Be Ruthless When Defending Yourself
One thing most people need to get over to be effective at self defense is the idea that they do not want to hurt someone else. While this is true most of the time when under attack this idea should be dropped and you should turn ruthless. Most often the attacker does not care about your personal safety so there is no reason why you should consider theirs when you use your self defense tactics. Let them have it and if they get severely injured in the process than so be it.
