Somewhere along the line you found this blog and your probably wondering what's a Fight Like A Girl class like? Its a good question, your probably apprehensive about the course content, whether your getting your money & time worth, or if the instructor is qualified to teach this material. Those are all very pertinent questions.
Let me try to explain first what the course is (you can look at my instructor background to get some idea of my credentials under the profile section) first. The course is designed to teach you how to fight for your life in a worse case scenario - an assailant is trying to rape and kill you. We don't teach how to defend against muggers who just want your immediate cash on hand (though you will pick-up defenses for people who invade your space), we don't teach defense against ID theft (though that's a huge issue in and of itself). We stay focused on how to defend YOU and your body.
The class starts out with some introductory material that helps to inform you. I give this in a lecture format and also use DVDs to explain some basic principles. That's the first half hour of the course. After that we go into the physical aspects of the course. Then we go into the Teaching/ Practice/ Stress Algorithm:
Let me try to explain first what the course is (you can look at my instructor background to get some idea of my credentials under the profile section) first. The course is designed to teach you how to fight for your life in a worse case scenario - an assailant is trying to rape and kill you. We don't teach how to defend against muggers who just want your immediate cash on hand (though you will pick-up defenses for people who invade your space), we don't teach defense against ID theft (though that's a huge issue in and of itself). We stay focused on how to defend YOU and your body.
The class starts out with some introductory material that helps to inform you. I give this in a lecture format and also use DVDs to explain some basic principles. That's the first half hour of the course. After that we go into the physical aspects of the course. Then we go into the Teaching/ Practice/ Stress Algorithm:
- We show you the technique and then teach the finer motor skills of the technique.
- Then we have you practice the technique to learn the body mechanics. We really emphasize practice, the body actually develops a functioning record of a technique that is known as "muscle memory" as you practice it more often.
- Therefore, in class we ask you to do the technique at least 5 times to become proficient with its understanding.
- Then we put the Redman Suit on and add stress to the situation so that you can actually do the techniques against a trained instructor (instructors are professionals that have years of martial arts training and can take a full force kick - the suit helps though).
After a few times of teaching tecnique+ practice+ Redman Suit I had an entire class actually chanting "Redman, Redman, Redman"!!
After the hands on portion and plenty of Q&A we go back to the lecture format and watch a review section of the DVD to further solidify the techniques. And then adjourn for the evening. Participants get a student manual with the course and we also have an evaluation that helps us prepare for future classes. Here's a video of my Instructor Steve Kardian running one of his Fight Like A Girl/ Rape Escape classes (links to YouTube).
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