thrust the adam's apple, you don't need to hit it hard to start the swelling and its a natural target for a shorter person in close.
If you hit it hard enough it pretty well drops them right there and they're more concerned with living over the next 5 minutes then chasing them down.