Nikki has tried it

Without inhibitions: How self-defense works

If you are attacked from behind, throw your shoulder back and turn towards your opponent.

(Bild: Roland Muehlanger, Krone KREATIV)

Self-defense is permitted in the event of attacks on life, limb and freedom. A former elite police officer explained to "Krone" editor Nicole Greiderer how a woman can defend herself properly and escape even a much stronger attacker.

Two large hands wrap around my neck. I freeze. Then I remember. A quick movement - and Günter Rabitsch lets go of me, satisfied. The section leader at the police sports club is giving me a course in self-defense, which he and his colleagues have been offering to women for over 30 years.

The 62-year-old knows his trade: he was a trainer for the mobile task force in Innsbruck and later a Cobra officer, for whom he also served as an air marshal. And he knows how men attack.