From the bulletin board at the South Park Neighborhood Center:
My name is Elizabeth and I am offering a free self defense class for the South Park community (all ages, men and women) on August 16th from 12-4pm at the Neighborhood Center (8201 10th Ave S).
The class will be very informal. Basically, I have a self defense book with excellent photos. I plan on demonstrating each move and then have everyone pair up and practice. After 20 minutes, I will demo the next move. It will take us two hours to go through the following moves:
1. Knee kick front/side
2. Stomp kick shin/instep
3. Elbow Strike forward/upward/side/back
4. Palm heel strike (with face scrape)
5. Hug defense
6. Rear defense
If there is interest and time we can also do ground defense, choke hold and wrist grab.
Will is one of our neighbors who has experience with self defense and he has offered to come and help demonstrate the moves, answer questions, and be an ‘attack dummy.’ He Describes himself as a 5’9” tall mean who is close to 400lbs and can be very intimidating when he wants to.
I will spend the first half hour of the class talking about using common sense to stay safe (trusting instincts, watching body language, yelling “NO!” etc), then 2 hours to practice moves, with potential additional half hour for those extra moves. The last hour of class will be open for people to practice whatever they want to, ask questions, and continue to discuss other personal empowerment techniques.
Please RSVP so we can get enough drinks – Elizabeth@artinstallation.com/(206) 940-6145