White Belt in the Art of VSD

There is a new martial system I have begun to train in today. It is, for me, something new and unique. It is me stranded in a life boat and finally seeing land just above the horizon and I know that if I start now, paddle like crazy, use the currents or the ebb and flow of the ocean I can reach that landfall - someday.

This new system of VSD will allow me to supplement in greater details my view on self defense and its implications when using communications to avoidance and deescalation. I am of course a novice, a white belt. It reminds me so of my early days as a karate-ka - you know, a bit awkward but hungry to learn and practice.

I look forward to growing in this new martial system and thank two persons for it was their input, via books, that inspired me to take this on with a fevor and the kind of diligence I have in karate.

Thanks to Rory Miller and his book Facing Violence where I was introduced to an expert author on this system, Dr. Suzette Elgin, Ph.D., in the GAVSD.

穏やかな芸術口頭での自己防衛
Odayakana geijutsu kōtō de no jiko bōei
gentle art verbal self defense