In conjunction with The Red Flag Campaign, a month-long awareness campaign focused on the issue of dating violence on college campuses, a free self-defense training workshop is again being offered to the Hays community.

The workshop is sponsored by the FHSU Women’s Leadership Project, Defensive Tactics Club, Department of Health and Human Performance and Panhellenic Council. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 4 in Cunningham Hall, Room 110.

Participants will learn situational awareness, common perpetrator tactics and an introduction to simple and effective physical and verbal self-defense and risk reduction techniques.

Kenton Russell is the primary trainer for the workshop and will be assisted by FHSU students who have been trained as defensive tactics coaches. Russell has 30 years of experience in mixed martial arts training and has trained many high profile individuals, including but not limited to Secret Service Agents, FBI Agents, SWAT Team members and Navy SEALs.

Participants age 12 and older should come dressed appropriately — shirts with sleeves and no jewelry. Shoes are not allowed on the mats.

For more information, call the Women’s Leadership Project at (785) 628-4312 or email [email protected].