I've been working on developing a new class for women, focusing on very basic un-armed personal defense. Not just physical contact, but more on situational awareness, using your voice, walking with a purpose, not being an easy target, getting creative with avoidance or distraction, some cyber-security, watching your drink when you are out, and, yes, some very basic physical resistance.
I was thinking of adding an optional hour at the end for holsters. Just the ladies, try on holsters, carry purses, no shooting, no guns, just getting a feel for different types of holsters. Maybe save someone else from "the holster bag".
That written, I'm asking you for your help. If you were interested in a women only unarmed basic personal defense course, what would you want to learn? I'm hoping to make this as helpful as possible and ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Yes, I do think this might be a gateway class for some to bring them to shooting, but even if not, I want to give a good foundation, if only one woman is saved from a bad encounter, it will be worth all the effort.
Thank you!!!
Sounds similar to the NRA Refuse To Be A Victim course plus some. Let me read through my RTBAV instructor stuff and see if I can come up with more stuff to help you.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm actually a RTBAV instructor. I was trying not to poach on that, but go beyond it.
DeleteYou should speak with Kimberly Walsh from Damels In Defense Pro. She runs a business that focuses on just that. She might have some ideas about what women want/need.
ReplyDeleteShe is on FB.
Thanks, I'll look her up!
DeleteMy last self-defense class we practiced how to fall correctly - so you minimize hurting yourself and are ready to defend, how to get out of someone straddling you trying to choke you, and some basic pressure point/joint manipulation techniques. My big takeaway from the class was how to get out of a bearhug type grab...work the attackers pinky from their fist and pull the opposite direction - they have to let go! If I took another class I would want more techniques to "get away" from an attacker.
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