[144] Free Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Class for Women Offered at MTSU

Oct. 14, 2010

CONTACT: Sgt. David Smith at 615-692-2424 or 494-7858
Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919

Free Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) class for women offered at MTSU, open to public


MURFREESBORO)—A series of six Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) classes will be offered at no charge every Thursday beginning Oct. 21, through Dec. 2, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee State University police headquarters.
(Class will not be in session on Thanksgiving Thursday.)
The class will be open to all female MTSU students, faculty and staff as well as to the general public. A workbook/training manual will be provided to each student. Enrollment is limited. For more information or to enroll, call MTSU RAD Instructor Sgt. David Smith at 615-692-2424 or 494-7858.
The exact location of the training is still being decided, so please call to register your attendance and to find out where the training will be held.
RAD is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training. The program teaches women defensive concepts and techniques against various types of assault by utilizing easy, effective and proven self-defense/martial arts tactics. The class will provide women with the knowledge to make an educated decision about resistance. RAD is the largest women’s self-defense system in the United States.

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