tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.comments2020-06-15T19:15:31.522+02:00About Self Defensemartial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-64770402193980408002011-12-19T21:28:14.118+01:002011-12-19T21:28:14.118+01:00Absolutely Jojo, I'm with you on this one :-)Absolutely Jojo, I'm with you on this one :-)martial Arts Sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-21998391712949274802011-12-19T07:56:02.798+01:002011-12-19T07:56:02.798+01:00This proves that self defense is about ceasing the...This proves that self defense is about ceasing the opportunity given to you. This employe used hot coffee but anything could be used for self defense, it is a question of opportunity and finding the right target.<br /><br />Jojo<br />http://martialartsinstruction.orgjojo72https://www.blogger.com/profile/01998569951278645710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-76263795841141459332008-08-05T15:49:00.000+02:002008-08-05T15:49:00.000+02:00Realtors have the most dangerous jobs that I can t...Realtors have the most dangerous jobs that I can think of. All Realtors should at the very least carry Pepper Spray on their keychain and a Stun Gun in their purse or on their belt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-35133676348655936842008-03-30T03:49:00.000+02:002008-03-30T03:49:00.000+02:00Well thanks, and thanks for dropping by! As for th...Well thanks, and thanks for dropping by! As for the difference - I guess a good thing can't be said often enough, and in as many ways as possible :-)martial Arts Sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-80774418407100605802008-03-29T22:55:00.000+01:002008-03-29T22:55:00.000+01:00Great blog! Your niche is a little different than ...Great blog! Your niche is a little different than mine, but I like what I see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-26718269927360234272007-07-08T20:28:00.000+02:002007-07-08T20:28:00.000+02:00Thanks for your kind words Josua! I'd love to read...Thanks for your kind words Josua! <BR/>I'd love to read your blog, but unfortunately Poruguese is way out of my "linguistic league". Using a translator like BabelFish makes very little sense, I'm afraid - amusing, but nothing more :-) Communication is far too important to be left to chance ...<BR/>Nice pictures though!<BR/>Again, thanks for stopping by!martial Arts Sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-48607130290878682842007-07-08T20:07:00.000+02:002007-07-08T20:07:00.000+02:00It's so nice for me to have found this blog of you...It's so nice for me to have found this blog of yours, it's so interesting. I sure hope and wish that you take courage enough to pay me a visit in my PALAVROSSAVRVS REX!, and plus get some surprise. My blog is also so cool! Don't think for a minute that my invitation is spam and I'm a spammer. I'm only searching for a public that may like or love what I write.<BR/> <BR/>Feel free off course to comment as you wish and remember: don't take it wrong, don't think that this visitation I make is a matter of more audiences for my own blogg. No. It's a matter of making universal, realy universal, all this question of bloggs, all the essential causes that bring us all together by visiting and loving one another. <BR/> <BR/>I think it's to UNITE MANKIND that we became bloggers! Don't see language as an obstacle but as a challenge (though you can use the translater BabelFish at the bottom of my page!) and think for a minute if I and the rest of the world are not expecting something like a broad cumplicity. Remenber that pictures talk also. Open your heart and come along!!!!!joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146107791118369810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-85013786417316064642007-06-15T22:27:00.000+02:002007-06-15T22:27:00.000+02:00That is quite disturbing. Perhaps people may want...That is quite disturbing. Perhaps people may want to consider not wearing headphones over both ears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-46863478961286130972007-04-10T07:55:00.000+02:002007-04-10T07:55:00.000+02:00So then you would think he would have a nice big b...So then you would think he would have a nice big bruise to show for it then wouldn't you.....?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-22922711703259442202007-03-15T22:51:00.000+01:002007-03-15T22:51:00.000+01:00Welcome to the year 2007Welcome to the year 2007Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474044103992408875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-1164316894094816802006-11-23T22:21:00.000+01:002006-11-23T22:21:00.000+01:00Hello Paul, and thank's for your update!It's good ...Hello Paul, and thank's for your update!<BR/><BR/>It's good to hear that the employer is working to combat the growing (and very often hidden) violence towards health professionals.