SELF DEFENSE BY PUSPUSSY

Puspussy is a Georgian grassroot women-led organisation for FLINTA specializing in

combating gender-based violence. #femdefence #selfdefence - is our innovative and holistic

program through a feminist approach, we have trained over 300 people including immigrant

activists, teenage girls and LBTQIA+ individuals

- It is specifically designed to empower and equip individuals with essential self-defense

techniques, knowledge on situational awareness, psycho-emotional aspects of security and

strategies to foster resilience in the face of challenges specific to our communities

- This is also our way of providing capacity building and self-care & collective care tools to

support the fight against gender-based violence and promote protecting sexual and reproductive

health & rights (SRHR) for all women and trans people.

Besides physical self-defense, the course explores:

• communication styles with oppressors and tools of assertiveness

• security risks and tips in different spaces (transport, streets, bars, dates, etc)

• digital security aspects

• self-representation in strong confident manner

• Karpman's triangle - bully-victim-hero triad

• 4 automatic body responses to stress/threat

• characteristics of survivors/victims

• the phenomenon of learned helplessness

• practical exercises for protecting boundaries, using voice and posture

• etc

At the workshop at Queer Ranch, you will practice:

🟣 confident body language

🟣 assertive voice and saying NO

🟣 physical self-defence techniques from martial arts

🔑We will go through tips and tricks to minimise harm/risks in different life-threatening

situations (streets, clubs, transport, etc).