My junior troop has designed their own self defense badge. We're using the actual physical badge I found from somewhere in California, and no, we're not going through official channels because that isn't the point anymore. I'm also going to do a brownie try-it with similar activities but I haven't designed the requirements yet (although I picked up one of the try-its from California, just in case).
To complete badge: Complete 6 activities. You must complete the 2 activities with the * by the number, and then 4 activities of your choice.
*1. Explain what to do in different emergency situations, such as:
-Stranger asks/tells you to get in a car
-Stranger grabs your hand
-You witness someone being hurt or attacked
2. Whom do you call in an emergency in order of priority? Do different emergencies have different responses? Is 911 available in your area? What information should you know when you call?
3. Be able to describe the basic tenets of your chosen martial art. How does it differ from other practices? Why did you choose to learn it? How does one progress?
4. Give a brief history of your martial art. Where is it from geographically? How long has it been practiced? What events brought it to its current popularity or its current form?
*5. Demonstrate basic self defense techniques
-Against grab
-Against push
-Against punch
6. Demonstrate three basic defensive hand techniques and three basic offensive hand techniques.
7. Demonstrate three basic kicks
8. Name any special clothing or equipment worn or used in the practice of your martial art. For what purpose is it worn or used?
9. Attend a martial arts competition as a participant or spectator. How do individuals compete? What sort of events are available?
10. Martial arts often figure prominently in movies. Either on your own or with an adult with more experience, determine the differences between actual martial arts practice and how it is portrayed in a movie of your choice. Is the movie accurate? If not, in what ways is it different from reality?
77. Doberge Cake
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I've never made one before.
It's Mardi Gras, at least for a little while longer, and I lived in
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So, did you order them from California, or pick them up when you were there? Curious as to how this works (or worked, as the case may be).
I ordered them online. Then I took a look at their requirements, tweaked it a bit, talked to one of the dads who is in tae kwon do, and went with it.
Council's Own Patch Programs is where I found the stuff originally. That's how my juniors earned archery badges, for instance, was by following one of those links, doing the work, and ordering the badges from them.
Hey, this patch should be called martial arts. JMHO since it is written as such that self defense is only done with martial arts.
Cause, y'know, down here a self-defense course would include, "What is the distance to impact of a firearm?" etc. Ha ha
It is a martial arts badge, but GS and BSA don't like martial arts (for the same reason we wouldn't have concealed carry). Actually BSA has a rifling badge but not martial arts because there's nothing you do with martial arts except hurt people. Or so they say. Never mind the discipline it gives Maeve...
Yeah, at our house "self defense" includes stuff like putting on goggles and a mask, and practicing how to use pepper spray. I have a feeling GSUSA wouldn't go for that. I could say something snide like "GSUSA would prefer girls to THINK about situations where that might be appropriate, and then think how else they could handle that situation (or some other moronic 'thinking' crap instead of 'doing' activities)", but, well, that goes without saying.
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