As rape cases rise in South Africa, young women are learning to fight back through self-defence training

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00:00 I'm going into the submission and I'm saying I'm sorry please don't hurt me and as he starts

00:09 talking I start answering.

00:13 So she's down from there you bite her, whatever you can find.

00:20 From there you're going to pull over to the right.

00:26 Left leg gets put on the arm for control and this sweeps into your first control that you

00:30 all know.

00:31 Okay and from here you go to town.

00:34 With the rape defense class it's a very very sensitive subject for a lot of women.

00:39 You know I teach girls from disadvantaged communities and the minute you get to the

00:43 rape defense section of things they shut down because it's so personal and it's so close

00:48 and for a lot of people it's close to home.

00:51 So what I try to do is at first make the girls feel comfortable, let them understand that

00:55 they're in a safe space.

00:56 I actually break it down from the point where it all starts.

00:59 You don't walk out the door and end up getting raped.

01:02 There's a process.

01:03 You're tired and you need to work.

01:04 Okay.

01:05 Come on you can't, you can't, you can't.

01:06 Finish it.

01:07 You're not going to play here forever waiting for you to move.

01:08 Roll.

01:09 Ninety degrees.

01:10 Come on.

01:11 Get off her.

01:12 Get off her.

01:13 Get off her.

01:14 Ninety degrees.

01:15 Okay.

01:16 That's it.

01:17 That's it.

01:18 Bang, bang, bang.

01:19 That's it.

01:20 Up, up, up.

01:21 Second leg.

01:22 Are you okay?

01:23 So some of it is a bit close to home for me and I just, like I'm just drawn to being able

01:38 to empower other women.

01:39 I think so many...

01:40 Stop.

01:41 I'm sorry.

01:43 These things, should I put them in the kitchen?

01:46 That at the bottom of the fridge.

01:53 Yeah, she'll stack them up.

01:59 Okay, Dada.

02:03 Go well.

02:07 I think parents must ensure that as they start, this becomes part of their agenda of

02:25 the everyday conversation among ourselves, with our children, when we go to these meetings

02:31 at school, in our communities, everywhere.

02:34 We need to start saying, "But we're putting butler doors.

02:38 What about our children?"

02:40 Because they get outside the butler doors.

02:43 And I think it's quite critical that it's considered as among the basic needs.

02:48 Like you must drink water, you must eat, there must be electricity.

02:51 I think this needs to be elevated as well.

03:00 Dominic told me that she's not looking to get me out of there without scratches or it's

03:06 not pretty.

03:07 The whole thing isn't pretty.

03:08 And I'm going to leave the fight scratched up, bruised and hurting.

03:13 But as long as I got out of there alive and I've survived, I think that's very impactful

03:19 to me.

03:20 Put pressure, yeah, and take her down to what we call a bus stop.

03:34 As I take her, stay with her.

03:35 Stay with her.

03:36 Stay with her.

03:37 Okay?

03:38 You want to talk to him.

03:39 Okay, I'll give you whatever you want.

03:40 I'm sorry.

03:41 I'm sorry.

03:42 Okay.

03:43 Go.

03:44 Control.

03:45 Good job.

03:46 Move.

03:47 Move.

03:48 Move.

03:49 Move.

03:50 It's not only something that will boost your confidence and make you feel, I don't know,

03:55 independent if I may say so, but it's something that also just gets you out there, out of space,

04:00 and you just feel like the person that you are, you just feel like a boss, you know?

04:04 I can take care of myself, you know?

04:06 It was at school.

04:07 The boy was like, "Hey, hey, hey."

04:08 Now, I'm in Kerala.

04:09 My wife would call me and be like, "Hey, what's up?"

04:10 I was like, "No, I'm from Kumbisa."

04:11 I'm like, "I'm not going to go there."

04:12 I'm like, "I'm not going to go there."

04:13 I'm like, "I'm not going to go there."

04:14 I'm like, "I'm not going to go there."

04:15 I'm like, "Hey, what's up?"

04:20 I'm like, "No, I'm from Kumbisa."

04:21 I'm like, "I'm not going to go there."

04:22 I'm like, "I'm not going to go there."

04:23 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:24 I'm like, "I'm not going to go there."

04:25 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:26 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:27 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:28 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:29 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:30 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:31 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

04:32 I'm like, "No, I'm not going to go there."

05:00 [laughter]

05:01 >> And that's how we got our names out there.

05:02 >> This is a good question.

05:03 >> Yes.

05:04 >> Okay.

05:05 >> So, we're going to be going in a circle.

05:06 We're going to be going in a circle.

05:07 >> Okay.

05:08 >> And we're going to be doing a little bit of a back and forth.

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