Fighting Femicide: Free Self Defense Workshop

Free Self Defense Workshop

Instructor Sindy - Introduction to Basic Self Defense

Content note for: Gender based violence and femicide

Outline:

Introduction

Aims of the workshop

Identifying an attacker

Responses to a threat

Target zones of the body

Learning wrist releases

Understanding the mechanics of strangles

Learning counters to strangles

Counters to multiple attackers

Counters to weapons

Fighting on the ground

The ethics around self defense, after care, debriefing

Question and answer session