Self Defence

On Thursday 4 May all the year 7/8 girls participated in a self defence course. We learnt about what to do when people (usually a man) grab you and try to pull you away or along with them, so what you do is either try to block them from grabbing you then grab them and lunge towards them and knee them with your knee or if they have already grabbed you then still try to grab them and knee them, if they grab you on the shoulders: block or grab them on the shoulders to lunge in for the kick, if they grab you on your arm: grab their arm and knee them using same technique, same with if they grab on both of your arms except just grab on wrists. We were also taught that if they grab you on your off side the do the same (grab them) except you spin while you kick and try to get them on the top of their knee with the side of your shoe or on the top of their foot where all the little bones are. Then we did a scenario where if a person (usually a man) stops their car and gets out to ask you for directions this is a sign that you need to get out of there fast, its a bit different if the person doesn't get out of their car but once you give them directions if they ask you where you live you just confidently repeat the directions.