{"id":308,"date":"2016-07-19T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T23:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:45:08","slug":"rad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/services\/rad\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Defense Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rad-systems.com\/index.html\">Resisting Aggression with Defense<\/a> (R.A.D.) Basic Personal Defense System is a national program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques. These programs train both men and women in basic self-defense techniques and offer viable options when confronted with various threats of violence and aggression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our programs are offered for free on campus throughout the academic year for students, faculty, and staff.\u00a0 Seats are offered on a first-come\/first-served basis. Specialized and private classes are also available. Email <a href=\"mailto:selfdef@bu.edu\">selfdef@bu.edu<\/a> for inquiries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The R.A.D. system is not a martial arts class. All courses are taught by nationally certified R.A.D. instructors from the Boston University Police Department.\u00a0Classes are also available for credit. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have any questions about our self-defense classes, please e-mail <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span><a href=\"mailto:selfdef@bu.edu\">selfdef@bu.edu<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Please fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/files\/2016\/07\/RADBinder.pdf\">medical waiver<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/informed-consent-waiver\/\">informed\u00a0consent waiver<\/a> before attending the program. Please note, if you are a student, you must\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/student.bu.edu\/MyBU\/\">MyBU Student Portal<\/a> to register.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Spring 2024 Class Schedule<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Self Defense for Women<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dates (Wednesday class): <\/strong>3\/20, 3\/27, 4\/3, 4\/10<br \/>\n<strong>Dates (Thursday Class):<\/strong> 2\/15, 2\/22, 2\/29, 3\/7<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 6PM- 9:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Case Athletic Center Case Rooftop, 285 Babcock St<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/phpbin\/signup\/?event_id=639\">Sign Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Resisting Aggression with Defense (R.A.D.) Basic Personal Defense System is a national program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques. These programs train both men and women in basic self-defense techniques and offer viable options when confronted with various threats of violence and aggression. Our programs are offered for free on campus throughout the academic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":245,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2656,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions\/2656"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}