Rape Aggression Defense Systems Basic Self-Defense Course

R.A.D (Rape Aggression Defense) is a nationally known self defense program. R.A.D's program objective is to develop and enhance the options of self defense so they may become viable considerations to the woman who is attacked. The program consists of lecture, discussion, instruction, and hands-on simulation. This dynamic program has the ability to empower ANY woman by providing her with the skills necessary to avoid, resist, and defend against an attack if she so chooses.

National resistance statistics show that women do fight back instinctively during an attack. R.A.D. strives to cultivate that internal, self-preservation instinct so that women are knowledgeable of both risk-reduction and avoidance strategies, as well as hands-on resistance strategies. This program also educates women that survival comes in many forms, and that compliance is also an option.

The course is 12 hours, and will be offered with 6- 1.5 hour classes (days) and 3 -3.0 hour classes (evenings). The last 3-hours of the course entails an evening simulation exercise, where you actually employ the techniques and skills you have learned against trained simulators, in a controlled environment. The course is suitable for women of all physical abilities, and you will be encouraged to go at your own pace. You do not have to attend all 12 hours, but it would be to your benefit to do so.

Upon the completion of the program you will receive a certificate of achievement as well as lifetime participation and practice rights with R.A.D. Meaning, anywhere there is a R.A.D program in the city, state, or nation, you may participate at no cost. Participants wishing to come back to subsequent RAD classes to refresh skills are welcomed. However, simulations are scheduled only for current course participants.

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For more information , please call Michelle Nuey, RAD Program Coordinator, at 863-2542. You may also send an e-mail to: R.A.D. Instructors. Please include your Brown affiliation, mailing address, and telephone number. Classes are co-facilitated by Campus Police Officers and certified RAD Instructors, Cory Patenaude, James Massey, and Patricia Fortier.

Self-Defense Programming options are available to all members of the Brown community. Please research the following links to find the right program for you:

Student Activities Website

Department of Physical Education

Other programs offered by R.A.D. Systems include:

R.A.D. Advanced Self-Defense
Aerosol Defense Options
Keychain Defense Options
radKIDS
R.A.D. for Men

"Thank you for doing something to help women on campus. I am just one woman that has benefited immensely with this training. I feel more confident in my ability to handle a situation if it should arise and how to avoid situations in the first place. Now I find myself teaching my female friends how to avoid situations that they had no idea they were putting themselves into. Thank you.!!
T.S., Brown Staff Member

"I am so grateful to have been able to participate in R.A.D this semester. I think every woman should be able to defend herself or least become more aware of her environment; know how to prevent a possible dangerous situation from occurring; or how to get herself out of one. The class was well worth my time. And the simulation at the end was not as scary as I thought it would be. I have never felt more empowered and confident walking down the street."
N. A., Brown Grad Student