Domestic violence is the number one crime in the Sutton Borough. We didn’t know that until recently. Thanks to Sutton Council and Community Action Sutton who funded another successful Women’s Only Personal Safety and Self Defence Workshop.

The attendees got to learn:

• Tips on Personal Safety to be less likely seen as a potential victim.
• The importance and huge difference made with the right Mental Attitude.
• And a range of different Self Defence techniques for various situations.

At the end, everyone walked away having a great time, but more importantly, being better informed and feeling so much more Confident and Empowered!

Thank you once again to Sutton Council and Community Action Sutton for taking the initiative in wanting to empower women in the area.

Below is some feedback from some of the attendees:

Why you wanted to attend?

• Since Sarah Everard, and other multiple women reporting attacks I wanted to have a sense I could handle a bad situation.
• I’ve been wanting to do one for ages but not got round to finding an easy accessible one in my area.
• I have been the victim of street crime and wanted to learn more about personal safety and self-defence in case I were to find myself in that unfortunate position again.
• Because it was important for me to find out more about self defence as it was something on my mind with the crime rates where we live.
• To be more capable and confident when out and about.

 

How you felt during the class e.g. did you find it welcoming?

• Very welcoming!
• Yes very.
• Class was excellent and Tahir very welcoming. It was enjoyable and I would like to learn more if possible.
• I found the class to be excellent in every way. Nice venue, easy to park, welcoming and informative with a good balance of skills and info.

 

Would you recommend this class to a friend if we were to run it again?

• Absolutely!
• Yes I would.
• Yes.
• Absolutely, I feel more in control of my personal safety.
• Yes 100% – this was a brilliant class and I am really grateful to have been able to attend for free too. Well done for putting this on for our community and such a great friendly company to run the class too.
• Yes would highly recommend and love to attend a future class at the same venue with Tahir.
• Extra special thanks to the brilliant Defence lab trainer I thought he was just brilliant, empowering and with the right balance of humour and professionalism. I also thought the young man assisting was a real credit to the team too. Very polite and respectful and also talented too.
• Well done and thank you so much for putting on such an excellent women’s self defence session. I loved that it was women’s only.
• Yes, further classes dealing with different scenarios would be incredibly helpful.