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Teaching Self Defense in Nepal
I spent a week certifying self defense instructors in Nepal — here’s how I did it
Two weeks ago, I was in Lalitpur, a sprawling suburb of Kathmandu in Nepal that essentially morphs into the capital city itself. I was working with my cohort of 16 facilitators, putting the final touches on a series of self defense workshops to be delivered throughout the day for the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women.
I was working with our nonprofit partner, the Sambhavya Foundation, an initiative supporting the mental health of high school students in Nepal, and with whom I had been in touch thanks to a continuing professional development online workshop I had taken in Spring 2021. Executive Director Ashish Shrestha had invited Pretty Deadly Self Defense to Nepal to provide instructor training in our program as a fundamental element of mental health, which culminated in developing and delivering workshops to local communities.
Our week-long certification course was hosted at the Machhapuchchhre School in Lalitpur, a progressive K-12 school focused on fostering creative education to shape Nepal’s future leaders…
