Self-defense blog – NOVA Self Defense

Lets ruffle some feathers here. I’m not letting any cat out of the bag by saying that Seattle has a huge problem on its hand with the third largest homeless population in the country.

What does this mean?  Well, paired with a massive drug addition population it means a lot more violent crime:

“City-sanctioned ­encampments in Seattle have become magnets for crime and violence. According to The Seattle Times, when the city opened a low-barrier encampment in Licton Springs, the police recorded a 221% increase in reported crimes and public disturbances.  According to King County jail statistics, homeless ­individuals are 38 times more likely to commit crimes than the average citizen (the homeless represented 0.5% of the population but 19% of jail bookings last year).”
https://nypost.com/2019/05/06/how-seattles-elite-brushes-off-violent-homeless-crime/

Now rather than fixate on how bad things are and make this a political/social issue, lets re-frame this and make it personal.  

Can one person resolve an entire city’s crime problem? Not likely. 

If all you do is blame the city, politics, or something/someone else for your lack of personal responsibility, you are a part of the problem rather than the solution. 

So what can you do? You can change yourself.  If you’re not emotionally and physically prepared to protect yourself and your family RIGHT NOW it’s time to invest in yourself and learn some new skills.

​Get off your smart phone and do something to better yourself and build your confidence through competent skills. If you don’t know the first thing about defending yourself get out there and learn! Take a local course, get hands on.  Read and implement useful information into your routine. 
 
Quick takeaways for a beginner getting started:

• KISS method: Keep it simple, but you are NOT stupid! If it feels complicated it’s probably not going to work and it’s not appropriate for self-defense.  Self-defense should be simple and direct, not a 20 year plan.
• Practice practice practice. 
• No, a one time seminar is not good enough.  Let’s put this into perspective. Let’s say you take your very first salsa dancing lesson then 3-6 months later you decide to go salsa dancing, would you expect that you would be good? No, you won’t be. You’ll look like a fool who can’t dance because you haven’t invested time into practicing and forgot what little you learned in your lesson since you did not repeat and reinforce the newly learned motor patterns.

Train smart & stay safe,

Evan D.
Owner/Lead Coach
​NOVA Self Defense