Self-Defense with Landon "Godfist" Godsey
Join us at Lumos for an empowering workshop that will teach safe strategies for self-defense. This introductory workshop is rooted around how to recognize when another person is in your personal space, and what to do in an instance of inappropriate touching (all touching that is uninvited). In many situations, inappropriate touching is not rapid or intense like a fast grab, and this workshop will teach you how to react in those "don't touch me" situations.
Attendees will work on parrying methods and drills for how to manage distance, how to move unwanted hands or touches away, and simple steps for how to create and manage distance.
*Please note this is not a class on how to throw a punch or any sort of combat training. This workshop focuses on the common situation in which someone enters another person's personal space, and drills the basic moves you can use to defend yourself when your physiological system triggers a stress response (the fight or flight instinct).
Date: Saturday, April 6th, 2023
Class: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Cost: $30
Advance registration required, capacity is limited to 20 attendees (two people may share a mat for sitting/drilling)
Location: Lumos Yoga & Barre Green Street, 2001 Green Street
About Landon “Godfist” Godsey: In 1998 Landon earned his first black belt in American Kenpo Karate under the guidance of Leroy DiNatale of the WKKA/ GKKA (Baltimore). After about 2 years of training with Siu Lum Martial Arts Academy with Will Lauren and boxing at Jack Castello's Gym (Philadelphia) he began his Hung Ga Kuen education. Over the next several years Landon would train intensely growing the skills of Yee's Hung Ga's Tong Fong version Hung Ga Kuen. While studying Hung Ga Landon practiced for several years the art of Capoeira, Bagua Zhang, Baji Quan, Tai Chi Quan, Xiang Yi Quan, Shuai Jiao and American style wrestling. In 2009 Landon was recognized as a Sifu and discipled under the tutelage of Sifu Pedro Yee (Clifton, NJ), a top disciple of Grand Master Yee Chi Wai (Si Gong Frank Yee). After becoming a successful full contact Lei Tai fighter and coach, Landon began the process of bringing all his knowledge and experiences together to train his current and future students.
Our Workshop Cancellation Policy is as follows:
In order to cancel and receive either a credit to your Momence account or a credit card refund, you will need to cancel more than 72 hour prior to the event. Any cancellations within 72 hours of the event will be considered a late cancel and will result in forfeiture of workshop fee paid. In the event that a workshop is full and waitlisted, if we fill your spot with another paying student, we will credit your Momence account with the pass to use towards a future workshop.
Our Teacher Training & Workshop Series Cancellation Policy is as follows:
Teacher Trainings and Workshop Series (spanning multiple days) are non-refundable and non-transferable. If a payment plan pricing option is enabled and selected by a registrant, the studio will contact the registrant to determine dates of payment for the plan, with the final balance of the training/series paid 48 hours prior to the start of the training/series. In the unlikely event that the training or series is cancelled or postponed, we will refund 100% of your payment or offer an alternative placement in the postponed dates. Any cancellation of the training or series will be considered a late cancel and will result in forfeiture of the fee paid, no exceptions will be made. Please contact info@lumosfitness.com with any questions or concerns.
Due to the nature of this series, around pregnancy and post-partum, our cancellation window for this workshop series will be 8 hours prior to class. Any cancellations within 8 hours of the class will be considered a late cancel and will result in forfeiture of the workshop fee paid. In the event that the workshop is full and waitlisted, if we will your spot with another paying student, we will credit your Momence account with the pass to use towards a future workshop.