WSD

Eight-hour class Saturday in Elko, NV. The sign-ups so far are all women and the host, Subtle Warrior Self-Defense, LLC, specializes in WSD, so the lesson plan is going to go that way.

The outline of what I want to teach is right here and so much of it is not physical.  Almost all of it centers on two aspects of the triangle-- Awareness and Permission.  Largely because almost every failure that I have seen came from these issues.

The outline:
Introduction and Safety Briefing.  Talking points include:

What I don't knowUnderstanding what you needChosen beliefs that may be dangerous or falseFear versus dangerBad GuysSocial (and types)Asocial (and types)Social scripts gone toxic Asocial behavior disguised as social scripts
Threat Assessment

Potential for danger: Places (including reading terrain); Time; Understanding normal; Personal threat profiles for each student.Existence: Time; distance; demeanor; signs of adrenalizationEvaluation: Primary indicators of social vs. asocial, e.g. proxemics; witnesses; disparity of force behaviors; skill indicators
Quick detour into Logic of Violence: the questions the threat must answer and what those mean to your preparation.

Prevention by type


Internal Skills

Recognize personal conditioningBe rudePermissionFinding the switchPhysical SkillsLeverageMomentumEnvironmental Fighting'A' and 'B' strikes (A are reliable and require little strength or practice; B are reliable but require a little skill or power to pull off)Counter-assaultStrategic Skill: Fight to the Goal
I kind of want to add self-defense law.  It's not as important for most women unless they are afraid of it, at least not in a legal sense.  But some people find that when they mentally justify actions to an imaginary jury, they can act because they have also justified acting internally.  Also, the Logic of Violence section can be expanded to look at a crime longitudinally, and the different options at each stage.
Lots to cover.  Not sure there will ever be enough time to make the people I care about safe enough.