COM101
1) Topic: Self-Defense techniques
2) Specific Purpose: To teach my audience history about self-defense, also how to execute three primary self-defense techniques to escape an attack. A. To provide a knowledgeable history of self-defense that is applicable in modern day situations.
B. To explain to my audience the individual body parts that anyone can use as weapons to inflict the most damage. C. To explain to my audience the target areas of the body most vulnerable to serious injury that you should try to hit.
3) Thesis: The audience will learn how to execute three primary self -defense techniques using three individual body parts as weapons to defend themselves from an attack.
Introduction
A. Attention Getter: So much of the all-around ass-kicking fight sequences we see in the movies today are portray ‘larger than life’ characters, indestructible and immune to any kind of pain inflicted upon them during a fight to the death. Indeed, it is true, these films are exciting to watch, but none of us wants to find themselves in a physical confrontation suddenly fearing for your life, right? However, if you are ever the victim of an attack, you must take every possible, ruthless advantage, give no warning, and strike as ferociously as you can, continuously, until you have caused injuries serious enough to allow your escape. ( v.p. handbook, n.d. )
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Transition: Now that I have your attention, and peaked your interest as well, let me take a moment to share my personal experience and a brief history of self-defense.
Credibility: When my husband past away last November, I decided it was necessary to learn how to defend myself in case I were the victim of an attack. Maybe my girlfriend will need me to help fend off a gang of biker chicks that started a brawl in the bar and the only way to escape was to open up a can of whoop-ass on them so we could
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