From: mbkomor@anableps.berkeley.edu (M. Beth Komor)
Newsgroups: alt.pagan
Subject: Re: Binding or Protective Spells
Date: 7 Oct 1992 10:21:32 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: anableps.berkeley.edu
Summary: Something That's Worked for Me
Keywords: Model Mugging/Impact - Effective Response to Assault for Women & Men

In article <16878E1C9.PA142138@utkvm1.utk.edu> PA142138@utkvm1.utk.edu (Nancy Proctor) writes:
>A very dear friend of mine is being harassed by a co-worker.  The harassment
>has gone to the point of vandalism and property damage.  I did a binding spell
>to render the harasser powerless to harm my friend and was really surprised
>(and a little pissed off) when my friend's car was spray painted only one
>week later.
>Have any of you had experience with this sort of thing?
>Do you have any suggestions?  Would a protection spell be more likely to have
>a positive effect?  The situation is fairly serious and the police (who are
>very sympathetic) say they can't do anything without firm evidence.  The
>perpetrator is a bit unstable and may contemplate action more serious than
>what has already occurred.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

This is a rewrite of an article I posted in 1990. The statistics are out-of-
date but I still stand by what I said about the training I received: Model 
Mugging/Impact does in five weeks what many other forms of self defense don't
manage to accomplish in *years*.

I don't know if your friend is male or female, but you could do the person in 
question a possibly life saving service by immediately referring hir to a
Model Mugging/Impact training center. Model Mugging/Impact is the most highly
recommended form of self defense training for women there is (don't worry, in
many areas a men's class is offered too). 

Model Mugging/Impact prepares a person to effectively meet an attack by 
unarmed, armed, and multiple assailants and to fight successfully to a knockout 
in under 10 seconds. A fully padded male "model mugger" simulates actual 
attacks so that effective response techniques can be practiced full force.
Deterrence techniques and psychological empowerment are a major feature of the 
course. 

I graduated the Level I course in 1990 and I can state from experience that
this course *is* an effective means of preparing yourself to deal with
harrassment/assault situations. It is also a remarkably effective way of 
"getting over" the emotional trauma any such situation can cause.

I am reposting now in hopes that this information will help someone else who
needs it (the stat's say there's quite a few of you out there). Model Mugging/
Impact training is available throughout the U.S. and in Canada. A scholarship
is offfered on a financial and psychologial needs basis at many training 
centers. Bay Area Model Mugging/Impact's phone number is: (415) 592-7300. 
They'll be happy to let you know where the center nearest to you is.

You can see these techniques demonstrated by the women (and men) who've 
learned them. All Model Mugging/Impact graduations are completely open to the
public. As for Model Mugging stats: 

	42 reported assaults on grads (as of Oct. 1990)

	 2 submissions (the woman grad evaluated the attack and decided to
		       submit because of factors involved in the attack)
	18 deterrences (the attacker was either verbally deterred or managed
		       to run away)
	22 knockouts   in under 10 seconds

(I can personally add 3 psychological deterrences to this, since graduation.)

*Best,*

-Meriday Beth
<mbkomor@anableps.berkeley.edu>

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