Self-defense and safety

The girls had a chance to go to a free seminar at the local Taekowndo dojo (the one in the gas station). The lesson was safety and how to protect yourself from strangers. This was done in coordination with the Amber alert system with the purpose, not to get kids to kick the crap out of each other and their parents, but to teach children the correct things to do if they are in trouble and a stranger is trying to hurt them. I think it was a valuable lesson for the girls and they had a great time. I even went on the mat with them and let them kick the crap out of me. There is a good story about the event in the Columbia paper from Sunday.