Ms. J...... grins wickedly.... see. About 5 years ago. I was given this Vision and focus to do start a new path in my life based on some extreme personal realitys from the beginning of my life until then. Though my life is still extreme, its now my life and the life I have chosen to have.
F.A.T.E. org is my path and my Evolution of my JKD, as Guro Dan has stated many many times, JKD has its own personal path for each that study the art, we evolve into what is best suited for each based on our body types, personality and so forth, with the basic core being taught first and the options being looked and then using what best suits us individually.
I sort of founded this organization called F.A.T.E. now that stands for Facilitating Awareness Through Empowerment, the organization teaches a program for victims of abuse-rape-assault-domestic violence- and childhood victimization... and its dedicated to my teachers and my organizations teachers- Guros, Masters, Senseis -Sifu's-GM's-Healers - Spiritual teachers. Most of my teachers, and my organizations teachers are from core realty based arts, as JKD-FMA and a number of mind-body healing arts. This page on our web site for them
http://www.f-a-t-e.org/Bios/masters Bios/Masters.html
on this list every teacher that is still alive on it are fully aware of what the organization is doing and has been working on the past 3 to 4 years, though we did not go public with the concept until last year in November 2000. We are running about 6 months behind on funding right now because of the bureaucratic process of non-profits and government grants and grants writing, we have the grants though to support the programs in a years time.
We have done the research and we know what has to be done with a program to have it paid for and, we will have money available to pay for programs nationally with more avenues to keep the programs running.
We have about another years worth of work though on the for profit end until its running fully via the grants and lined up corporate sponsorships for the programs. State to state.
Based on the plan, it will take me about 4 to 5 more years to have the programs running and Databasing to any organizations that want to receive the free training and then be part of the overall program nationally, if all works as planed pray!!!!!!!
Many of our team members and co development teams have taught the military-police-and civilian commintys at large, Globally in some instances, and we have been teaching either realty-based arts with a heavy core in self-defense and awareness or out and out self defense and awareness.
Thats one thing I found that the programs that are out there now dont seem to cover much of, the realties and the overall awareness levels that should be taught, not only save your *** and get you out and away from the confutations but the realties of how to cut half of that out of your life.
Just being aware of simple things, granted these are simple to us that are trained and educated in the self defense-JKD-FMA and core realty based arts and philosophys Most do not understand that most muggings Do NOT happen after midnight in central park
Most muggings and assaults for predatory and theft happened between 4:30 pm and 6:30 pm at night. Why? Well thats when your at the highest risk for being robed or mugged, simple fact thats there business and your there prey, everyone is on there way home at that time of day, they have worked all day, they are in the go home have dinner do the end of the day stuffs. Many rushing to get there and very unaware of their danger and personal safety as they do it. Stalker attacks happen at this time as well and when woman are leaving work or the shopping center and so forth.
Our core of FATE org is to bring the concepts of the JKD-FMA philosophy and path to them as options to healing-self preservation -awareness and self-defense,
and to offer funding for the programs that others have going now in a formatted process, that allows other organizations to fit either there existing program into the system, or give them a system to teach first if they dont have one for victims,
and then their personal arts that they teach as secondary empowerment after we have made sure that they learn the healing stuffs first to get the victims over the trauma.
we are using acceptable government healing modalitys that are steeped into the core of most MA-FMA-JKD core arts.
In addition, in a years time, we will be able to pay for most of these programs via grants and funding, 70 % of most of the government funding is NOT being utilized now.
Why? Well because presently there are no programs that fall into the governments acceptably levels as well as the community needs.
In addition, the realtys of why these woman and children face what they do. Most do not offer the follow up care that will keep them from going back and the further empowerment thats needed to do this.
There are many programs out there, but there not easily paid for and there not working because we are cheating the survivors, there have been a number of studies done based on what needs to be taught to save a womans life in a rape or betterment situation, it has nothing to do with fancy moves to be sure, out and out core self defense-create a distance and get the hell out of there does though.
You will note: that this is why I stated that the Hubud or hubad lubad is a drill and should only be taught as a drill for focus and healing, and thats where its taught in the program, first with other healing modalitys the first 4 hours of the program, and then with an additional 12 to 14 hours of core self-defense, awareness and realty based scenario training to cover the issues these woman will face IN REALITY.
Then we teach them the out and out stuffs they need to learn for survival, this is taught over a 14-hour course, after the 14-hour corse is taught to help further empower the survivors to deal with any of the above mentioned issues,
to further their healing, to give them the support and personal growth in self esteem, we pay for them to take a martial art-healing art-or self defense and awareness class with any of the organizations that have worked a program with us in there commintys at large.
Again this is after we have dealt with the past issues and have given the woman a level of confidence that they can now go and raise there contact levels in training further and so forth.
We are in the end of the first year of the programs here, the first year we are funding the pilot programs by hosting seminars with other organizations, with at least half the money from them. (Sometimes more depending on the organization we are working with) to fund the programs and to pay for materials that go with the program.
The up coming seminar that I posted here for Espada ya daga is one of these seminars. Sifu Ken Andes has volunteer to come and teach the seminar for us and all the money is going to fund the up coming 18 to 20 weeks of training that will be given freely to the survivors-victims-survivors that are part of the overall program.
Ok here is why we are doing this, many many organizations want to do these kinds of programs, but the realties of what it takes sometimes to face the real issues of why these woman go back and the realties that they faced based on there trauma and sometimes PTSD symptoms a survivor faces.
There is special training that is needed, and there are other things that have to be faced,
talk to any police department, there going back over and over and then dying or the kids are facing the realties and learning the examples and then things again start over in our next generation based on how they were raised
see its the children that are the larger victims here, there the children that we raise and give our example too, children learn by example, not by all the words we tell them beyond what they see, we can tell them that its not ok for there fathers or mothers to beat each other senseless, but what is mom telling them by allowing it too keep happening? In addition, why is she allowing it to keep happening? See its much more then the simple issues of teaching these woman to defend them. We as a nation have been trying to do that for years. And why programs are not working, as they should be.
Its not that the Self defense and MA-FMA-JKD organizations are not trying to teach what is necessary to save someones life, its that the special needs of the clients are not being addressed first and then afterwards. What is acceptable to teach the average person off the streets is not necessary going to work at first with survivor.
Yes, the issues are huge and that is what we teach to the other organizations that are part of our program, first, here on the east coast and based on the 5-year plan that is a year into conception, and 4 years into data and development teaches.
We are offering freely the skills and the resources to teach to the special needs clients victims of domestic childhood-rape-abuse-childhood victimization, to help change the patterns and the cycle of abuse in our commintys at large, and we are doing it in very interesting ways.
You will find the full outline for the next 5 years of progress for the program, we will be starting a new program here November 15th 2001, the first 18 hours of the program will be taught though the middle of January,
http://www.f-a-t-e.org/victims program/fatevic1.html
Note: this post was too long for one posting, part 2 follows in the next post...
Ms. J bows deeply
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