Protecting the Frontline Course for Teachers 2 (diary entry)

09.02.2022 Wednesday began with the second hour of my client's teacher consultation course on my basic self-protection course. My client at Drum Kemp Ju Jitsu in Ireland raised a very important point regarding my distinction between asymmetrical and symmetrical violence dynamics. Rolling on from the Hard Target course I taught for Mo Teague with assistance from Al Cain back in 2010, he noted my definitions were "social violence" and "predatory violence". Although these are very important distinctions to make, "predatory violence" is really a subsection of "asocial violence". We then moved onto discussing how to teach soft skills with physical activities. If attittude and awareness are so important for self-protection, then it seems negligent to not find means for actively teaching effective behaviours. We focused on attitude today and defined what constituted it from a self-protection context. This included setting up strong principles and moral codes, being proactive where necessary, adopting a "can do" philosophy, adopting a "never give in" philosophy and the concept of 10/80/10 rule as outlined in Ben Sherwood's "Survivor's Club". Next we moved onto relevant violent crime statistics. This included response to lockdown restrictions, post-lockdown backlash and geographical concerns. https://clubbchimera.com/services/