Outreach Programs

Self-Defense Training Program

 

Autumn 2023 Class Schedule:

Monday: 5:00pm - 6:30pm - Delaware Hall 158

Thursday: 10:00am - 11:30am Delaware Hall 158

Friday: 12:00pm - 1:30pm - Delaware Hall Room 158

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Class Notes:

Classes are free and open to all students, employees, and community members over the age of 16 years old. Classes are first come, first served and limited to 20 participants.

Please fill out the waiver below and bring it with you to class. (We will have some copies if you forget!)

*New for Spring 2023: If you are a community member coming to campus for class, please park in visitor parking and follow app instructions.

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This empowering self-defense training for all folks combines fitness training and martial arts, and is taught by experienced instructors on the Columbus Campus. You can take one or two classes, or progress through the levels of this free training, learning valuable techniques to keep yourself and others safe.

 

Beginner Techniques - All participants begin at this level You will learn beginning techniques including: Break Falls and Rolls Wrist Grabs Push Kicks Clinch Takedowns Offensive Hip Throw Trap and Roll, and more The moves are suitable for beginners with no prior self-defense training.

Intermediate Techniques  You will learn intermediate techniques of self-defense including: Distance Closing Takedown Mount Stabilization Mata Leon Strangle Punch Block Series Guard Retention/Get Up

Advanced Techniques

You will learn more advanced techniques including:

• Boxing/Muay Thai
• Submissions
• Reversals
• Positional Control

About the Instructors

Sean Foster Sean Foster has nine years of municipal and college law enforcement experience. Foster is certified as a Defensive Tactics and Impact Weapons Instructor through the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy and conducts regular defensive tactics training. Sean is also Gracie Survival Tactics Certified. When not on campus, he trains to compete in Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a Brown Belt and as an amateur Mixed Martial Arts athlete in Ohio; he is the current 155lb. Amateur MMA Champion in Ohio.
Jason Apt Jason Apt is an athletic conditioning and recreation specialist at Columbus State. Apt earned his associate degree in Sport and Exercise Studies from CSCC, his B.S.in Sport Management from Union Institute and University, and his Master’s degree in Exercise Science from California University of Pennsylvania. He is also a USAW Olympic Lifting Coach. Apt has worked for Columbus State for eight years and serves as the head strength coach for the Athletics Department. Apt also has more than 20 years of martial arts training in Karate, boxing, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai and is Gracie Survival Tactics Certified.
Devan Quitt'er Devan Quitt'er is an alumni of CSCC with a degree in American Sign Language. She is also a Defensive Tactics Instructor. Her background in Martial Arts is extensive and includes over six years of wresting and she trains in Judo and is a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Ronin Training Center. She competes internationally in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with the GF Team in Columbus, Ohio under Vitor Oliveira. Devan also trains individually with Coaches Jason and Sean to continually improve her skills. Devan has also recently become Gracie Survival Tactics Certified which will only increase her ability to teach self defense skills to the community.

CHOICES About Alcohol

CHOICES is a brief alcohol abuse prevention and harm reduction program for college-enrolled students involving interactive journaling. The program involves one, 50-minute, facilitated online class presented by Counseling Services. Throughout CHOICES, students are presented with information, and then reflect on what they have learned as it relates to their choices about drinking in their personal journals. Rather than focusing on abstinence, this program encourages a harm-reduction approach to drinking. While it is important to recognize the illegal nature of any underage alcohol use, it is equally important to provide students with accurate information and strategies for reducing their risk if they choose to drink alcohol. CHOICES is presented in a non-confrontational manner that enables students to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption.

CHOICES was created by The Change Companies®, Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., and George Parks, Ph.D. The program is based upon research by the University of Washington Addictive Behaviors Research Center, which has been recognized by NIAAA and SAMHSA as leading alcohol abuse prevention for college students.

Request an online CHOICES training for your class

Become a QPR Gatekeeper!

• Suicide can be seen as a journey of increasing hopelessness that starts with an idea and ends with an act. Anybody with the right skills can disrupt this journey.
• QPR Gatekeeper training will teach you how to recognize warning signs for suicide, how to approach someone who feels suicidal, and how (and where) to refer that person for help.

Request a QPR Training

Send the QPR Team an Email

Please visit the Suicide Prevention webpage!

At Columbus State, we care about the mental health and well-being of students, staff, and faculty. Suicide impacts people of all ages, incomes, cultures, racial, ethnic, and religious groups in all parts of the country and around the world.

Our Professionals are available to Faculty/Staff in need of our services to provide trainings to the Columbus State Community College community. Our trainings include but are not limited to:

• Time Management
• Stress Management
• Test Anxiety
• Student Behavior in the Classroom

Our staff is also available to present on a number of other mental health related topics and encourage requests for such.

Please email us to request a presentation:

studentwellbeing@cscc.edu