Wen-Do Workshops for Women & Girls

IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THIS SUNDAY'S SESSION at 9:30 am, here are the details:

• Taking place at Catherine Parr Traill College in Bagnani Hall (see below for address)
• Please arrive at least 15 minutes early
• Bring firm cushion/pillow or rolled up sleeping bag or yoga mat for practice exercises (will be simulating an attack with a partner)
• Bring a lunch and water containers (not many places in surrounding area)
• Comfortable clothing and non-slip shoes
• Parking lot off of Dublin Street and on bus route
• Pay at door

Wen-Do Women's Self-Defence is a registered charity based in Toronto and the oldest women's self defence organization in Canada. Their classes are safe, non-competitive, and fun for women of all ages, shapes, and sizes, with and without disabilities.  They have been recommended by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Multicultural Women Against Rape, the University of Toronto Community Safety Office, and Toronto Police.

Each workshop can accommodate up to 24 participants (ages 10 and up). Workshops are taught by female instructors who undergo rigorous training and apprenticeship before being certified to teach, and must recertify every year.

The cost is your choice.  The options are $10, $25, $50 or $100.

Instructor: Joy Levy*

During the one-day sessions, Wen-Do workshop participants will:
* Learn simple, effective physical self-defence techniques
* Explore verbal self defence - reasoning, confronting, using surprise, and more...
* Discuss issues of violence against women and girls in a supportive setting, which will focus on discussions around relationship abuse & sexual assault
* Discussions on avoidance and awareness
* Lots of time to practice and for Q & A
* And share inspiring real-life stories of resistance!

Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Two more locations available for registration: Downtown Peterborough & Havelock

* A certified Wen-Do Women's Self-Defense instructor