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20.02.12 Junior KEWAP
I presented the under16s KEWAP course for my junior CCMA class. This is generally aimed at students no younger than 11 years of age. However, my class are pretty used to this type of material and I felt all attendees took it on board. The carefully constructed PowerPoint presentation contains no graphic imagery.
The seminars were all the brainchild of Steven Timperley, founder of Elite Response Training and a man with a fantastic professional background, and I was one of the few who passed his senior instructor qualification to teach the Knives and Edged Weapon Programme. I was very impressed with the content and execution of these programmes, which is why I was keen not to just use the qualification as another string to my bow. I actually saw relevance in teaching them as self-contained services that CCMA can now deliver.
Please see below a brief description of the typical content of the one hour session:
KEWAP under 18s (minimum age 11 years. These sessions are designed to be delivered within a school environment or to youth organisations catering for the young)
It is now widely accepted that educating under eighteens to the dangers and implications of carrying knives and edged weapons is a must in order to reduce UK knife related crimes.
Approximately two-thirds of those carrying knives for 'their' personal protection end up having these same weapons used against them. In addition, many who attend education in both inner city areas and rural towns are still carrying a knives or edged weapons proving that the problem is not going to go away.
One of the most shocking statistics relating to edged weapon and knife offences is that the larger percentage of those who are victims of a knife related crime are not members of urban street gangs. Most of those who sadly become victims of edged weapon and knife related crimes are in fact respectable individuals going about their normal daily life.
"The Under 18s ProgrammeThe under eighteens KEWAP Knives & Edged Weapons Awareness Programme lasts approximately 90 minutes and includes:
The law in relation to knives and related items
Types of edged weapons
Types of injuries
Best practice protocols for personal security procedures
Precursors to an attack/the attack ritual
Threat assessment and solution
Controlling the range/distance between safety and danger
The use of reasonable force and the law
Knife defence techniques are not demonstrated to under 18s. However, optional on request some very basic techniques may be shown to and practiced by under 18 candidates.
This is a classroom based presentation and activity which lasts approximately 1 hour. It consists of a student survey (statistical feedback to the establishment), a power-point presentation (including generic personal safety measures), a group task and a simple post-presentation assessment.
The instructor will loosely assess each student’s desire to show a willingness to learn and participate with others during the course and on completion successful candidates will receive a certificate of attendance for this unique awareness programme."
I interspersed my presentation with some practical activities. We reviewed the fence, which KEWAP describes in their 5 cs as "Creating Space". We also used role-play to descalate a situation and look for pre-incident indicators. I find that slicing up lecture/discussion date with hands-on activity helps keep interest and the students seem to retain the information better than when there are lengthier periods between the two. This isn't a recent discovery, but as more self-protection and martial arts seminars realize the many benefits of using a PowerPoint or equivalent package I think many will slip into "death by PowerPoint" and bore their students rigid.
Other activities included reaction/run drills, whereby students run to an exit as soon as they see someone go to draw a blade. We also did an incidental obstical/shield/equalizer drill to follow this up. This involved students using whatever came to hand to fend off attackers.
I was very satisfied with the content delivered and the reception it received and would definitely recommend any school to book in a KEWAP course. Likewise, martial arts coaches would benefit a lot from having the course offered as part of their list of activities and/or syllabus. The course contains up-to-date and constantly revised information and statistics. It promotes a good message based on rationality and reason, and whatever the age of course attendees the text never comes across as patronizing.
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