You have the right to take up space on the planet! Sharpen your skills for spotting potential threats and taking action to avoid or prevent physical violence. We will also work on how to use physical force to break away when we don't have other options. Our goal is for women to leave feeling empowered and more confident in their own strength and abilities! This workshop will be a mix of physical and non-physical training, expect about 50/50 of each. Some of the topics we will cover: • Boundary setting • Situational awareness • Dealing with grabs and holds • Instinctive responses, including the freeze response • How to generate power and aim for vulnerable points Teaching the workshop will be Sarah MacLeod, Acting Head Instructor at Rencounter, and KMG Graduate Level 5, and Mary Abernethy, 4th Dan Karate Black Belt under the British Combat Karate Association, member of the National Federation for Personal Safety. Mary taught self protection to young women in India with the organisation FairFight. Both Sarah and Mary are licensed instructors with 500 Rising. * No questions asked concession. We want to make this workshop accessible to as many as possible who need these skills. We hope that if you can afford to pay the full price, you will support the work that we do.

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