Nonviolent Self-Defense Practice Session

Nonviolent self-defense is a path to protecting oneself without harming the individual with which you are interacting. This school of thought revolves around the reduction of hostility, re-humanization of parties, redirection of movement and seeking to disengage. This practice session will be largely experiential and learning-by-doing. The skills learned can be implemented in a number of hostile situations and open a number of paths to protecting oneself and others nonviolently.

Objectives:
1) Acquiring skills of basic nonviolent self defense
2) An increased awareness of the possible paths one can take towards re-humanizing and deescalating
3) Acquiring skills through role-playing and partner practice

Payment is requested on a sliding scale. Please consider $35-$100 to help us continue this work and better serve the community. No one will be turned away for lack of payment and we welcome you either way.

For those who can, please submit payment today–  https://ssl.charityweb.net/dcpeaceteam/training.htm; or checks can be written out to DC Peace Team and mailed to Eli McCarthy, 7305 Baylor Ave. College Park, MD 20740.

Facilitator:
Kai Tomalin (he/they) is a professional martial artist with over 17 years of experience across styles. He has studied concepts of nonviolence and martial arts technique all over the world. As a dedicated practitioner of nonviolence and a scholar of martial arts theory and practice, Kai has worked alongside masters of numerous styles to develop a unique form of nonviolent self defense that combines technique and philosophy from a number of schools of East Asian martial arts and philosophy. His system of nonviolent self defense has served as the basis for a number of reforms and has been taught across all ages and skill levels. Throughout his career, he has served on an international panel of peace scholars, written many martial arts curriculums, and taught a number of classes.