Name: Danis, Sylvia Taguiba

Course: BSED-Eng. 2
Section: B1
Subject: PE-Self Defense
Date: February 16, 2022
CHAPTER 1. UNDERSTANDING SELF DEFENSE
Assignment 2
1. What is the goal of self defense?
 The goal of self defense is it is to survive and prosper without injury or
damage not to win to fight. With martial arts moves, it empower you to
handle an attack independently, it prevents injury to yourself.
2. What should be your primarily focus in self defense?
 In self defense we should be primarily focus on how to learn prevention.
Even if you never to use physical training and martial arts, as long as you
are great both for physical and mental you can prevent violence or crime.
If you know how to avoid and prevent attack and follow the simple
guidelines like avoid dangerous places, be aware of your surroundings
etc. then you have incredibly small chance you’ll ever be attack.
3. If these simple guidelines, the chance you’ll ever be attacked is incredibly small:
a. Avoid dangerous places and people.
b. Don’t be a bad target.
c. Be aware of your surroundings.
d. Do not argue, provoke, or allow a verbal conflict to escalate.
e. Escape or create distance.
f. Keep your private areas secure.
4. What are the dangerous places?
a. High crime areas
b. Among violent people
c. Among people who don’t like you
d. Verbal escalation
e. In-between places
f. Lawless places
5. How could you be a bad target?
 To be a bad target, in order to decrease the chance that you’ll be chosen
as a target is you need to increasing risks so you need to pay attention to
your surroundings, if you paying less attention then he’ll probably choose
you as a target. Next is decreasing rewards, don’t wear any expensive
 clothing and jewelry or any things that the predator will target you. Then,
obstacles & home security in here keep your home, car doors, and
windows locked and don’t open the door for strangers. Lastly, be aware of
your surroundings, you should be aware on your surrounding for
everywhere you go.
6. How and when you should you attempt to escape?
 Lookouts and to coordinate the timing of their movements, in this you can
possibly use cellphone for this purpose. If someone is approaching and
track to cross your path, cross the street or change direction. Run if you
need to. If you’ve already been approached by a potential attacker, your
first choice is still to escape or leave as long as you can do safely. The key
is to do it under the right circumferences, with the right attitude, and at the
right time.
7. TRUE
8. Give as many as you can some everyday items you can use for self defense?
 Everyday items you can use for self defense are pocket knife, scissors,
flashlights, tactical pen, stun guns, spray, belt, bag, glass bottles, your
keys, high heels, any kind of rope, etc.
9. FALSE
10. FALSE