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⚠️ Safety & Security on the Camino
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[QUOTE="David, post: 171448, member: 426"] Not pleasant, not pleasant at all, and like the other men who have posted on this thread, I feel so sorry that these things still happen - but such crimes are quite rare ... 2012 - 192,000 pilgrims - I wonder what the crime rate is in a town of 192,000. I mention this only so that the solo female is not afraid - aware, yes, ready to trust their feelings, yes, but not afraid. Self defence classes for women should be part of every school as far as I am concerned and it is a good idea to take a class - whether you are going on Camino or not. My 31 year old daughter does kick-boxing for this reason. I am not in any way a violent person but self-defence is another thing. Using a pole to protect oneself has to be by attack and one has to be willing to really harm or it is better not to start. It is not heavy enough to use as a quarter staff so hold the pole two handed and jab fast straight at the face or throat - if you do not move fast they have the chance to grab the pole and may be stronger than you - a polite boot or knee in the testicles can help at this point. But - there is a way of using the pole that comes from medieval textbooks on fighting with the pike. With this action there is no counter to it, it is deadly (practise this in a mirror and then on a friend - without making contact!). Holding the pole two handed at 'your' half of the pole, lower it parallel to the ground about two foot above the ground, crouching, then move forward and upward hard and fast, raising the tip of the pole so that it is moving upwards and forwards. It will strike the abdomen, chest, or throat, and were it a pike would kill the man. What it will do is to give pain and put the man off balance, possibly even knock him over - and there is no counter to it, it cannot be defended against. At the moment you move call out something Loud, hard and sharp that is high-pitched - in karate it is usually "KeeYii", this freezes the opponent for the second that you need. You then have to be willing to quickly move to a second strike, with not the slightest pause - face or throat or testicles. He is more likely to run away before you strike again - but, be aware, this is only a last resort, a desperate measure when you are in true fear for your safety .. to initiate violence is to invite violence, which is why your first and second strikes have to be hard, fast, and extremely painful and disabling. Mace spray can be legally carried in both France and Spain and bought in many places - hunting and camping shops and so on - but, there is something you can carry, that you may already have in your fridge and that you can buy in any supermarket - that you can use on your food, is small and light, sprays a jet quite a few feet, and really stings and closes the eyes of a predator (feral male human or other animals) - lemon juice. It comes in small lemon-shaped squeezy bottles for just a few pence ... doesn't weigh much either! [ATTACH=full]6881[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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