KNES 12G
Self-Defense


Course Description

This course is an introduction to the discipline of Kinesiology through personal self-defense. This course includes a historical and global examination of self-defense, which will provide the student with a sense of awareness and practical applications that will maximize the student's strength, endurance, and skill relative to gender, body build, and ability to react to various situations. Students will have an awareness of potential problems, attack prevention/avoidance, escape strategies, counterattack, kidnapping, and sexual violence will be discussed. The class also goes through basic exercise physiology, nutrition, fundamentals of strength development, and flexibility.

Class Details

CRN Course Section Days Times Instructor Loc
47897 KNES 12G 01 M·W···· 05:00 PM-05:50 PM Pete Rabbitt PE14

Class Dates: This class runs from 2026-04-06 to 2026-06-26.
Footnote:
KNES 12G-01: Fully ON-CAMPUS. This class meets on-campus each week on scheduled days and times as noted in the class listing. .For information about our classes please visit: https://www.deanza.edu/pe/.

Class Materials

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Course Details

Units
0.5 Units
Hours
  • Weekly Lecture Hours: 0
  • Weekly Lab Hours: 2
Program Status
Program Applicable
Credit
Credit - Degree Applicable
Grading Method
Letter Grading

Requisite and Advisory

Advisory
ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.

Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills

(This course is included in the Combatives Family of activity courses. Please see the rules on "Repeating Courses" in the College Policies section of the catalog.)
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