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Video teaches gays how to defend against bashings
by Ken Bradley
You are walking down an unfamiliar street late at night. Possibly you have just visited a friend or left a club or some other social function. You feel vulnerable and uneasy. Some unspoken danger may by lurking in every shadow. Everyone has
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found themselves under similar circumstances. Now there is something to help ease your mind in the form of a self-defense video.
The Best Defense is a three-part videotape series that is the first to specifically address the gay and lesbian community. The first tape in the series, “Surviving the Streets," will be released in March 1996 by The Best Defense Inc. and Wolfe Video. The other two tapes in the series, "Surviving the Attack" and "Surviving the Weapon," are to be released for the Pride season in June of this year.
The tape uses simple exercises to teach some basic self defense techniques. Interspaced between exercises are tips from experts about how to handle oneself in threatening situations. Most of these experts are gay and lesbian martial artists. They stress being assertive and aware of your surroundings at all times. In addition, counselors, a Karen Masulis
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former chief of police, and survivors of gaybashings appear in the video.
The experts also stress that those who fight back in a bashing situation are no worse off than those who do not resist an attack. They don't advocate fighting back in every situation, but give the viewer points in determining if one should fight or flee.
The instructor in the self defense class is Darl Schaaff. He holds several belts in various martial arts, and formerly was a professional dancer. The moves he teaches are simple and practical based on natural body reactions and the physics of motion.
His class is also made up of men and women of all different heights and body masses. He goes on to show how a person's size, whether deemed too small or too heavy, may be turned into an advantage for that person.
The viewer is shown six warm-up exercises that range from saying "no" and "yes," to pushing, and mobility moves. From these warm-ups one learns to use them in pushing off a would-be attacker or getting out of a hold. One also learns a couple of simple but effective tricks to ward off an aggressor.
The one bit of wisdom that all the experts agree on is using your brain. Every situation is unique and requires one to assess it on its own merits. "Be smart" is the best defense.
The second tape in the series, "Surviving the Attack," deals with ways to escape an attack and survive emotionally after the attack. The third tape, "Surviving the Weapons," deals with what to do if there are weapons involved in the attack.
The Best Defense: Surviving the Streets will be available from Wolfe Video for $29.95 in March 1996. Call 800-438-9653 for more information.
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