Every minute of every day more than one woman is reported raped in this country.
One in four women will be assaulted or raped in her lifetime.
One in four female college students has been a victim of rape or attempted rape, and only 5 percent of these women report it to the police.
Look around in one of your classes; there is a good chance it’s happened to someone in the room.
There’s also a good chance that one of the male students has committed acts that met the legal definitions of rape or attempted rape.
So what can we do to change these statistics? Don’t be a victim. Use one of the many outlets at DU to prevent it from happening to you, including SafeRide, self-defense whistles, and self-defense classes.
Corporal Raymond Juan from Campus Safety is offering one of those classes. Juan teaches R.A.D. (Rape Aggression Defense) courses to DU women.
R.A.D. is the largest network of its kind with over 7,000 instructors who teach at various colleges, universities, and municipal law enforcement agencies as well as various other community organizations internationally.
Since the program was founded by Lawrence N. Nadeau, a United States Marine, in 1989, R.A.D. has trained close to 300,000 women .
This program is the only self defense program ever endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).
This women-only self-defense class is the largest program in the world. Students only pay for the first class and each class after that is free and available, no matter where you are in the country.
Each student is also provided with a workbook/reference manual for personal study. To date, over 250,000 women have attended RAD Basic Physical Defense Program.
The course includes lecture, discussion and self defense techniques, suitable for women of all ages and abilities. Classes range from nine to twelve hours in length, depending on the Instructor
The class teaches women to avoid situations that could otherwise put them in harm’s way, as well as providing them with basic self-defense techniques.
The majority of what Corporal Juan teaches is risk avoidance. This means that the women in his self-defense course learn decision making techniques. They learn how to avoid getting into situations that leave them open to attack.
The rest of the course involves physical self-defense techniques. As with many martial arts courses, the goal of the class is that no woman will ever have to use those physical techniques. However, these courses are not martial arts, but rather hands-on defense training.
“It’s a small class where we are very open,” said Corporal Juan. “It’s a great program, geared toward any female, any fitness level.”
The first class is $35 and group discounts are available. The next class offered is Feb. 11 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Feb. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., . If you mention this article, you will receive $10 off.
You may register for the class by contacting Corporal Juan at 303.871.3215 or at rjuan@du.edu.