Reposting my diary notes written on 22nd Sep 2024
How can the power and the confidence I felt after earning my Black Belt be confined to me alone? It had to reach others. Today, determined to give my thoughts a form, I tried to shape DFEND.
I have already been teaching basic self-defense to my friends, my neighbours, and a few school girls. But now, how to reach more? My whiteboard quickly turned into a battlefield of ideas. I scribbled, erased, and rewrote. My mom asked me to wash my hands, which were covered in Blue marker stains, before I sat down to eat. But even as I ate, my mind raced ahead.
How should I start? What should I teach? How can I make self-defense not just a skill, but a mindset?