Women's Self-Protection: The Feeling of Security

Krav Maga, Schlagtechniken, Empowerment: Self-protection courses for women are booming, but what do they really do? Between fitness and feminist criticism, it's about more than physical techniques. Krav Maga is a system of easy-to-learn but effective techniques. (Photo: M. Wurm) It bangs loudly when Mariane Huard's fists hit the beating pad again and again. A young adult woman stops it at her chest level and fires her. "Continue, go on, go on!) …