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R.A.D. Women & Teens' Self Defense Class

Free R.A.D. Self Defense Program for Women & Girls (ages 13-80 yrs. old). Taught by Darlene Gentry, 25+ years’ experience. Co-sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church. Registration required.

Registration opens Saturday, February 08, 2020.

Meets three consecutive days at 2 different locations:

Thursday, March 05 and Friday, March 06, 6-8:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Baptist Church
                 Address: 46855 S Shangri la Dr, Lexington Park, MD 20653
Saturday, March 07 10 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Library

Women and Teens invite your friends to come learn some new skills and proactive strategies to help protect yourself and others! The class is fun, energetic, and interactive.

Class Includes: 

• 9 hours of instruction and practice, training manual, and snacks.
• Parental consent required for participants ages 13-17
• Please bring a bag lunch for Saturday.  Microwave, refrigerator, and freezer available for lunchtime use.
• Registration is required due to very limited class size.
• Registrants e-mail addresses will be shared with the course instructor.  She will provide participants with the registration forms and details about the class like: what clothes to wear, how strenuous the activities are, etc.
• For more information on RAD programs, visit The R.A.D. Systems of Self Defense  

About the Instructor:

Darlene Gentry has over twenty-five years’ experience in instruction and training in martial arts, women’s self-defense, and self-defense education for the public. Darlene teaches self-defense part-time at St. Mary’s College of Maryland where for the past twenty years she has instructed a course that she created called “Self Defense against Sexual Assault.” As a R.A.D. instructor, she holds certifications in women’s basic and advanced physical defense, key chain and aerosol defense, radKIDS, Seniors defense, and R.A.D. for men.

 Darlene is active in the community and has instructed women's self-defense courses including R.A.D. basic physical defense for St. Mary's County Public Schools Adult Education, St. Mary's County Department of Recreation and Parks, and Calvert County Abused Persons Program. Darlene has also conducted seminars for youth community groups coordinated by Gwen Bankins such as Girl Power of Southern Maryland and 100% Male. Currently she teaches a series of free courses for the public sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church.

What is the RAD System?

The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. R.A.D. is not a Martial Arts program. The course begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training and ending with an opportunity to test skills during an optional simulated attack. Certified R.A.D. Instructor who provides students with a workbook/reference manual teaches the course.

The R.A.D. Systems curriculum is taught at over 1,400 colleges and universities, police departments, local transit companies, military bases, women’s centers, rape crisis centers, and independents across the United States and Canada.

Because R.A.D. is an international alliance, any R.A.D. graduate from any class in the U.S. and Canada can attend another instructor’s class for practice, free of charge, for the rest of her life!