Stay safe with 4 self-defense tips from expert Rener Gracie: 'Not an easy target'

As crime rates increase, living in America’s big cities can be frightening at times for many people.

To reduce the risks of run-ins with those who are violent, it’s important to know what to do in a potentially dangerous situation.

Rener Gracie, head instructor of jiu-jitsu at Gracie University in California, shared the most effective and self-protective moves, especially when self-defense tools are out of reach or have been upended by a perpetrator.

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