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Other Bodies as “Meat Puzzles”
Lecture no. 2 from the course: Understanding and Applying Self-Defense Strategies
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Taught by Professor Tammy Yard-McCracken | 32 min
Self-defense requires an understanding of our physical selves. Our bodies are essentially “meat puzzles”—blood, flesh, and bone assembled for optimal living, but with a variety of weaknesses. Practice drills of timing, balance, and more to learn how your body works, and how to identify weaknesses in others.
25 Lectures
1
Waking Up Your Natural Human Animal
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of 34 min
2
Other Bodies as “Meat Puzzles”
0
of 32 min
3
Natural Targets on the Human Body
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of 38 min
4
Weaponizing Your Body
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of 41 min
5
Generating Power by Playing Smart
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of 33 min
6
Expanding What You Are Willing to See and Do
0
of 32 min
7
Responding to the Ambush
0
of 27 min
8
How Violence Occurs
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of 25 min
9
Predator Behavior and Violence
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of 28 min
10
Social Conflict and Violence
0
of 31 min
11
Escape and Evasion
0
of 27 min
12
How and Why Conflict Escalates to Violence
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of 32 min
13
De-escalating Your Monkey Brain
0
of 33 min
14
When and How to De-escalate Threats
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of 26 min
15
Verbal Boundary Setting and Predator Test
0
of 28 min
16
Physical Boundary Setting and Defenses
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of 39 min
17
Ethical Articulation Skills in Self-Defense
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of 26 min
18
Physical Cheats in Self-Defense
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of 36 min
19
Joint Locks in Self-Defense
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of 32 min
20
Preparing for Defense on the Ground
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of 32 min
21
The Ground Problem from Start to Finish
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of 37 min
22
Weapons in Self-Defense
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of 39 min
23
Protecting Your Very Important People
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of 34 min
24
Adapt Your Self-Defense to the Environment
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of 33 min
25
Bonus: Extended Warm-Up, with Adaptations
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of 21 min
