Forward Aggressive and Living out Loud: Self-Defense to Protect and Power Your Life

Have you ever felt uncomfortable from people getting too close, using disrespectful, condescending language or even their uninvited, inappropriate touching? Are you fearful of confrontation believing that if things escalated you wouldn’t be able to handle it? Were you taught that you can’t expect to defend yourself against a larger person or a man? Do you believe you would just freeze up? Maybe you’ve always wanted to take a self-defense course or karate to learn the secrets of the masters who seem unshakable against seemingly insurmountable odds, at any age, or wondered if any of that is real. Good news: There are some simple skills and tactics that you can employ to gain the advantage, shift the balance of power in your favor and greatly reduce the risk of assault or injury. You can take charge. You can move from fear to freedom. This book shows you how. One rape survivor said, ＂I took two other self-defense courses but Mirandette’s program gave me my life back.＂ One corporate leadership company president said: ＂This program guides people through a process of discovery that frees them from a variety of self-limiting assumptions to see grander visions and new possibilities for personal and professional transformation.＂ Founder of Bartell &Bartell, Ltd, Center for Executive Assessment and Development This book is a must for people heading off to college and everyone else.