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first
degree black belt certified student instructor, sauntered over and stood facing
Dottie.
    “Everybody
watch!” she boomed. “Mr. Henley is going to take his right hand and grab my
left wrist.” After he did this, Dottie yanked out her left arm from his grip,
swung it back inward, and used both hands to lightly punch the student
instructor in the chest with three jabbing motions.
    “Did you see how
I did that?” The children nodded, wide-eyed with interest. “I’ll do it again,
watch carefully.” She repeated the process and this time Ryan pretended to be
hurt.
    The children
laughed when they saw Ryan hold his hands to his stomach, feigning pain. “Now
it’s your turn!” Dottie instructed. “Face your parents.”
    Dottie paced
back and forth, observing each parent grab their child’s wrist to ensure proper
techniques were being followed.
    “Now, what
happens if you can’t pull your hand away? What do you do?” She looked at each
child. All of them stared blankly at her.
    Ryan and Dottie
reclaimed their places and Ryan once again took Dottie’s left wrist in his
right hand. Dottie pretended to struggle, as if she couldn’t break the strong
hold Ryan had on her. She then clasped her right hand over her opponent’s grip,
leaned her body to the right, swung her left foot out and lightly kicked Ryan’s
right knee. Ryan immediately broke his hold on Dottie’s wrist.
    “Did you all see
that?” The children bobbed their heads in agreement. “Okay, now I want you to
practice with your parents.” As an afterthought, she added, “Be gentle with
each other!”
    As the children
and their parents began practicing under the supervision of Ryan Henley, Dottie
walked to the entrance where the secretary’s desk was located. A woman stood
there, patiently waiting to speak with her.
    When Dottie
returned a few minutes later, she said, “Okay, now we’re going to practice with
the opposite hand and opposite foot.” She and Mr. Henley repeated their
demonstration. “Any questions?” she asked.
    For the
remainder of class, Kat and Tyler practiced their newly learned self defense
skill. Before they were dismissed for the evening, Dottie called the class to
attention.
    “I have an
announcement I’d like to make.” Everyone in the room gave Dottie their full
attention. “A lady was just in here asking me if I would offer a self-defense
class for women only.” Dottie looked at the women in the room. “If you think
you might be interested in participating, come see me before you leave.”
    As Kat and Tyler
walked back to their seats and began putting on their shoes, she thought about
how she may benefit from a self-defense class, especially for women only. She
looked over to where Rhonda was helping Eli put on his shoes and asked her,
“What do you think about the self-defense class?”
    “I think it’s a great
idea. I probably won’t attend but I know someone who may be interested.” Rhonda
said. “What about you?”
    Kat replied,
“I’ve always wanted to take something like this. A little extra security
couldn’t hurt.”
    Aside from Kat’s
former gynecologist and the police, Rhonda and her husband were the only people
who knew about the rape. Kat didn’t want people feeling sorry for her and more
importantly, she didn’t want Tyler to learn about it through the grapevine. She
would tell him when the time was right.
     Rhonda agreed.
“Let me know the date and I’ll watch Tyler for you.”
    Kat nodded
silently. She had put on her sweater and saw that Tyler was ready to go. “Well,
we’re going to head out after I speak with Dottie.” Tyler and Eli bowed to each
other while Kat and Rhonda exchanged goodbyes.
    “See you
tomorrow, Tyler!” Rhonda said warmly. She waved as she and Eli walked toward
the back entrance.
    “Mommy is going
to talk to Miss Dottie, okay?” Tyler nodded and sat down in a chair. He had
brought a miniature car with him to keep himself amused.
    “I’ll only be a
few