00:07I don't even consider myself a victim. I really like the term survivor better.
00:11Victim has a negative connotation to it, but surviving an altercation seems more
00:17powerful. Women express to me what they've had happen to them. Some have
00:23been robbed at gunpoint, some have been sexually assaulted, some have been in bad
00:27abusive relationships, some are currently in abusive relationships, some are just
00:31looking to better protect themselves. I think it's all walks of life.
00:35Heart strikes. Get back! Get back! Get back!
00:38Assess your target. Is it okay to put hands on someone? Yes. If they get in your personal
00:42space, just say, stop. Did you need something? What? Address them.
00:47Statistically, one in four women are sexually assaulted nationally. The number one thing that they find
00:51that helps reduce that is women taking self-defense classes. I have a client that
00:55was sexually assaulted. What would I have done if I was my client? I would like to
00:59think I would fight back, but would I know what to do? And one of the ways that I
01:02felt empowered again was just by realizing that a woman can be a worthy opponent if
01:06she knows what to do. The table top up here. Look what's happened. Chop a leg.
01:11Fucking roll here. And you can do anything from here, right? Eye gouge, here, right.
01:17All sorts of moves.
01:18I was like, hello to my girl, and we had to look, and I saw that he was alive.
01:26I was like, I was talking to my son, and he was like, I can't believe it.
01:33I can't believe it.
01:34I can't believe it.
01:34It's a feast I thought, which is true.
01:37And I mean, I'm so good with you.
01:41I'm only to put my way through.
01:44I think I used to be like to be alive.
01:49It's changed me as a person.
01:51Not just what I know, but how I carry myself, how I think, my level of awareness.
01:56So much of what this class is, it really puts a back on the person.
02:00Give you the tools and what you can do for yourself, unlike relying on someone else.
02:09Get back! Get back! Get back!
02:22Women and men are completely capable of protecting themselves when they're put in a situation where they have to defend
02:28themselves.
02:28That truly is why I do this class.
02:31The impact that it could have on someone could really be life-altering.
