RAPE Defense

Cho's Taekwondo’s R.A.P.E.^™ Defense

STARTLING STATISTICS

Some of the statistics pertaining to women's violent crime will make you stop and think. Consider the following:

	Statistics show that one out of every three women will experience some type of sexual assault in her lifetime.
	In the U.S., a rape occurs every five minutes.
	Nearly four out of every 10 women have been raped. . The most common rapes occur by someone the woman knows or is acquainted with.
	Date rape has been on the rise for the past 10 years, both on college campuses and in the public sector.

YOUR BEST WEAPONS

What is your best weapon to defend yourself against rape? A strong front kick? A powerful sidekick? Devastating elbows? Actually, your best weapons are your brain and common sense. Women are making a grave mistake when they think they are paranoid if they feel uncomfortable or their intuition is telling them to leave a situation that may get out of hand. It is better to be prepared and aware than to face the lasting and devastating mental, physical, and emotional horrors of being raped. Women must realize and make their date or possible attacker realize that “NO!” means no. Women have a right to protect their body and not feel obligated because of a fancy dinner date. If a woman feels uncomfortable, she should immediately remove herself from the situation without any remorse of insulting her date or, in this case, would-be attacker.

Startling Stats

	In fiscal year 19951996, Pennsylvania Rape Crisis Center personnel spent more than 252,000 hours working with sexual violence victims and their significant others.
	In 1995, there were 2,964 rapes reported to Pennsylvania police.
	In Pennsylvania, children between the ages of 6 and 11 account for 30.5 percent of rape crisis center clients.

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT RAPE

MISCONCEPTION: Rape is not an act of impulse.

REALITY: Rape crisis centers report that more than half the rapes are planned.

MISCONCEPTION: Rape is an act of sex.

REALITY: Rape has nothing to do with sex. Rape is a way to express control and anger.

MISCONCEPTION: Women provoke rapes.

REALITY: No one has the right to assume by the way someone dresses or looks that they want their body and their mind to be violated for a lifetime.

MISCONCEPTION: Women feel that it’s their fault.

REALITY: This is the most horrendous crime that can happen to women. No one provokes or commits a crime against herself. Rape is a crime against women.

KEY POINTS TO SURVIVAL

In order to successfully escape a rape attack, women must know how to protect themselves from actual positions that they would be forced into a real rape attack. An enlightening, true statistic is that 85 percent of women who immediately resist an attack, escape a rape attack without the use of a weapon. It is imperative that when a female victim decides to use her physical self-defense skills that she attack full force to vital areas of the body and not surrender under any circumstances until she is safe. She must be vicious and lethal is dealing with her animalistic assailant. Following are some key points in surviving a vicious and life threatening rape attack:

	Breathe. Relax. Think as best you can.
	Go for the three main areas of the eyes, throat and groin. If your opponent cannot see or breathe, this will provide you precious time to escape.
	Your best defense is your mind. After that, it is an all out fight.
	Trust your instincts.
	Do not stop when injured; you must persevere until you are safe.
	Do not look or act like a victim.
	Watch your assailant's eyes and hands.
	Never underestimate your attacker.
	Keep in mind that a weapon is only as good as the person using it and the accessibility to it.
	Use anything and everything against your attacker. Bite, poke, elbow, kick, knee, scratch, rip and gouge... every and all parts of his anatomy.

TAKE ACTION

Women must remember that defending themselves is their responsibility and it is extremely necessary to address this important matter before it's too late. Being lackadaisical can cost a female victim her life.

For More Info

R.A.P.E. ^TM Defense Seminars can be scheduled by calling Philip Ameris at (724) 339-0254