For example, weekly 1.5 hour sessions over 5 weeks. The longer the
course, the more the skills can be developed and the wider the range
of techniques learnt.
At the end of the course, we hope that participants will have gained
an understanding of what self defence is; the ability to appear
strong and confident; a greater sense of self esteem; assertion
skills and the ability to use the voice in a strong way; awareness
of and affiliation with personal boundaries; a variety of skills
for physical self defence, an awareness of a range of self defence
techniques and strategies.
Introductions, guidelines and health and safety, and group building
What is self defence?
Grounding and stance work
Appearing confident/body language
Identifying and defending personal boundaries, responding to your
gut feeling
Voicework and assertion
Physical self defence: aims and principles, movement, strikes,
pad work, self protection
Release moves
De-escalation
Dealing with hostile groups/multiple attackers
Self defence and the law
Options in different settings
De-brief/feedback and evaluation
Depending on length of course, the following can also be covered:
Safety in the home, responses to fear, sexual harassment, using
weapons to hand, defence against weapons, defending yourself from
the floor.
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