FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Some people celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks, cookouts, and parades.
First Shield Defense (FSD) celebrates by practicing and teaching self-defense.
On the morning of the Fourth, FSD members practiced their self-defense skills in an open-to-the-public event, celebrating independence “the responsibly violent way.”
In a Facebook post from FSD, community members were invited to “come get in some solid work before the cookouts begin,” by practicing with grappling, MMA, and weapons handling…