‘Everyone deserves to know how to fight back’
designed for women and children, teaches students that, when faced with a knife, they should hand over whatever the attacker is demanding. But Miss Jordan says it’s important to know how to defend yourself when violence is unavoidable. Ms Jordan, of St Peter’s Street, only expected to do one 10-week course, but realised how high demand was after her first class filled up within four hours. Kent has seen the fastest rise in knife crime anywhere in the country, with the number of offences soaring by 153% since 2011 from 346 to 873.
That equates to 48 crimes per 100,000 people, according to the Office for National Statistics. Miss Jordan added: “Women feel more vulnerable. They wanted to learn somewhere that was designed for women. “They read a lot about how there seems to be more sexual assaults around Kent and obviously how knife crime is very prevalent at the moment.” “A lot of women don’t know how hard they can kick because they’ve never done it before. They come in very timid at the start, very shy, and they tap
‘The first thing they learn is violence isn’t the answer - defence can be an answer’
the pads. And then by halfway through the course the power they display is amazing, their confidence rises and they start feeling empowered by it.”
Miss Jordan says her knife defence class also helps to educate children about carrying weapons, helping them to see violence in a new way. She added: “The first thing they learn is violence isn’t the answer - defence can be an answer.”
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