FEMALE SELF-DEFENCE
Female self-defence is becoming an increasingly important part of my teaching. It'S important that the techniques work against bigger and stronger opponents - this applies for men as well - which is unfortunately often the case when women have to defend themselves.
When teaching I will often make referencs to female self-defence implications of various techniques and, if necessary, will show explictly how they can be applied when facing somebody much bigger than yourself.
I also encourage men in the class who are working with women to apply techniques with sufficient strength so that the lady has to work a little to break them and get safe. Safety in training is paramount and I ensure that people don't get hurt; however, there is a tendency sometimes amongst men to go a bit easy when training with women that limits the self-defence benefits for the latter.
