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Dreadful Recollection of an Unforeseen Attack “It was 1:20 AM. I was tired, cold and alone. As I stood under a bright light in the metro subway platform for the last subway train to take me home, I was thinking about my huge pile of homework and my work schedule for next week. I blinked and a sudden move from behind me comes towards me along with a strong chemical smell. I physically respond...#!%@!... My heart pounds fast and hard, out of my chest, realizing my attacker is on the floor with a broken nose and choking on his own blood. I ran upstairs to call for help. Although this happened more than 10 years ago, feels like it happened yesterday. Everyday, I rewind the memories of when I was attacked by a large 6’+ man who attempted to suffocate me with a toxic poison in a paper brown bag. I will always remember how that one effective strike saved my life that night”. -Caroline Portugal Hernandez AKA RareNInja
Be innovative this year and give knowledge. Save a life with up to date self defense… C.O.R. Self Defense Instructors:
Why C.omplete O.ffense. R.esponse is important to you and your loved ones? MURDER. Every day four women die in this country as a result of domestic violence. That's approximately 1,400 women a year, according to the FBI. The number of women who have been murdered by their intimate partners is greater than the number of soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. SEXUAL ASSAULT. Every year approximately 132,000 women report that they have been victims of rape or attempted rape, and more than half of them knew their attackers. It's estimated that two to six times that many women are raped, but do not report it. Every year 1.2 million women are forcibly raped by their current or former male partners, some more than once. THE TARGETS. Women are 10 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate. How can C.O.R save our life and be beneficial? Complete Offense Response training. To help other’s prepare both physically and mentally to overcome violent attacks. We believe that change starts with correct knowledge. Everyone has the ability to know C.O.R. with the right teaching in the right environment. If we want our children to be safe then we must set an example that they can follow. Who can do it? Anyone can swing their arms and lift their knees can participate in the C.O.R training program. Self defense system used: Retzev (means continuous movement) Retzev isn't a martial art, it's an approach. It's a way of doing things, not a collection of techniques. The body can only move in so many ways. A punch is a punch, a kick is a kick, and a submission is a submission, no matter what style uses it. The difference is in approach, not curricula. Retzev uses only a handful of movements that can be found just about anywhere, but its success lies in its single minded, galvanized purpose, which is to reverse the predator-prey relationship immediately by launching a brutal, overwhelming, momentous counterattack until the threat no longer exists. Retzev is all about turning the tables on the attacker. We teach you to become the predator, to turn the would-be attacker into the target instead of the weapon. Once roles have been explosively reversed, constant, aggressive, overwhelming motion is used to eliminate the threat. Name of Location: World Class Martial Arts Dojo Address: 4236 Waters Avenue Tampa, Florida 33614 Saturday Classes: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Monthly Fees: $50.00 More about Retzev In the words of David Kahn, a Kravist with the Israeli Krav Maga Federation, Retzev is "the backbone of modern Israeli krav maga which teaches you to move your body instinctively without thinking about your next move." He defines it as "A seamless, overwhelming counterattack using strikes, takedowns, throws, joint locks, chokes, or other offensive actions combined with evasive action. It is quick and decisive movement merging all aspects of krav maga. Defensive movements transition automatically into offensive movements to neutralize the attack, affording your opponent little time to react." - (From Advanced Krav Maga, by David Kahn). Although Retzev is related to krav maga in objective and approach, and as in the words of David Kahn "is the backbone of modern Israeli krav maga," it is NOT krav maga. Retzev stands on its own merits. The success of krav maga, in America as well as internationally, is strong evidence that krav meets a need that traditional martial arts have failed to fill, namely effective and quickly learned survival skills for the modern streets ... ... but like many martial arts, krav maga has become complicated by adding more techniques than necessary, and has joined the arena of organizational bickering and political agendas. One organization argues with another, which argues with another, which in turn tries to discredit the other. Practitioners of Retzev want no part in this, and feel that effective methods speak for themselves. Retzev is not a form of fitness, but because it's based on continuous, uninterrupted aggressive movement, ongoing training in Retzev naturally makes you fit. In other words, although fitness isn't the goal of training, it is an unavoidable byproduct of it. We have a corny (but apt) phrase to describe our fitness philosophy: "Fit Happens." Here's another one, equally corny: "Getting fit while learning to hit." Retzev should always evolve. We should always update what we do in light of new information. Curricula should never become fixed. But just adding things because they are new, or they seem effective, is not the point. Everything that Retzev uses must be streamlined and tested, or it will end up as nothing more than another collection of half-assed techniques.
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