Muscle memory is an important aspect of defending yourself but it's not as important (IMHO) in defending during an abduction attempt. Abductors are looking for their next easy victim. So long as the abductee makes a desperate and true attempt to fight back then just that resistance can be enough to convince the abductor that this vic simply isn't worth the risk of getting caught. When I teach womens self defense seminars I stress to them that they will NOT walk out of the seminar ready to take on the world. I feel that would be very unfair of me to instill that false sense of security. What I do attempt to convince them of, though, is that even if they don't do a technique exactly the way we teach them at least they aren't freezing up and doing nothing.
Agreed... beats the hell out of ending up on a milk carton or an Amber wall in a Walmart.Good to know those kid safety courses can work
Agreed here as well. Predators expect little or no resistance, especially when it comes to children. This goes with any predatory animal, human or otherwise. Hopefully this may spur more parents to get their kids into some SD/MA classes or even seminars to reduce (if not eliminate) this tragic and unfortunately daily occurrence (somewhere in the U.S. and/or world a child is abducted).
