ACT in Self Defense

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We will be offering another 6 Week Personal Safety / Self-Defense Course at the Degerberg Academy of Martial Arts. Named best overall school by Black Belt Magazine. The weekday session starts Tuesday February 15, at 7:15pm and the weekend session begins Saturday February 19th at 11:00am In addition to learning a number of self defense [...]

A man has been charged with the sexual assault of a Lakeview woman, which occurred last December as she was walking from the CTA station. Good to know this alleged assailant is off the streets. It may provide a sense of relief to some Lake View residents, but it is no reason to let your [...]

There are a lot of people out there who don’t believe any of the announcements about the drops in overall crime in Chicago. Maybe you do, but that doesn’t mean your area isn’t seeing a rise in crime. More here: Keep in mind that where you are most comfortable is where you can be most [...]

Earlier this month two citizens witnessed a carjacking on Rush Street and followed the suspect until he crashed the car into a nearby taxi then restrained him until police arrived. Several times in the last few months average citizens have been responding to calls for help from victims of violent crime, and in some cases [...]

You may have been following the story of rapist/murderer John Gardner and how he recently pleaded guilty in order to avoid the death sentence.  He raped and murdered two young girls.  There may be more victims that we will never know about, but there is one woman, Candice Moncayo, who was attacked by Gardner who [...]

Hi to all of you.  I hope you have enjoyed the course and are looking forward to part 2.  I will have more information on that in a few days. To review this week we only need to think about the kempo blocks/strikes that we introduced last week.  We reviewed the strikes and spent time [...]

Hello again.  I hope everyone is doing well and that you aren’t too sore from the last class.  Key points are listed below. 1) Kempo blocks/strikes up, in, out, down, back elbow.  Other strikes included a high back elbow, Kempo back-fist, and hammer fist. 2) We used the above strikes in combination as well as [...]

Thanks again for putting in such a great effort in this week’s self-defense class. Please take a moment to review some of the key things we covered this past week. 1) We discussed what to do when confronted by an attacker armed with a knife.  Try to stay calm and throw whatever valuables they are asking [...]

Hello again to all participants.   I am looking forward to seeing all of you again this week.  I have listed the key points we covered in last week’s class. 1) We added 2 kicks to our series of strikes from the fighting stance; they were the low thrust kick targeting the bladder, groin, or [...]