This handbook is based on three primary concepts that could save your life: Situational awareness-that is, awareness and evaluation of your immediate situation and surroundings. The ability to control fear-science states that we cannot, nor would we want to, eliminate fear. But through mental training that anyone can master, fear can be channeled into effective responses to threats. Knowledge of self-defense techniques-specific self-defense techniques that, when applied with intention, will disable an attacker long enough for you to escape. Through scenarios described from both the victim and...