Top Kick Offers Women's Self-Defense Class, Ponders More
Instructors taught women basic moves and that confidence is among the keys to fending off attackers.
Top Kick Martial Arts in the Southern Walk shopping center offered a women’s only self-defense class last Friday night, an alternative to the classes offered by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office that fill quickly. Karen Chavez, a five-year veteran of the martial arts center, taught the class. Chavez said she came up with the idea to teach the class after learning that one of her co-workers at a different Top Kick facility was attacked. “She was getting into her car and out of nowhere she felt this rushing toward her,” Chavez explained. “Suddenly she was stuck between her car and this man who was threatening her and demanding money.” The co-worker knew the basics of self-defense, so after the initial fear her instincts took over. “She had…
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