SELF-DEFENSE FOR WOMEN
Self-defense why?
Whether someone becomes a victim depends on several factors. Attackers choose their victims unconsciously, for instance because a fearful person can arise more feelings of superiority in the assailant. Women who don't follow this pattern are chosen less likely as a victim. A strong self-consciousness and inner peace are good shields against threads and attacks.
What we practice
When a women gets into a dangerous situation she is often confronted with bigger and heavier attackers, who have more muscle strength or are even armed. Any self-defense training for women should be based on these facts. Therefore in this course we will train techniques that focus on the weak spots (like nerve pressure points, genitals, eyes etc.) or that work well without using force or muscle power.
To be efficient we will only practice a relatively small number of techniques that can be used in several different situations (standing position, standing with your back to the wall, lying on your back, disarming an attacker). Furthermore we will train how to use objects of daily life for protection, such as mobile phones, keys, belts, jackets.
Every martial art has its ups and downs. We will train techniques from different martial arts to benefit from the ups. To prevent injuries you will learn Ukemi, the Japanese way to roll forward, backward and sideways. For warming up and increasing your physical strength and flexibility the training will contain a short program of exercises that we will do regularly.
In addition we will train your ability to prevent situations where you have to use self-defense techniques. We will practice your awareness for non-verbal communication: What are the signals that you are sending? What are other people sending towards you? How to break role behavior, how to use positioning in a potentially dangerous situation, how to distract a threatening person or how to de-escalate a situation will also be topics in the course.
Clemens Ziesenitz, 5th Dan Aikido, 2nd Kyu Judo
Clemens Ziesenitz was born in 1971 in Berlin. He started his Budo career at the age of 10 when he began to train Judo. Later he learned the basics of Karate Do and Tai Chi. When he was 20 he changed to Aikido which he has been practicing ever since.
His first Japanese teacher was Shoji Nishio sensei from whom he got his Shodan (1st dan). The most important teachers are Jorma Lyly and Jan Nevelius from Stockholm, furthermore he trained for Franck Noel, Christian Tissier and Seishiro Endo. In 2017 he got his Godan (5th dan) from Hombu Dojo Aikikai Tokio.
Clemens Ziesenitz is a physiotherapist and osteopath who runs his own clinic in Berlin. Beside osteopathy he is specialized in Feldenkrais and musician's medicine.
