Krav Maga (IKMF) India

NEW DELHI: Every 60 minutes, two women are raped in this country. What is more horrendous is that 133 elderly women were sexually assaulted last year, according to the latest report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 20,737 cases of rape were reported last year registering a 7.2% increase over the previous year, with Madhya Pradesh becoming the "rape capital" of the country by topping the list of such incidents. Going by the NCRB statistics, two women are raped in the country every hour. Madhya Pradesh (3,010) accounted for 14.5 per cent of the total cases, with West Bengal following with 2,106 such incidents. Records of high incidence in other states are Uttar Pradesh (1,648), Bihar (1,555) and Rajasthan (1,238). The national capital had 598 cases in which 602 women were sexually assaulted.

“Vicky Kapoor: With airlines fighting over cost, regular flight delays, narrow escape from accidents & every-corner air-hostess training academies, maybe its time to re-think on one simple factor. Up so high who will stand against any problem or threat? Are our flight crew really train to protect us also? Air-marshals might be used in major flights but in low-cost flights, airlines crew members are our only last line of defense. And a look at the training manual, we seldom find a good protection self defense course for these crew members. I have collected some articles and video from the net so that it will help us think about these flight crew members who are often caught up helpless whenever a threat arises. Plus maybe it will motivate airlines academies or airline crew members themselves to take up a good self defense system that is battle-tested, effective & customized for their line of work.”

One look at news papers or news channels we hear that how unsafe a particular city or town is for women. A women faces unfavourable situations almost every day in her life, who is to blame for this ordeal, the society of course.

Deccan Herald Newspaper Saturday, June 21, 2008 Hall of Shame A Samvada survey of 348 girls studing in schools and colleges in Karnataka, Ganesh et al (1996) found the following as data: 83% of the respondents had experienced physical eve teasing. In 13% of these girls, physical eve teasing has occurred when they were less ...

Rights of a citizen in Self Defense Internet Article submitted by Krav Maga Practitioner Venkatesh Rammohan Section 96 of IPC Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence. Section 97 of IPC Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 99, to defend- First- His own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body; Secondly- The property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass. Section 98 of IPC When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, is not that offence, by reason of the youth, the want of maturity of understanding, the unsoundness of mind or the intoxication of the person doing that act, or by reason of any misconception on the part of that person, every person has the same right of private defence against that act which he would have if the act were that offence.