| MARY
BETH HARRISON
EHS student Sable Rowell (left) learns some self-defense movements
from Terra Hulse.
Students
at Evergreen High School recently got a lesson in self-defense from
local author and black belt, Terra Hulse who is the author of Child
Survival Skills and is also an emergency room nurse and teacher at
Oak-hurst Martial Arts Academy.
She began her lesson by citing some statistics that caught the students’
attention: One in six females in the Unites States will be raped before
age 30, those in the 14 - 19 age category are at quadruple the risk.
Four in 10 rapes take place in the victim’s own home, and rapes are
usually committed by someone the victim knew, she told the students.
Hulse talked about always being aware of one’s surroundings and other
ways to keep out of dangerous situations, such as staying away from
isolated area and paying attention to intuition.
Students then were shown basic techniques for redirecting the arm
of an attacker who may be using his fists, a knife or bat. Students
and teachers lined up and took turns being “attacked” and practicing
the techniques of defending against it. Students learned that if unable
to avoid an attack, they should make noise to attract attention, take
a quick side-step at a 45 degree angle to the attacker’s body, redirect
the attacker’s arms, scratch the attacker’s eyes, and give him a strong
push before getting away.
Students also learned how to break free if being held by the wrist.
Students and teachers alike agreed that self-defense skills are fun
to learn and, though they all hoped to never need it, it gave them
much confidence to know some techniques.
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