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November/December 1997
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THE ART OF NOT BEING THERE

In fighting, one of the best places to be is behind your opponent. In this course we will learn to move to the angle, retreat past and behind our opponent. This course can be useful to all styles and levels and can accomodate all abilities.


Kunst
So I fight
with one
hand and
love with the
other.
In some of my
dreams tho,
I love with both hands
and the fighting is over.




NO MEANS NO! SETTING LIMITS AND VERBAL SELF-DEFENSE

Succesful self-defense begins with a belief in oneself. Each of us has to decide that we are in control of our own life and our own bodies. Setting limits with friends, aquaintances and strangers prevents us from being targeted for attack, while at the same time builds selfesteem and confidence.


I am
a woman whose body shows
the way a woman
shapes
the air around her
and takes up all
the space she wants



the woman is walking for all freedom
the woman strolls for all daugthers
the woman is brave as she takes
what we all would take:
an easy walk in the night



Wie wil meedoen aan niet te fanatiek zelfverdediging - sport (karate?) vrouwengroepje in A'dam? bel Helga 020-6252167.


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Dit artikel is verschenen in Lilith nr 14,
November/December 1997