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Self- Defense Emily Stern has been teaching self defense and self care workshops for over ten years. She’s taught in universities, middle and high schools, summer camps, community organizations and events, workplaces, retirement homes, and as a private consultant, all over the country. Her workshops are unique in their focus on physical and emotional self-defense. Students learn physical and verbal boundary setting techniques as well as discuss connections between self-love and the desire to protect oneself, by examining stereotypes and other factors that can complicate our ability or desire to protect ourselves, such as gender, race, class and ability. Her teaching style is casual, fun, conversational, powerful and honest. Even if you think you already know all this stuff, you're sure to get something out of it!
CLASSES The BASIC class is generally a 3-hour workshop, though it can be tailored individual/group needs. There are also 3, 4, 6 and 10 week class options available. These classes will give the student a chance to go more deeply into the subject at hand. Most basic classes explore basic self-defense techniques from a physical and an emotional standpoint. The physical aspect includes grabs, punches, identifying target points, and verbal boundary setting. The emotional component looks at how our actions in daily life contribute to whether or not we feel we are worth defending. Though these are huge topics, this basic course is an excellent tool to open our minds to the idea of emotional self defense being equally important to the physical aspect, and a potential means of prevention to some kinds of violence. Amidst all of this, we will look at the stereotypes of what a perpetrator looks like, and breakdown the many contradictions within the general concept of self defense, including why some commonly known techniques may not work for some people due to class, race, gender, etc. There are also classes that deal with more specific issues. Please email Emily for more information. Also check out some Testimonials.
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