We will begin with shared warmups, going around in a circle. We will then move into strikes, blocks and voice, each person in the group leading the group in a count of ten techniques, starting with the top of the body and moving down. For example, the first person might lead everyone in ten head blocks in their style, the next might lead everyone in ten self-defense strikes to the nose, etc. Yelling a word (“NO!”) instead of or in addition to a block or strike is also good. (And people are allowed to say “pass” if they don’t have something they want to share.) The pace here will be fast, so techniques are not going to be perfect! After this, we will form groups of three or four (from all different styles/arts) to make up a “kata” of a variety of techniques that we will learn from each other in our groups, which we will then show to the whole class. This will give everyone a chance to learn more deeply a few techniques from other styles and/or from empowerment self-defense