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\ dnesday • November 12, 1997 C “ !lasses L The Battalion ^IFESTYLES mtinued from Page 3 She said the class has also ighther how to act swiftly if a iigerous situation were ever irise. The techniques have to be acticed because when you are lacked you have to do these ings automatically,” Shaheed id “Some things in the class sple would never realize. 1 learned that if you see ineone behind you look at umstraight in the eye so they low that you see them and Ityoii are aware of what is go- lon.” |Shaheed said students should fttbe deceived by appearances, saults can happen anywhere. ‘It is very important for girls realize what is happening,” tsaid.“People think that be- jseA&M is so friendly, noth ing can happen.” Shaheed said the class is not limited to girls because anything can happen to anyone anywhere. “It is worthwhile for guys to take the class," Shaheed said. "They are not just learning how to defend themselves, but they are learning the techniques.” Tom Cross, lecturer for the ki- neseology department and phys ical education activity program mer, said he began teaching some of the self-defense classes because he was interested in de fending himself. Cross said the interest amongst Aggies has also increased. "When the classes first started there were four to five classes be ing taught, now it has grown to 13- 14 classes, with an average of 36 students in each class,” Cross said. Cross said the classes were first started by instructors who had martial arts training. The classes then incorporated self-defense techniques so it would be applicable to the real world. Cross said many students have been able to incorporate what they have learned in class. “This semester I had one stu dent who had a falling out with her boyfriend,” he said. “She was able to defend herself.” “There was a student who was accosted in the women’s bath room in the library. She used the techniques she learned in class to take him apart. She went out and called the cops, and when he got up, she jumped back on him. They had to pull her off of him.” Cross said it is important for all students to learn how to de fend themselves. “Government statistics state that violence is going down, but from what I have seen around town, it does not seem to be get ting better,” he said. Ladies OR f^ s JL-/ e>-<3 # NEW! 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