What if you could train self-defense without adding anything to your schedule? In this episode, Susie Kahlich explains how everyday household tasks—like washing dishes or loading the dishwasher—can become effective training tools for self-defense. Learn how scrubbing, reaching, and bending can help you practice strikes, wrist locks, and escapes, using movements you already do every day. This isn't just about efficiency—it’s a feminist reframe of how and where self-defense happens.
Whether you’re a beginner or a longtime Pretty Deadly fan, this is where martial arts meet real life.
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00:00 – Welcome & training mindset
00:36 – Train like elite athletes: everyday movement
01:46 – Gender bias in martial arts teaching
02:45 – Creating Pretty Deadly for real-world women
03:32 – Turning chores into training: the new series
04:46 – Scrubbing = claw strikes to remove grabs
05:58 – Washing pans = elbow strike practice
06:41 – Glassware = wrist locks for escapes
07:43 – “Shake the Water” = escape a two-hand choke
08:44 – Dishwasher tips: shuriken & bending safely
10:13 – Putting dishes away = palm strikes with follow-through
11:46 – Using your whole body in strikes
12:56 – Don’t train more. Train smarter.
🧽 Scrub with purpose
🧼 Load with awareness
🍽️ Strike with a plate
Because every move you make can be powerful.
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🎶 Theme: “Icarus Wish” by Dead Centuries. Used with permission.
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