"Workshop on defensive tactics against possible sexual assaults

In a collaborative effort involving Campus Security, Organization X-Secure and NUSSU Hotline, a workshop will be conducted on 24th and 25th August (2 same sessions), 6.30pm to 8.30pm (to be seated by 6.30pm) at NUS Staff Club, Aquarius Room. It aims to equip participants with tested and proven techniques to escape possible sexual assault scenarios. This is not a martial arts course per se, but involves realistic techniques to fend off commonly used advances and holds in a rape/molest situation, such as:

1. Wrist grabs
2. Hair pulls
3. Thigh touching
4. Hand shakes
5. Punches and kicks
6. Chokes and strangles
7. Fighting from your back
8. Pressure points

Conducted by Mr. Aaron from Organization X-Secure, who has had many years of experience teaching unarmed combat techniques to over 20,000 air stewardesses, this workshop will empower you with knowledge on commonly used advances and holds in sexual assault scenarios, and practical avoidance/escape drills.

The workshop will be divided into two parts:

1) Identification and Avoidance of threatening situations and

2) Practical skills to respond to situations - diffusing potentially threatening situations, escaping safely in the event of a violent attack, disabling an attacker"


We got this email, and I was thinking of signing up, but a note elsewhere says that "This workshop is for female (sic) only". Bah, how sexist. Who says only female suffer from sexual assault, or indeed any sort of assault? Anyhow, mace, pepper spray and a taser should suffice for anybody.