Self Defense Moves should be the last thing that you should do to protect yourself

Self Defense Moves should be the last thing that you should do to protect yourself, it's like getting onto an air plane and the last words that you want to hear from the pilot are "Get your parachute out, you're going to need it, we're going to crash."

Image: http://blogs.trb.com/features/consumer/shopping/blog/2010/10/
and http://jayadevm.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/keep-that-parachute-open/