Streetwise Safety for Women, by M. DePasquale Jr.

ichael DePasquale Jr. is the founder of Federation United Martial Artists' "Crusades Against Crime", and he is a well known figure in American budo/martial arts. Both he and his father (DePasquale Sr.) are highly profiled ju jitsu personalities in the US. He has also penned this book from 1977: "Monarch Illustrated Guide to Ju Jitsu", and you can read more about it here.

In this book, "Streetwise Safety for Women", DePasquale give various forms of practical advice on how to prevent and avoid violence in the first place, and also various self-defense methods to cope with attacks.

The advice that are given may seem a little "American" and paranoid to others. It is almost like there is no end to the dangers lurking everywhere :-) Still, most of the advice you are presented with are universal enough to be of possible significance also to people elsewhere. This concerns things like using public transport and taxi (cabs), in and out of your own car , walking the streets, problems at home, break-ins, harassments, rape aso.

I am sure that we could discuss the selection of physical methods. This will always be a matter of taste and preferences anyhow. Apart from minor things I find this book  to be absolutely worthwhile.

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