Check out the site below for some very useful advice. He teaches self-defense and how to keep you and your loved one's safe. It's not about fighting criminals; it's about learning how dangerous situations escalate and how to spot them and avoid or defuse them before they get to the point of violence.
No Nonsense Self Defense - Reliable information for dangerous situations "Do you need to become a martial arts master to defend yourself? Do you need to become a paranoid survivalist in order to be safe? Do you need to buy a stock pile of guns? No. Are you going to have to use a little common sense? Yes. And that isn't that hard. But in order to have common sense in the first place, you must understand what's actually involved in the problem. Once you have solid information, then making the right decisions for a situation is easy." --Marc MacYoung