<BR/><BR/>Since this is my line of work (conflict management and violence prevention), I have witnessed time and time again how devastating violence of any kind (physical, verbal or otherwise) can be - to the victim/s as well as the workplace.<BR/><BR/>It could be argued that even the "perpetrator" is a victim in these situations.<BR/><BR/>It should be noted also that great and lasting results can often times be achieved with proper preventive measures.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck to you, and again thank you for the update!martial Arts Sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-1164033432171127932006-11-20T15:37:00.000+01:002006-11-20T15:37:00.000+01:00Thank you for highlighting this nurse's plight. He...Thank you for highlighting this nurse's plight. Here is the press release we issued as the nurse's employer (Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust) in order to get her story more coverage.<BR/><BR/>Nurse welcomes conviction over hospital assault<BR/><BR/>A nurse who was hit and kicked by a patient while on duty at Colchester General Hospital has welcomed the conviction of her assailant.<BR/><BR/>Tracey Rice, a bank nurse, said she has been left so shaken by her ordeal that she will never work on the A&E department again.<BR/><BR/>The woman who assaulted Mrs Rice was sentenced to a 12-month community order, including 80 hours unpaid work, and made to pay £300 court costs. She was also ordered to pay Mrs Rice £500 in compensation.<BR/><BR/>Mrs Rice has welcomed the conviction and has spoken out about her ordeal in hope it sends out a strong message that assaults on hospital staff will not be tolerated.<BR/><BR/>She said: “I am pleased this person has been convicted. It turned out to be an expensive night for her and I hope this case sends out a strong message that this type of behaviour will simply not be tolerated.”<BR/><BR/>Mrs Rice, a bank nurse for 12 years, has worked at the Colchester General Hospital’s A&E department periodically for the past six years.<BR/><BR/>She said: “The attack left me winded and bruised. The woman hit me on the shoulder, knocking me to the ground, and then kicked me in the knee.<BR/><BR/>“This attack was the straw that broke the Camel’s back because I am fed up with<BR/>having to deal with drunken and aggressive people. The attack left me very shocked<BR/>and it took me six weeks to get back to work.<BR/><BR/>“The reason I have decided to go public is because I don’t want this to happen to anybody else and I hope this case will make people think twice before they abuse, assault or are aggressive to members of staff in hospitals.<BR/><BR/>“I don’t want anybody to go through what I have been through, it was a nasty experience.”<BR/><BR/>Christine Wood, 19, of Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, appeared before the town’s magistrates’ court last week, where she pleaded guilty to assaulting Mrs Rice on June 24, 2006.<BR/><BR/>The conviction has been welcomed by Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital.<BR/><BR/>Peter Symkiss, the Trust’s security manager said: “This is not the first time we have successfully prosecuted a member of the public who has acted aggressively towards our staff and we will not hesitate to take similar action if we need to.”<BR/><BR/>Denise Hagel, the Trust’s Director of Nursing said: “We have a strict ‘zero tolerance’ policy of verbal and physical abuse towards our staff. People should not expect to be able to abuse our staff and get away with it.<BR/><BR/>“Our Trust is determined to do everything in its power to protect our staff from abuse. Frontline workers, and clinicians in particular, are essential to the health care of the people of north east Essex and abuse like this will not be tolerated.”<BR/><BR/>Figures revealed by the NHS Security Management Service (SMS) revealed 64 people were prosecuted last year for attacking NHS staff in East Anglia – nine more than 2004/05.<BR/><BR/>Nationally, there was a 12% increase in the number of prosecutions from 759 to 850 and a fall in the number of assaults by 1,690. This is a significant achievement particularly as violence and abuse showed a year on year increase until 2003 when the NHS SMS was set up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-1145612435693291482006-04-21T11:40:00.000+02:002006-04-21T11:40:00.000+02:00I would be honoured by your thoughts on Calling to...I would be honoured by your thoughts on <A HREF="http://ancientclown.blogspot.com/2006/03/calling-to-be-warriors.html" REL="nofollow">Calling to BE..Warriors</A>.<BR/>your humble servant,<BR/>Ancient Clownancient clownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065576544187661965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23950494.post-1145459393589967542006-04-19T17:09:00.000+02:002006-04-19T17:09:00.000+02:00Hi Sara, thanks for the comments! I will check the...Hi Sara, thanks for the comments! I will check these templates out.martial Arts Sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com