Self Defense Classes at Lunch
Filed Under (Chatter, Health) by Cynthia on Feb 7, 2009 10:26 am
Tagged Under : Anxiety, Chatter, Physical Health
So at work we have a Fitness Center which is pretty nice. Since they revamped the entire Capitol building, they put in a fairly large fitness center with new equipment and lots of things to do. I signed up, but not really to use that.
I signed up for a self defense class that a guy who works here is giving. It’s scary. I mean, not scary like I might get hurt, but scary like I have to move and do things with my body. I always hated sports as a kid because I felt like an idiot when I moved my body around in anything. And so this reflects that. Maybe if I had some self defense products then I wouldn’t feel so weird about it. But I dunno.
Anyway, so far it’s been good. The main key is moving toward the aggressors thumbs. So if someone grabs my right arm with both hands, I can take my right hand in my left hand and pull up, toward the thumbs, and I break out.
The instructor says we have a fraction of a second of surprise, if we don’t use that, we are history. LOL. As the aggressor isn’t going to be expecting anything.
I worry, though. If I try it, and I don’t succeed… well, maybe it can’t really make anything worse. If you don’t put the whole force of your body and will into it, a half-assed attempt could just mire you in further.
I’ve gone to two of the twelve weeks so far, and I’ll keep going. It’s interesting. And I’ll like it better once PMS is over and I don’t feel so anxious and self-concious.
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Wow. Totally impressive! I think that it is great that you are doing that class! I hope you can do it during work time
I find that working out of any sort in the middle of the workday keeps me much more alert the rest of the day. I’ve always wanted to take a self defense class too, sounsd awesome.