Young Girl Teaches Self Defense

I thought that this story was very impressive. A young girl is helping to restore a sense of security in young girls in Arkansas City, Kansas by teaching them self defense. The reason why many young girls there are scared is very tragic.

Only two years ago, a 19 year old girl named Jodi Sanderholm was kidnapped. She was at her own mailbox when she was taken by Justin Thurber. He then took her elsewhere, raped her, and then he murdered her.

This heartless tragedy rocked the foundation of many young girls’ worlds in that town, as it would anywhere. Many of them hadn’t really worried about anything terrible like this happening, but now many are constantly scared. They realized that this sort of thing could happen to anyone.

But there is a 15 year old girl who has decided to do something to help the girls of her community. Her name is Jenna Rangel and she has been learning martial arts since she was three years old. Her father is a martial arts instructor, so Jenna has had a lot of experience with self defense.

She will be working with her father to help teach young girls some basic self defense. The self defense seminar will be free and is focused toward girls who are 10 and older. What is great is that the local high school has offered the use of their gym so that these girls can learn to defend themselves.

When it comes to self defense, being prepared is essential. No one is ever too young or too old to be a victim. The sooner girls start to learn self defense the better.