Altitude Spring 2014 | Page 9

How to defend yourself By Sergeant R. Phillips Over the past few weeks, Senior Aircraftman Norton - a member of staff at the squadron - has been running a Mixed Martial Arts course every Friday evening for select cadets to participate in. The main outcomes of the course are for the cadets to learn how to defend themselves, grappling movements, how to read situations and come up with the best possible plan. So far cadets have learnt how to effectively throw punches, how to choke a person and to ultimately escape a violent situation. From seeing the cadets participate in this course, it is obvious that they are enjoying it, are committed and are willing to learn. Below is what some of them think of the course. ● “I decided to do the course because I want to go into the military and a I need to know how to defend myself.” - Cadet N. Cook “I chose this course because it looked really fun and I thought I needed some fighting practise.” - Cadet P. Boyle “I am doing this course to have fun and to learn new skills.” - Corporal K. Ibbs-George www.bit.ly/MMAPics2014 2497cosfordsquadron.moonfruit.com 9