Pretty Deadly Podcast

In 2005, Pretty Deadly founder decided to run a marathon. In this episode, Susie shares her experiences training for, and running, a marathon, and how that relates to self defense.This episode talks about:Expectations and supportStereotyping body typesIn what ways softer training is harmful to women in self defenseThe value of learning how to take a punchHow these stereotypes contribute to targeting women for violenceYou have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can learn more about who we are and what we do and how to find a Pretty Deadly course near you by visiting our website at prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. And if you’re a fitness or martial arts pro and you’d like enhance your instructor skills, our certification programs are open for enrollment, and you can find them on our website at prettydeadlypro.com.This podcast is produced by Singe Network for Pretty Deadly, recorded in Berlin,and our original music is the track Icarus Wish by Berlin band Dead Sentries, used with permission from the artists.

Women should feel safe while working out and here's how to feel safer. This episode explores important safety concerns for women in gyms, women's safety while running, why health and safety are important in a fitness environment, including why women won't ask for help at the gym. Hosted by safety fitness gear founders Faith C., of FittSafe and Susie K. of Pretty Deadly, they discuss what it means to be mission-aligned and their shared vision for a world where there is nothing holding women back from living the lives they choose.===============================Recommended safety gear for women runners & women in fitness===============================FittSafe: https://fittsafe.comPretty Deadly Self Defense mobile app for iOS: https://t.ly/wuQdH for Android: https://t.ly/zjNQVGet Running Mate app: https://getrunningmate.com/Go_Guarded: https://goguarded.com/Motherhood Running: https://instagram.com/motherhood_running===============================Article mentioned in this episode:===============================Not All Women: Women's voices, race, and media coveragehttps://medium.com/@susiekahlich/not-all-women-5893984b0200********You have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can learn more about who we are and what we do and how to find a Pretty Deadly course near you by visiting our website at prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. And if you’re a fitness or martial arts pro and you’d like enhance your instructor skills, our certification programs are open for enrollment, and you can find them on our website at https://prettydeadlypro.com.This podcast is produced by Singe Network for Pretty Deadly, recorded in Berlin,and our original music is the track Icarus Wish by Berlin band Dead Sentries, used with permission from the artists.

This episode talk about how to handle trauma when it’s triggered in a client. Trauma triggers can be scary and upsetting for everyone. Do you know what to do when a client experiences a trigger? This episode talks about:Recognize the signsSpotlight & shameGiving permissionBuddy systemProtect yourself ****You have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can learn more about who we are and what we do and how to find a Pretty Deadly course near you by visiting our website at https://prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. And if you’re a fitness or martial arts pro and you’d like enhance your instructor skills, our certification programs are open for enrollment, and you can find them on our website at https://prettydeadlypro.com.This podcast is produced by Singe Network for Pretty Deadly, recorded in Berlin,and our original music is the track Icarus Wish by Berlin band Dead Sentries, used with permission from the artists.

This episode explores how trauma actually works in the long term, both in the brain and how it manifests in the body, and gives some practical advise for working with people suffering from PTSD.This episode talks about:Trauma is data with no file/contextReplays until normalized or filing place foundEmotionally always trying to get back to the moment beforeThis shows up in behavior such as frustration, short temper, impatience, feeling like no one understandsAlso shows up in the body in these ways: menstrual cramps, difficult childbirth, intense menopause symptomsAs trainers, we want to gently guide our clients back to the now, and we can do that by helping be in their bodies. ****You have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can learn more about who we are and what we do and how to find a Pretty Deadly course near you by visiting our website at prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. And if you’re a fitness or martial arts pro and you’d like enhance your instructor skills, our certification programs are open for enrollment, and you can find them on our website at prettydeadlypro.com.This podcast is produced by Singe Network for Pretty Deadly, recorded in Berlin,and our original music is the track Icarus Wish by Berlin band Dead Sentries, used with permission from the artists.

What if questions can sometimes make us feel like we're in over our heads, but this episode explores why they're actually great for self defense, and how to guide people towards figuring it out for themselves.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of violence.This episode talks about moving out of our comfort zones as trainers to look at the methods and kinds of threats women actually face, rather than what we imagine is happening:True crime storyNot all menTeaching things people actually needThe urban myth of the ponytailYou have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can learn more about who we are and what we do and how to find a Pretty Deadly course near you by visiting our website at prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. And if you’re a fitness or martial arts pro and you’d like enhance your instructor skills, our certification programs are open for enrollment, and you can find them on our website at prettydeadlypro.com.This podcast is produced by Singe Network for Pretty Deadly, recorded in Berlin,and our original music is the track Icarus Wish by Berlin band Dead Sentries, used with permission from the artists.

Just as a quick recap, FInal Girls Film Fest is an annual festival hosted here in Berlin celebrating the best in women’s horror: meaning, features, shorts, workshops, talks and even book launches about horror created by women, and women’s roles in the horror genre. And every year for the past 6 or 7 years, Pretty Deadly leads a self defense workshop for the festival, based around a horror theme. This episode is about how Pretty Deadly Certified Self Defense Trainer Julia Brasch and I prepped for this year's workshop, called Fearless Vampire Killers.This episode talks about:VampiresMythologyUniversal fears of womenPatriarchyYou have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can learn more about who we are and what we do and how to find a Pretty Deadly course near you by visiting our website at prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. And if you’re a fitness or martial arts pro and you’d like enhance your instructor skills, our certification programs are open for enrollment, and you can find them on our website at prettydeadlypro.com.This podcast is produced by Singe Network for Pretty Deadly, recorded in Berlin,and our original music is the track Icarus Wish by Berlin band Dead Sentries, used with permission from the artists.

We interview martial artist, teacher and self defense trainer Julia Brasch in this episode of the Pretty Deadly Podcast.Julia is a German martial artist and teacher with over 30 years of experience, training in Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Muy Thai. Her start in martial arts was unique in that her teachers and trainers for the first five years of her schooling were all women. Julia talks about the importance of female mentorship and the importance of a balance of genders as well, along with anecdotes from her own life as a student, as a trainer, and her philosophy as a martial artist. She became a Pretty Deadly certified self defense trainer last summer to supplement her own training, and is now an integral part of the Pretty Deadly family as a Master Trainer for Europe. You can find out more about Pretty Deadly at our website prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. If your'e a fitness pro, community leader or martial artist and you'd like to expand your learning and practice, you can get certified as a Pretty Deadly trainer. Find our upcoming certification courses at prettydeadlypro.com.This podcast is produced by SINGE Network for Pretty Deadly. Our theme song is a track called Icarus Wish by Berlin-based punk band, Dead Sentries, and is used with permission of the artists.

Self defense is already associated with fear and scary situations. This episode explores why using scary stories to motivate people to learn and train self defense tends to have the opposite effect.This episode talks about some famous urban myths and the real #truecrime stories behind them:Kitty GenoveseMary McGriffPhiladelphia subway assaultA real life kidnapping incident in MichiganA real life incident in SpainYou have been listening to the Pretty Deadly Podcast. You can learn more about who we are and what we do and how to find a Pretty Deadly course near you by visiting our website at prettydeadlyselfdefense.com. And if you’re a fitness or martial arts pro and you’d like enhance your instructor skills, our summer certification programs are open for enrollment, and you can find them on our website at Pretty Deadly Pro.This podcast is produced by Singe Network for Pretty Deadly, recorded in Berlin,and our original music is the track Icarus Wish by Berlin band Dead Sentries, used with permission from the artists.