Personal Safety Clinic for Women Returns
Fearless: The Complete Personal Safety Guide for Women promises to be the class for every mom, sister, aunt and daughter interested in learning how to recognize and deal with threatening situations.
Renowned safety expert and author Paul Henry Danylewich is in Yuma for one day only, Saturday, February 6th at Clymer Recreation Center, 553 S. Orange Ave. Yuma Parks and Recreation is offering a specially designed program created to meet the needs of women and girls. This two-hour workshop deals with personal safety issues for women in real-life situations as well as school violence prevention. This informative class is a mixture of lecture, demonstration and practical examples. Participants will leave class with more confidence, awareness and a new set of skills, according to class literature.
Fearless: The Complete Personal Safety Guide for Women is open to females only. The class will be presented twice from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and again from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $26 per person. Girls ages 12 to 17 must attend with a female adult. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and bring a pair of socks.
For more information or to register, please call (928) 373-5243 or register online at www.yumaaz.gov/parksandrec.
Paul Henry Danylewich is the director of White Tiger Street Defense, a professional security consulting firm that specializes in personal safety issues for women, and has been involved in martial arts and crime prevention for over a decade. His book, “Fearless: The Complete Personal Safety Guide for Women” is an extensive manual that offers a unique balance of practical advice on personal safety and an array of self-defense strategies, with an academic exploration of the psychology of offenders and victims. It presents the reader with detailed self-defense material, including strategies for safety, awareness and effective physical and non-physical resistance techniques. Danylewich investigates the social patterns of sexual assault and domestic violence using the material from interviews with 50 sex offenders, as well as the resources provided by law enforcement agencies, rape crisis centers, hospitals, and public safety organizations in North America.