This is Pete’s Podcast #12 and day #15969 on my way to my 100th birthday

CONFRONTING THE EVIL AND DARKNESS: SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND WOMEN’S SELF-DEFENSE

!!! WARNING !!!

I HAVE TO WARN YOU THAT IN THIS PODCAST I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULTS.

I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU THAT LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST MAY LISTEN TO IT WITH YOUR CHILDREN AROUND. AND I’M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THIS PODCAST IS NOT FOR CHILDREN.

IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN LISTENING DISTANCE, STOP THIS PODCAST RIGHT NOW AND LISTEN TO IT LATER OR PUT YOUR HEAD PHONES ON.

THIS EPISODE IS ALSO NOT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY FIND THE TOPIC OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND THE EVIL OF IT TOO DARK AND NEGATIVE. I SUGGEST THAT YOU STOP LISTENING RIGHT NOW.

AND I ALMOST DECIDED NOT TO DO THIS PODCAST. ….BUT ….

AS A MARTIAL ARTIST AND SELF-DEFENSE EDUCATOR I FELT THAT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT.

THERE IS A DARKNESS THAT MANY OF US KNOW ABOUT BUT DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT. A DARKNESS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT BUT REALLY DON’T ….

NOW I HAVE TO SAY THAT I HAVE PERSONAL FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TOPIC BECAUSE I AM A SURVIVOR OF ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. I WILL NOT DISCUSS MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS PODCAST. THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS PODCAST IS ABOUT.

BUT, WITH THEIR APPROVAL, I WILL SHARE THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS….

I will also share an article from a fellow martial artist and self-defense educator on the “Unfortunate Realities of Teaching Women’s Self Defense Classes” that I can, for the most part, relate to.

Let’s begin….