SELF DEFENSE MANEUVERS 

Self Defense maneuvers are taught, to prevent students from becoming targets for attack or abduction/kidnapping.  This gives the student the knowledge of how to:

  #1 avoid actually being a target, and

  #2 how to escape and survive an attack.

This is taught first; by discussing how NOT to be an easy target, and what an attacker or abductor is looking for.  This teaches students not to be in this category.  However, if someone were targeted for an attacked or abducted, they would know what to do to save their life and get away from the situation.  We use and practice screams, joint manipulations and body targets to cause hold releases.

We practice these frequently, as some of our students have been in similar situations and came to martial arts in the hopes of learning how not to let this happen again to them or to family members.  This gives them courage and confidence and empowers them with the knowledge to prevent it.