November: Self Defense Class

Now I believe in empowerment of women. One thing about the Mount is that if you ask, you shall be given. As an RA, I have to ask others to help me out with hall programs. I thought that having a self defense class for my girls would be a great skill to have so I turned to EVP Dan Soller who also is the Karate instructor. I went to him and pitched my idea for him to teach us some Karate moves for self defense and he took it one step further: he called in Mount Alum Anthony Codispodi and his job FAST defense. FAST defense is one of the most widely recognized and award winning self defense class that trains its participants in 3 hours. You may think, 3 hours! Those 3 hours go by real fast when you are going through intense scenarios and learning how to defend yourself. We held this in the Aerobics room in the ARCC on a Friday night and we had 18 women and 2 men (one was a seminarian!) who loved each and every moment. After we did it, I now know other RA’s that want to do this program. Maybe when you come to the Mount, you’ll be able to attend a self defense class!