Celebrate International Women’s Day 2010!

WCI is planning a series of events this March and April in honor of International Women’s Day: March 8, 2010.  Please stay posted on the following events listed below:

1. International Women’s Day Panel

Monday, March 8th 7:00pm

Location: International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street Phila PA 19147

Join us for a global celebration of the economic, political, and social achievements of women. This event is sponsored by International House Philadelphia; Women’s Campaign International; United Nation’s Association of Greater Philadelphia; and the University of Pennsylvania’s African Studies Center, Center for East Asia Studies, South Asia Center, Middle East Center and the Penn Women’s Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Link for more details: http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event/detail/63521


2.  Wing Tsun Self-Defense Fundraiser

In honor of International Women’s Day 2010, Women’s Campaign International (WCI) would like to offer community members the chance to participate in a Wing Tsun – Based Self-Defense Class in University City. If you are interested in this activity, please e-mail aileene[at]womenscampaigninternational.org so that we can let you know about upcoming class dates and times.

Cost of Class: Women’s Campaign International, a registered 501c3 nonprofit, would like to ask all participants to give a tax deductible donation of $20 for this class. WCI encourages businesses, agencies or groups to sponsor a team of their employees or members to attend. No other supplies or equipment needed.

Wing Tsun:

  • Was developed by a woman, and is designed for a smaller person (man or woman) facing a larger attacker.
  • Is considered a “soft” martial art, in which one learns to give way to greater force and allow attacks to pass. One learns to use the opponent’s force against him, as well as to use her own body weight to her greatest advantage. Wing Tsun practitioners learn to compensate for smaller size with speed and aggression.
  • Wing Tsun is direct and deadly; it does not involve acrobatics or exceptional flexibility, and is appropriate for men and women, as well as for a broad range of ages and body types.

Participants will leave the class having learned:

  • Awareness and control of personal space
  • Effective responses to aggression
  • How to strike an attacker: defenses against a variety of grabs and chokes, punches and palm strikes
  • Common attacks experienced by women and basic defenses against them

Structure of the class (about 2 hours):

  • Intro and Demo (10 minutes)
  • Striking (10 minutes)
  • Effective responses to aggression (10 minutes)
  • Defenses against grabs and chokes (1 hour 10 minutes)
  • Questions (15 minutes)