CREVE COEUR, Mo. — The Creve Coeur Joint Crime Prevention Program is offering a self-defense class for women and girls next month.
The classes will teach the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) System, a program focusing on realistic self-defense tactics and techniques. The classes will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 10 to 13.
The event posted on the Creve Coeur Police Department's Facebook page said the system is not a martial arts program. The classes will be taught by certified RAD instructors.
The classes will be broken down into the following topics:
- Day 1: Students will learn the manual and be involved in a discussion of risk reduction strategies, date rape, continuum of survival, defensive strategies and the basic principles of defense.
- Day 2: Participating students will continue the process of hands-on training. The techniques utilized by RAD Systems are based on simple gross motor skills and are developed to the point that they become instinctual through repetition.
- Day 3: Students will have the opportunity to use these techniques in dynamic impact training by striking padded equipment held by the instructors.
- Day 4: Students will participate in "simulated assault" scenarios with RAD instructors, who along with participants, wear state-of-the-art protective gear specifically designed for this training.
If you are someone you know is interested in the class, click here to register.
