Self Defense Workshop

Saturdays at 3:00pm

First Class will be held Sat., Feb. 10/07 at 9 Yorkshire St. N.

Description:

I am interested in sharing my knowledge of self-defense that I have accumulated over the past 5plus years. I earned my black belt in karate/jujitsu over 2 years ago. I have been certified in CDT(compliance, direction, takedown), a liability-conscious system of personal and third-party protection. I have also taught dozens of "EZ-defense" seminars to elementary school children as well as high school boys and girls. In addition, at my martial arts club, I was responsible for teaching my own adult karate and childrens' karate classes.

I'm interested in sharing and practicing self-defense techniques that address a wide variety of self-defense senarios, including low-level and high-level altercations. Most techniques are liability conscious in that they are justified uses of non-deadly force, so that if taken to court, victims will not be accused of using excessive force.

Most techniques are based on everyday movements (ie. turning a key, knocking on a door, picking up a pencil) that have already been trained into muscle memory and do not have to be repeated thousands of times(as martial arts techniques need to be).

Techniques may progress from a beginning level of stun-and-run progressing to stun-stay-takedown. Common scenarios ranging from being pinned to the ground to being choked will be addressed as well as statistically most common types of attacks.

Personal saftey is also an issue and so discussions can be held on what to do to avoid an altercation before it begins, how predators may choose their victims and so on.

Finally, for people who are interested, martial arts techniques may be mixed in and combined with the above-stated techniques. I am also willing to have other martial arts and self-defense minded people to help run the class.