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Date: Oct 21, 2007 02:58
>From the studies of women who have been raped, the trauma appears to
be threefold: Personal disempowerment and violation; feeling of
helplessness; and loss of feeling of ownership over one's own body and
self.
My suggestion: Wouldn't all these be resolved by martial arts?
Martial arts teach the person to defend herself. In so doing they
allow her to build confidence in herself and ability to face whatever
danger she comes across. This gives back the confidence and personal...
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Author: ClothahumpClothahump Date: Oct 23, 2007 14:37
On Oct 21, 4:58 am, ibsham...@ gmail.com wrote:> So to the women who've
been through rape, I believe martial arts can > be at least a part of long-term solution. Not only would they help her
> learn self-defense and regain self-confidence, but they would also
> help her to take back in a very profound way what has been taken from
> her - and to develop it to greater levels than she had known before.
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Agreed. I teach Taekwondo, and I have had several victims of sexual
assault in my classes. In the beginning, they were somewhat nervous
and apprehensive about working with a male instructor, but as time
went by, their confidence levels went up in direct proportion to the
number of times they dropped me with a wristlock or a pressure
point. :-)
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Date: Oct 24, 2007 03:02
On Oct 24, 7:37 am, Clothahump yahoo.com> wrote:> On Oct 21, 4:58 am, ibsham...@ gmail.com wrote:> So to the women who've
> been through rape, I believe martial arts can> be at least a part of long-term solution. Not only would they help her >> learn self-defense and regain self-confidence, but they would also
>> help her to take back in a very profound way what has been taken from
>> her - and to develop it to greater levels than she had known before.
>
> ==================
> Agreed. I teach Taekwondo, and I have had several victims of sexual
> assault in my classes. In the beginning, they were somewhat nervous
> and apprehensive about working with a male instructor, but as time
> went by, their confidence levels went up in direct proportion to the
> number of times they dropped...
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Author: ClothahumpClothahump Date: Oct 24, 2007 08:13
On Oct 24, 5:02 am, ibsham...@ gmail.com wrote: > On Oct 24, 7:37 am, Clothahump yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Oct 21, 4:58 am, ibsham...@ gmail.com wrote:> So to the women who've
>> been through rape, I believe martial arts can> be at least a part of long-term solution. Not only would they help her >>> learn self-defense and regain self-confidence, but they would also
>>> help her to take back in a very profound way what has been taken from
>>> her - and to develop it to greater levels than she had known before.
>
>> ==================
>> Agreed. I teach Taekwondo, and I have had several victims of sexual
>> assault in my classes. In the beginning, they were somewhat nervous
>> and apprehensive about working with a male instructor, but as time
>> went by, their confidence levels went up in direct proportion to the
>> number of times they dropped me with a wristlock or a pressure
>> point. :-)
>
> That's an occupational hazard of being a martial arts instructor,
> isn't it?
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