Posted by Kath on August 1, 2009, at 11:32:43
In reply to Calling police (Trigger) » Deneb, posted by Dinah on August 1, 2009, at 5:54:34
Deneb - I've taken the sessions twice & have two 12" x 12" 1" thick boards that I broke in half with a 'karate chop' of my hand, at the end of the classes. They do that at the end.
The put the board on bricks or something & you kneel in front of it & hold your arm up high then WHOOOOM - down to the floor right through the board.
A couple of women had a lot of trouble doing it - were scared it was going to hurt (it doesn't). They were encouraged to think of someone who they would LIKE to hit & every last woman broke her board.
The classes are very good. Also, I suggest phoning your local police station. I once went to a women's self defence evening put on by a man & woman police officer. It was wonderful, with some very good non-physical suggestions also. I still remember the female cop telling that once she had to wait (not in uniform) for a bus at a deserted bus stop late at night. A car pulled up across the street & the cop made a HUGE production of picking her nose, deeply & revoltingly & intently observing the "results" before convincingly pretending to pop them into her mouth!!!! LOL The car zoomed away!
Anyway, the WENDO especially instils in women their strengths & ATTITUDE. As TC said, having glittering metal points (keys) protruding from between your fingers, while walking strongly & purposefully along is NOT a statement of a potential victim.
PS - I don't think we should have to worry about wearing summer clothes in summer weather!!! Maybe if you had had a skin-tight, low-cut party dress & high heels & were swaying your hips to beat the band, it might put thoughts into someone's head. But I don't think normal summer clothing is "asking for trouble" - that makes me mad!
Anyway, Ottawa is where the thing I wrote about above happened & there had been a series of similar events in that area, so good for you about the whistle & I hope you look into WENDO. I loved it.....that was decades ago & I still have the boards - which have written across them - if you put them together it says something like "Kath broke this board with her inner strength" or something like that. I also still have the strong "don't friggin mess with me buddy" attitude that I can pull up if I need it!
hugs, Kath
Let me know about the WENDO if you do it.
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