Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Defense class strengthens women

When self-defense courses are done correctly, they can achieve a couple of things. They can empower you, and at the same time give you a healthy reality check.

Story:
Lying on the matted floor, surrounded by a circle of women in a self-defense class, I closed my eyes and took deep, quivering breaths. I envisioned myself, a 20-year-old Chico State student, alone in an orchard, helpless to an attacker. The faces of my mother, father, brother and sister flashed in my head.

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