Stick with the basics. It's common to have students move in and out of class so the more technical the technique the less likely they will be to retain it. Don't forget to teach verbal skills, situation preventatives (awareness, predator recognition). The ladies love these parts and will keep them in their minds forever. One problem I see is instructors teaching "arts" as real world self-defense. Nothing wrong with arts, but a street savy person will be turned off if you teach them something that they know in their mind that they can't do or wouldn't try. If you want to teach a "tough" crowd, try teaching a group of police officers. They will tell you right away what won't work and what will. You can't show them something fancy and then tell them to do it in full uniform. I am very big on tool development right from the beginning. Some of my best workouts is just taking turns on the heavy bag for 1,2, or 3 minute rounds concentrating on tools and turning the "flame" on and off.
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