Dit artikel is verschenen in Lilith nr 14,
November/December 1997
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THE ART OF NOT BEING THERE
In fighting, one of the best places to be is behind your opponent.
In this course we will learn to move to the angle, retreat past
and behind our opponent. This course can be useful to all styles
and levels and can accomodate all abilities.
So I fight
with one
hand and
love with the
other.
In some of my
dreams tho,
I love with both hands
and the fighting is over.
NO MEANS NO! SETTING LIMITS AND VERBAL SELF-DEFENSE
Succesful self-defense begins with a belief in oneself. Each of us
has to decide that we are in control of our own life and our own
bodies. Setting limits with friends, aquaintances and strangers
prevents us from being targeted for attack, while at the same time
builds selfesteem and confidence.
I am
a woman whose body shows
the way a woman
shapes
the air around her
and takes up all
the space she wants
the woman is walking for all freedom
the woman strolls for all daugthers
the woman is brave as she takes
what we all would take:
an easy walk in the night
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Dit artikel is verschenen in Lilith nr 14,
November/December 1997