I was looking at the pictures from one of those “unarmed self defense” seminars. It was the typical mythology of canned attacks and clever solutions. Too bad nothing I saw in the pictures would solve the problem when used against an attacker that was not following the script. One picture had some elderly lady in an electric scooter being shown how to deal with a two-handed choke from the front (as if a bad guy would contort himself to obtain such a silly position to make such an attack in the first place). But people spent their money and I am sure they feel safer. Too bad as their time and resources could have been spent learning something that had a chance at working.
If you get targeted for a physical attack the odds are the attacker is already sure they are not only going to win, but dominate. Predators don’t last long if they get hurt taking down their prey. Sixty year old (and older) females don’t stand a chance against an aggressive male. Parlor tricks labeled “self defense” won’t help at all.
The only solution that has a chance at being workable is to take advantage of the tools available to us for self defence. Chemicals, knives and firearms make a big difference when deployed with the proper skill set. Anyone telling you otherwise is just after your money.