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I am a Kukkiwon Certified 2nd Degree Black Belt in TaeKwonDo. I've been teaching classes on Violence Prevention and Self Defense in seminars, workshops, classrooms and conferences for over 10 years. My goal is to teach you how to tap into the power within you and recognize that you make choices every day that can affect your safety.

Topics for Presentations

Self-Defense I Can Live With    
No complicated 'moves.'  This presentation is an easy, practical and empowering approach to self defense that will teach your audience to take charge of their own safety and unlock the power within them
  • .Attitude
    • Self-defense is a LIFEstyle
    • The 3 attitudes that define our safety consciousness
    • Creating Safety Habits
  • Awareness
    • A predator's methodology
    • Your #1 Defense Tool
    • Who are assailants - what to watch for
    • How to be alert - Look/be confident - Recognize when your boundaries are being violated - Handle uncomfortable or dangerous situations - Get rid of faulty thinking
    • What being threatened with a weapon really means
  • Defense
    • What does and doesn't work
    • How to channel adrenaline - Use R.A.G.E. to Command the 'Power Within' -  Resist with total commitment 
    • Strike!  Don't struggle
    • Where, When, How to Strike!
  • You're worth defending



Know and Defend Your Worth
With a focus on self-worth and listening to the Spirit, this presentation is an easy, practical and empowering approach to self defense that will teach your audience to take charge of their own safety and unlock the power within them.  
  • Attitude
    • Who we Are and What We're worth
    • Self-defense is a LIFEstyle
    • The 3 attitudes that define our safety consciousness
    • Creating Safety Habits
  • Awareness
    • A predator's methodology
    • Using the Spirit as Your #1 Defense Tool
    • Who are assailants - what to watch for
    • How to be alert - Look/be confident - Recognize when your boundaries are being violated - Handle uncomfortable or dangerous situations - Get rid of faulty thinking
    • What being threatened with a weapon really means
  • Defense
    • What does and doesn't work
    • How to channel adrenaline - Use R.A.G.E. to 'Command the Power Within' -  Resist with total commitment 
    • Strike!  Don't struggle
    • Where, When, How to Strike!
    • Never give up
  • You're worth defending

   
When Someone You Know Wants to Hurt You  
Date and Acquaintance Rape Avoidance for Women of All Ages
  • The Hidden Rape
  • Attitude
    • The 3 attitudes that define our safety consciousness
  • Awareness
    • Your #1 Defense Tool
    • The best defense is avoidance
    • Date-rape myths
    • Why women don't report
    • It's not your fault
    • Rape is violence using sex as a weapon
    • Who is most susceptible
    • Who are offenders
    • Society's attitudes
    • How to avoid becoming a victim
    • Tip-off attitudes and behaviors
    • Do's and Don'ts of healthy relationship behavior
  • Defense
    • What does and doesn't work
    • How to channel adrenaline - Use R.A.G.E. to 'Command the Power Within' -  Resist with total commitment 
    • Strike!  Don't struggle
    • Where, When, How to Strike!
    • Never give up
  • You can Choose Healthy Relationships
    • Set your own standards 
    • You're worth it



You Can Do More to Protect Your Children
Children of every age, gender and race are vulnerable to child molestation and abduction.  You are the one who must protect your child by understanding the danger, watching for signs and taking the precautions necessary to protect your child in today's world.

  • Accept the world we live in
    • The 3 Attitudes that define our safety consciousness
  • Be Alert - Take Precautions
    • Know your neighborhood
    • Set boundaries - house rules
    • Know who your children are with 
      • One of the most common mistakes we make is trusting people to be alone with our children
    • Learn the secret language of child predators
    • Become a detective
  • What to do if you suspect a child molester
  • Teach your children
    • Contact information
    • How to trust their feelings
    • Good touch - bad touch
    • What to do if they are uncomfortable, scared or confused
    • How to find a trusted adult to help them
    • Family Code word
    • How to physically reist
  • Don't just talk about it - practice with your children
  • Ask, Listen, Believe
    • Validate and act on information you may learn from your child
The most powerful weapons you can give your children are the abilities to recognize which situations are potentially predatory and which responses maximize their chance of getting away.