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Women's Self-Defense Instructors Brad Parker Brad Parker is the director of
Defend University,
a research and development group dedicated to the Parker formed the modules of the program over the course of seven years as he trained literally hundreds of women in self-defense techniques. The course evolved as a sort of living laboratory that dealt with the most common sexual assault scenarios researched from real life attacks. Research and interviews with vice detectives revealed that women were invariably attacked differently than males. And, unfortunately, the techniques usually taught in many courses don't address the realities of rape. The techniques in the program were refined using full contact responses to full power attacks from male role players. This emphasis on realism brought about the Fight Like a Girl philosophy of women's self-defense. He is currently the co-representative for
Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in Arizona and teaches defensive tactics for law
enforcement and personal protection. He
has
Web site: www.defendu.com Contact: defenduniversity@yahoo.comx (delete the 'x' at the end of the address before sending) | What do you mean "Fight like a Girl"? 
"In a stranger-rape situation, if he allows you to see his face, you get his name, or you can somehow otherwise identify your attacker, and he knows it, it’s all the more important to get away from him, even if he has a knife and you are risking injury. Because unless he’s quite inexperienced, he’s likely to kill you to leave no witnesses." Program a Long Time Coming "The concept of enlightening women to 'fight like girls' is a long time coming. We should have been doing this years ago. The female body is built differently and can be used effectively against a male attacker if trained properly. Defend University and the Rape Escape program have proven again and again that the Fight Like a Girl program is successful, easy to learn and easy to deliver."
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more than
20 years of martial arts experience and 14 years of
security, executive protection and law
enforcement experience. He most recently in charge of security and public
affairs for the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority, the governmental entity
responsible for building the new University of Phoenix Stadium. He is
currently an instructor and contractor for an executive protection services
provider. 