Women-Only Self-Defense Seminar a Success

Al-Hamdulillah, Aqabah Karate's first, women-only self-defense seminar on July 10 at the Clarion Inn Hotel was a tremendous success. This was a two hour seminar. A big thank you to all who attended. Special thanks to Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) instructor Ayesha Mustafa and to her staff.

The seminar was open to women above 17 years old. Forty Nine, very enthusiastic, women showed up to find out that a wealth of self-defense knowledge is now available to empower them. RAD instructor Ayesha Mustafa kicked off the class with a general introduction about how we view issues of personal safety, sexual assault and domestic violence. She elaborated on the concept of survivor mentality VS. victim mentality. During the lecture, the students were allowed to ask questions and there were frank and open discussion about stigmas and other issues surrounding these sensitive topics

The second half of the seminar got into the physical part. Every attendee got a chance to break a sweat. The instructors demonstrated some techniques first, and then broke each technique down into parts so the students could follow along before having everyone do it together.

The feedback from the seminar was extremely positive. There has been a tremendous request to offer more knowledge and as a result, Aqabah Karate is already organizing (with RAD) and to host a three weekend, no holds barred, 18 hour womens-only self-defense class starting July 24, 2010.

This class will only take 14 students. Classes such as these normally cost around $500. We are able to offer this for only $140!! Alhamdulillah, but only for a very limited time. Please intend to attend. Registration details coming soon.

Wise Words, "It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!"