1.Guard your face. If the attacker is trying to punch you or grab you from the front, put your hands on your forehead in a "Not in the face!" sort of gesture and your arms tight on your body.
2.Stand with a wide base. Both left-to-right and back-to-front, keep your feet diagonal from each other in a kind of martial-arts stance.This will lessen your likelihood of getting knocked or pushed over.
3.Assess your assailant. Look at their hands.
If you're attacked by a person with a knife or a gun, you need to try and avoid confrontation and get away. If it's impossible to avoid a fight, you need to end the confrontation with a high-impact attack as quickly as possible, then run for help.
4.Take the defensive posture of running.If you can avoid a fight, avoid it and run away.
5.Kick or grab the groin of a male attacker.
6.Follow up. Try to poke or press on the eyes.
7.If an attacker attacks with a weapon, know where the weapon is effective. If you get a chance to leave safely, go for it. Be sure that you're safe from your opponent when you decide to stop defending yourself.