PPT presents a basic Crime Safety/Self Defense seminar, geared specifically to the needs of young girls and women. This seminar will give you a foundation for your safety from the concerns of Domestic Violence, Rape, and Stalking.

This seminar is a beginning class in our REGENESISM(TM) program. What is REGENESISM (pronounced ree-gen-eh-siz-mmm)? It is designed to re-ignite the"NUCLEAR FURNACE" of Power and Energy in girls and women on a mental and physical level.

The program re-defines how females perceive
their abilities to be a positive force in this world,
independent, and able to protect themselves.

PPT does not seek to "EMPOWER" females, because you already HAVE POWER! NATURE has provided you with your own strengths and resources, and we show you how to access that ability. In this basic class we cover:

• Short lecture with video, covering FEAR management and types of Rapists.
• Verbal Diffusion Skills introduction.
• Introduction to Adrenal Scenario Interaction (ASI), which puts you in situations that will actually impact your body mentally and physically.
• Introduction to physical techniques, based on"Gross Motor Skills", that are derived from Natural Motions, with evasive footwork, Non-Lethal Force, and fighting from the Ground or Awkward positions.

"The Process for FIGHTING BACK"

We are often asked why we teach the way we do. Why we have such a process for self defense. As stated before, we are not a self defense class or program. We ARE an education in staying safe from crime, and that, sometimes, in certain situations will require a physical response of fighting back.

First, THE focus should be on PREVENTION! Prevention consists of awareness, observation, verbal diffusion skills, and self control. You should avoid areas or situations that are conducive to possible trouble. Safety also consists of strengthening the "weak areas" of your home or place of work that might make it easy for a perpetrator to take advantage of you. Is there a "Back Door", or avenue by which you can exact an escape from the area or situation? In a personal confrontation, this might mean "backing down", rather than getting physical, a way of "saving face". In the case of a home or office invasion, maybe the use of a window and/or a fire escape ladder would be appropriate as a way to escape the particular situation.

Actual Physical Fighting

Fighting Back, according to our PPT philosophy, could be considered an incorrect term. Physical Escape Methodology(PEM)(TM) might be closer, if a little "wordy". Fighting, in and of itself, as when in a war, or a "knockdown drag out", is a nasty business. Although PEM(TM) will include stand-up striking techniques, ground strikes and grappling, or combinations of both, the techniques are geared toward your escape, rather than "winning the fight"!

The mental aspects could even be said to be of the greatest importance to escape and survive. If you cannot discipline yourself to practice, if you cannot "see" yourself as worthy of not being victimized, and if you are not prepared to handle the legal and emotional aftermath, then you ARE NOT ready to "fight back". PPT believes YOU HAVE TO BE COMMITTED, without reservation, to DOING WHAT IS NECCESSARY, and LEGALLY appropriate to the situation.

If all they want is your money or possessions, GIVE THEM UP and RUN! If they are trying to ABDUCT you and go to a SECOND LOCATION(where often your chance of harm and NOT escaping is greater), you now have to GO BALLISTIC!! SCREAM, SMASH A WINDOW, set off a CAR ALARM with your PANIC BUTTON! WHATEVER will draw attention, as well as being prepared to strike immediately, is what you should GIVE ANIMALISTIC FERVOR to. If

it is a a situation, like the one the airline passengers faced on SEPT.11TH, THAT is a whole set of circumstances that will require a COMPLETELY different mentality and physical RESPONSE. When, and IF, you have to engage, SECOND THOUGHTS could be LAST THOUGHTS!

We can't "sugarcoat" this, so let us be clear and blunt! In striking back, you may be hurt, and you DEFINITELY will have to hurt him/her! No two ways about it! Maybe, with good training and understanding through our ADRENAL SCENARIO INTERACTION(ASI), you can strike FIRST, catching the "Perp" off guard, and escape, possibly minimizing injury or pain to yourself. If you prevent or avoid the situation altogether, that is the BEST approach. But, if you can't do the first two, KNOW that you can survive pain, and EMBRACE that fact. In the "Adrenal State", your body's natural flow of adrenalin helps protect you, but, it will also lessen fine motor skills, as well as visual and audio perception.

YOU CAN DEAL WITH THAT! "Fear, is a COGNITIVE process that can help you.", as stated by violence and safety expert, GAVIN deBECKER, in his book, "The Gift of Fear", which is part of our curriculum to educate you in developing your PLAN of safety. As you can see, the mental and physical process are not separate aspects of safety, rather, they are indeed two parts of the WHOLE.

In teaching you the physical side, we use the aforementioned ASI(TM), as well as BUILD RESPONSE SPARRING(BRS)(TM). BRS allows you to integrate techniques into your "muscle memory", in a rising percentage with actual application in ASI(TM). Verbal diffusion skills are a part of ASI. PPT, through its continuing research, knows this is a logical approach to this aspect of your PERSONAL SAFETY PLAN.

This is all done in a safe and caring environment to make a difficult part of life less overwhelming.