Layered self-defense and VITAL Self-Defense’s Prevail Over Violence Model is the topic for this 82nd episode of the Self-Defense Show. Charles gives a bird’s eye view of the whole of our approach to accounting for violence in an ordinary person’s life. He talks about the 30 layers of a comprehensive self-defense education. There are 10 layers before the violence, 10 layers that apply during the violent incident, and 10 aftermath layers. This is a general overview of the philosophical and/or theoretical framework VITAL Self-Defense employs to educate people in personal protection. We hope this brings some structure and context to the various topics we discuss on the show. We have covered many of the 30 topics in much greater detail in previous episodes. This is not meant to be an in-depth description, but merely a table of contents so to speak. Please let us know if you feel we have missed a topic, or are off-base in any way. We love hearing from our listeners.

After surviving, your legal battle begins. We talk about victim law in the US justice system and how it has changed over the past 25 years. We used the 1983 President’s Task Force on the Victims of Crime as our guide to discuss some of the way the Criminal’s Justice System can further violate a victim of crime. Although there have been great improvements to the laws and procedures we discuss in this episode, we still have a long way to go. Knowing where we have come from, and what rights we were lacking 25 years ago will help us be stronger in our legal self-defense. If you think that your struggles are over once that thug hits the deck via your awesome punch, your in store for a rude awakening. The next 12 to 24 months of your life could be 10x worse than the actual incident itself. We are sure to come back to this subject and have multiple parts because this topic is way too huge to cover in one show alone. Make sure you tell us your story. We love hearing from our listeners!

Charles in on National Public Radio! KVPR Valley Public Radio, an NPR affiliate in central California asked Charles to be an expert and answer callers questions on a show called Quality of Life. This week’s topic is on, you guessed it, self-defense. Our good friend Kelly Rudolph from SURVIVE! Self-Defense was kind enough to hook Charles up with this media opportunity. Kelly is in the radio studio and Charles is on the phone during this hour long program. When Charles was asked if he would make this appearance, he agreed so long as he could then podcast it as an episode of the Self-Defense Show. The producer agreed, and here it is! Please drop a thank you email to Kelly from SURVIVE! for making this all happen. Visit her site at either www.SurviveSD.com or www.SafetyQuickTips.com and let her know what you thought. Thanks for being loyal listeners!