CHERRYPICKERDe Anza College
KNES 12G
Self-Defense · 0.5 units · used in 5 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
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.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTCKNES 12GSelf-DefenseOpen1 section · 39 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 26583 · 01Open · 39
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”
Transfer pathways that use KNES 12G
ASSIST maps KNES 12G to a requirement in 5 published pathways from De Anza College.
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