Self Defence Class For Toddlers

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PlayIt Safe Class This 2 hour self defense class teaches children grades 1st-5th, to be aware of their surroundings, project confidence, set boundaries with their voice, and trust their intuition. The PlayItSafeDefense method is based on a simple but very effective step-by-step approach where students role play their techniques against trained instructors in age appropriate scenarios. This is reinforced through hands-on, repetitive training. Families receive valuable reference materials to take home and students earn an Awareness Award or patch if they are Boy or Girl Scouts. Students will role play with a mock stranger and bully, while being coached by an instructor. We can come to you or join an open class! Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more; contact us at Tra...@playitsafedefense.com for more information.

Since 2003, we have empowered hundreds of thousands of people by teaching them self defense skills. We use a fun and age appropriate one-session class to build self-confidence and increase awareness skills that help prevent potential danger. Our techniques teach how to respond to: Bullies, friendship-drama, inappropriate touch, abduction, and more.

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In the 2-hour class, I learned so much, and one of the first things that Jeanna taught us was that two major areas encompass much of self-defense for women: prevention and preparation. Because the best way to protect ourselves and our babies is to prevent an attack from ever happening.

If you notice that you will be in a poorly lit area, a stairwell, walking alone in a parking lot, or any possible uncomfortable situation, be aware! True self-defense is being aware of yourself, your surroundings, and potential attackers.

It may sound like I might be overdramatic, but things like this happen, and you never know if it will happen to you. Just being aware of these things can help prevent you and your family from experiencing harm.

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How do you teach kids to defend themselves, without becoming bullies? I'm talking about younger kids (1.5 to 3yo) who are not mature enough (or old enough) to take self-defense classes.

However, these are both dependent on a parent being available immediately to assess the situation (and see who's the wrong party), and in the long-term, this will make him dependent on external authority to hold his own.

Looking forward, if he goes to school and gets into a tough fight, I don't want him to be "easy pickings" for bullies or to always be the losing end of the (hopefully very rare) fight; I want him to have the skills and confidence to hold is own. Without degenerating into becoming a bully.

In general, at this age, it's not the child's responsibility to defend himself/herself, it is the parent's responsibility to make sure that the play environment an surroundings are safe so that the child does not get hurt.

The thing you can focus on is teaching all the kids who are playing together to say STOP and NO when they're being hurt or in an uncomfortable position. Teach all the children who are playing together that stop means stop, and if they continue after someone asks them to stop they will be put in timeout. Also make sure that you model this behavior. For example, if a child says stop when you're tickling them, then you should stop immediately and say, "OK you asked me to stop, so I stopped right away."

A common clever response you'll hear from older kids is, "I didn't stop, because he didn't ask nicely". My response to this is, "he doesn't have to ask nicely when he's defending himself." Then I put the child in timeout because they broke the rule.

Teaching these sorts of boundaries are particularly important for children to learn early on. For example, this lays the foundation early on for boys to know (when they're older) that its not OK to continue when a girl says stop or no.

Sometimes the safest and best thing to do is to segregate older kids from younger kids. If possible, have them play in separate rooms. With our 18mo twins, we will sometimes have to put them in their play pen to keep them safe when our older kids are playing too rough, or when there are too many older kids over at our house. I would recommend a larger play-pen (just search on Amazon and you'll find some for $50-$100 USD).

Your attitude kind of concerns me. A 2.5 year old doesn't have the skills to deal with a gang of older relatives bullying him. Instead of asking what your child should be doing, if I were you, I'd be asking what in the world the cousins' parents are teaching them that it's okay to take toys and especially food from a baby.

Instead of teaching him not to rely on externals, I'm concerned that you're teaching him that he's thrown to the wolves, and his response is going to be to become a bully himself. If he is constantly picked on with no one teaching him that it's wrong, and the only one who experiences consequences is himself (he learns how to cope with the situation but no one tells the older kids off) then he's going to learn that bullies come out ahead.

If I were you, I'd make darn sure an adult was with him all the time, because obviously the other children in your family are not mature enough to show a shred of common courtesy to someone smaller than them. You have a responsibility to your child above whatever else is currently distracting you from being present to ensure your child is not physically harmed. Your child has a SCAR from a bite from a family member, for heaven's sake. There is something seriously wrong with these other children and their parents for thinking this is acceptable. You have a responsibility to protect your child from abuse. Whether that abuse comes from another adult, or another child. Especially when there's a track record of lasting physical harm.

Beyond that, as an assistant martial arts instructor, I'd suggest checking out a Tot Kwon Do program at your local park district; some dojangs also teach them. They are typically designed for short toddler attention spans and teach the basics of learning the parts of the body, responding to instruction, and general coordination and focus.

But I think even this will not truly solve the situation; at best this would be something you'd do alongside telling the parents of the other kids to teach their children not to be bullies. Your child needs help, not a "sink or swim" lesson, before he gains more scars from more abuse. Your child doesn't have a problem; the other children do. You have a right to say something about it as the parent of a child who bears a permanent mark from this problem.

You are correct that every time your child flees, or seeks outside authority for assistance in one of these situations he/she is getting closer to a pattern of learned helplessness and being a ready victim. To raise a strong, confident child who is not an easy target in the future, you must prevent the bullying from happening in the first place. You cannot always do this with an older child, but it is necessary in infancy and toddlerhood.

A responsible adult (or equally responsible older child) should be monitoring at all times, so that problems can be stopped before they start. For example, nobody should be roughhousing in the vicinity of toddlers, period. It should never get to the point of a toddler getting dragged in. If your extended family cannot set boundaries such that their children wouldn't dream of hurting their cousins -- let alone littler ones who cannot hope to defend themselves -- you should have a serious talk with them about whether their children should be around yours at all.

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