Real-world self-defense for everyday moms, grand moms, daughters and coeds who don't have the time to formally train. Why BADGER? Because they become wickedly ferocious when cornered by a larger attacker, and what a woman needs to become should she be. "GOING BADGER - A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO THE FINE ART OF GOING HONEY BADGER ON A BAD GUY" is a collection of self-defense tips and adaptable moves SPECIFICALLY addressing the immediate attacks women are victim of, and what every woman (and every man's girlfriend, wife or daughter) should know to decisively stop an attack and get away.

So, what is "GOING BADGER?" Ok, take this little test. A stranger pushed you down. What's your response? Confusion? Fear? Attempt to rationalize that this person is either nuts or you somehow offended him? Maybe take a moment deciding how to react while the adrenaline slowly kicks in? All of the above? Now picture this same stranger pushing down your sister, mom, child or grandchild. Feel any different? I'll bet you do, because now you likely feel NO fear and have NO response delay. Psychologically and physiologically the protective response we feel for loved ones is different that the protective response we feel for ourselves, and the thought of someone hurting a family member can unleash a fury in you that is instantaneous, with no confusion whatsoever to cloud or delay your response, like Mama Bear and her cubs. Utilizing that kind of "fury" in an educated way to protect YOURSELF is what "GOING BADGER" is about… strategically reacting to an attack with the same instinctive fury as you would defending your child. "GOING BADGER" isn't your stereotypical collection of specific self-defense moves countering specific attacks, because attacks are dynamic. A tit for tat, "if he does this, I'll do that" by the numbers approach against a static practice partner will not only overload your memory, but trusting those moves to work against an actual attack will ultimately get you hurt or worse. "GOING BADGER" is instead a collection of real-world self-defense tips and doable, adaptable moves that SPECIFICALLY address the unexpected attacks that women have a split second to respond to... moves that ANY untrained woman, regardless of age or athletic ability, can instinctively recall and use to decisively stop a larger attacker and get away.

"Gunny" Jeff Norman is a retired career Marine who's been involved in the study of self-defense for decades, both as an instructor earning black belts in HakkoRyu Jujutsu under Kaiden Shihan San Dai Kichu Dennis Palumbo, and currently as an associate instructor in Michael Janich's Martial Blade Concepts. Gunny's wife and the guide's demonstration partner, Marcie, holds black belts in TaeKwonDo as well as in HakkoRyu Jujutsu. Together they have four precious daughters, ultimately inspiring this collection of doable self-defense dedicated specifically for women.