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fandomhigh2012-02-13 12:56 pm
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Defending Yourself [Monday, Period 1]
"Welcome back. Hope you all had a relaxing weekend." But it was totally class-time now, and the Danger Shop was configured to look like an incredibly stereotypical high school gym. With mats spread out over most of the floor.
"For those of you who have taken other classes with me in the past, you'll know that I'm a big proponent of learning about both sides of any subject, so that's the goal for today. You can learn a lot about defending yourself by learning something about attacking people. Hopefully you'll get some insight into the thought processes of aggression, and that, in turn, will give you some tools when you're trying to defend yourself from that aggression."
"So today is going to be spent almost entirely on an activity. Everyone's going to find a partner. One of you is going to be the aggressor, and the other is going to be the defender. The aggressor's goal is to somehow knock the defender down, while the defender is going to try to avoid that fate for five minutes. After those five minutes, I'll call time and everyone will find a new partner. Or, if you're really attached to yours, you can have the same partner, but switch roles. By the end of class I want each of you to have tried both sides at least once."
"After a few rotations, when there are about fifteen minutes left in class, I'll stop everything and we'll discuss what, if anything, you learned."
With that Max pulled out a coach's whistle that looked like it sounded really annoying. And then he blew it loudly, proving that it sounded worse than it looked. "Now get to it!"
"For those of you who have taken other classes with me in the past, you'll know that I'm a big proponent of learning about both sides of any subject, so that's the goal for today. You can learn a lot about defending yourself by learning something about attacking people. Hopefully you'll get some insight into the thought processes of aggression, and that, in turn, will give you some tools when you're trying to defend yourself from that aggression."
"So today is going to be spent almost entirely on an activity. Everyone's going to find a partner. One of you is going to be the aggressor, and the other is going to be the defender. The aggressor's goal is to somehow knock the defender down, while the defender is going to try to avoid that fate for five minutes. After those five minutes, I'll call time and everyone will find a new partner. Or, if you're really attached to yours, you can have the same partner, but switch roles. By the end of class I want each of you to have tried both sides at least once."
"After a few rotations, when there are about fifteen minutes left in class, I'll stop everything and we'll discuss what, if anything, you learned."
With that Max pulled out a coach's whistle that looked like it sounded really annoying. And then he blew it loudly, proving that it sounded worse than it looked. "Now get to it!"
Re: The activity
She smiled. "Anyhow, I'm not surprised. We're all pretty hot."
Re: The activity
"And yeah, you all are. I definitely can attest to that."