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Second Sense - Beyond Vision Loss

Advanced Orientation and Mobility: Defense Grip

Tuesday, March 31 - 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

As a part of our Advanced Orientation and Mobility workshops, we are focusing on strategies to help you feel confident and comfortable when traveling with your white cane or guide dog. These  workshops drill down to the finer points of situational awareness, effective communication, and physical disentanglement.

We are happy to welcome back Torriente Toliver from Mind Body Defense to share his expertise. Each workshop will provide an opportunity to talk about situations you may have been involved in and were unsure how best to address.

The final workshop in this series covers:

Defense Grip Workshop

Tuesday, March 31

This workshop focuses on skills for physical disentanglement. You will practice preventing unwanted assistance and stopping aggressive threats with these three physical skills:

  • utilizing the “Defense Grip” with a cane
  • resisting pushes and pulls
  • escaping holds and establishing holds

This is a hybrid workshop taking place in person at Second Sense or remotely via Zoom. To participate, please RSVP by calling our office at 312-236-8569 or email Mandi Hetzel.