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Protect Yourself! A Basic Guide to Self Defense (In ASL)

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Woman and man in taekwondo outfits with black belts. Caption. We want to emphasize the weapons you always have.

Two tae kwon do black-belt instructors, one of whom is deaf, demonstrate how to protect yourself from attack by using the six weapons of the body: head, teeth, hand, elbow, knee, feet. Signed and voiced.

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Runtime: 30 minutes 35 seconds

Topic: Health and Safety
Subtopic: Crime Prevention
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
Standards:

Release Year: 1996
Producer/Distributor: Debee Communications
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Men in hazmat suits and firemen's uniforms sort through a pile of debris. Caption. The Explosives Unit is searching the wreckage.

$Two people wearing gloves and examining human bones. Caption: no bones were fractured.$

Black teenagers in white shirts, green bowties and cumberbands carrying a casket. Caption. Tommer as narrator. And when you're silent, you see what happens.

A man in a white lab coat looking into a microscope. Caption: Examination back in the lab can confirm the species of fern.

Crowded hallway of walking teenage boys and girls. Caption. If kids talk about suicide or violence or things like that.

Closeup of woman with short brown hair, red lipstick, hoop earrings, and a white collared shirt talking in front of several papers hanging from a cork board. Caption. School, or their parents.

Black and white surveillance frame of a person wearing dark clothes and a backpack reaching down to open a door. Caption. To see through smoke and darkness.

Black man wearing a prison uniform stands in front of a group of teenagers seated and directing their attention towards him.

Two people walking down a hallway. Caption: we chat with DNA scientist Bruce Jackson,

Closeup of woman, bent forward and speaking down at camera. Caption. We'll have fun. Come with me.

Viewer Comments

WILLIAM B. (Houston, TX)

March 24th, 2015 at 12:31 PM

Great Self Defense Education!