Saturday, February 5, 2011

The First Blog for 10 Simple Lessons

I’m Peter Liciaga, that’s me (the old fella) on the left. I’m a martial arts teacher (20 years now) and I have, literally, taught thousands of people about subjects relating to self-defense.

This project, “10 Simple Lessons in Self-Defense,” is my effort to use the web to document 10 really good lessons (at least) for youth—to supplement 10 face-to-face lessons I’m giving to a group of youth.

Since I have a LOT of really interesting friends in the “self-defense” world, I’m asking some of them to contribute content (like videos, articles, and relevant links) so that the lessons are BETTER than what I could produce without their help.

The mission? Of course it’s to help the youth learn some very important lessons about personal protection, but while they’re learning these lessons, we might as well include everyone who’s interested in self-defense, yes?

In today’s world, self-defense isn’t only about kicks, punches, blocks, and other martial arts maneuvers, it’s about attitude, self-esteem, dating, sexism, environmental concerns, and food too!

So look to this site as I/we start to collect and deliver the lessons. Please feel free to add your input —and thank you for being here!

Peter Liciaga

(cell phone: 856-278-5282)