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RE: The Less Glamorous Side of Traveling: How I escaped an armed gang rape
I'm really sorry about what happened to you. Sadly, we live in patriarchal world where objectification and discrimination of women is a norm and part of our global culture (intensity of patriarchy and discrimination of women only varies geopolitically).
You have shown a great example of self defense under stress. Many people shut down and freeze in paralyzing fear when their body switches to "fight or flight" response. I have been practicing Krav Maga (Israeli self defense) for few years and I have to say that many long term Krav Maga practitioners may not react as quickly and efficiently as you did.
You are a true Amazon warrior :-)
And for the next, please post "The story about my stay in a deserted beach hotel somewhere in a remote Panamanian paradise, a few hours away from humanity… " Thanks :-)
Yes I read about the freeze, fight and flight theory before, but there's indeed only one way to find out which one applies to you. So a combination of fight and flight for me I guess haha. I have total peace with what happened, no traumas... It was really shitty at that moment, but hey, I lived to tell the story ;) Krav Maga sounds like the way to go, can you take those without having to sign up for a course (because I'm moving around all the time)?
I'm glad that there is no trauma :-)
I know that different clubs may organize one off fee workshops or masterclasses but generally you have to pay monthly membership. Many clubs also offer first trial class free.
You just need to find out in your area.. If you have any club in certain area in mind, let me know I will have a look if the teaching is any good :-)
Haha, well I'm moving around quite often, so I could start my own krav maga freebie trail by trying first trial classes in every place I go haha. I'm know going around Argentina, any suggestions?
Oh you got me difficult one! :-) It seems that KM is not very popular in Argentina. I found one club with higher ranking instructor in one of the provinces:
http://www.kravmaga-tucuman.com.ar/
I cannot guarantee what quality there is, because I can't seem to find any videos from their training :/