Self evaluation of Tae Kwon Do demonstration speech

For my LSC 100 demonstration speech, I showed the class a few simple self defense moves. I chose this topic and would choose it again for another speech because it can relate to the lives of all students on campus and we all need to be safe when we are by ourselves, especially at night. These moves help a person feel safer, knowing that they can defend themselves if they are ever in a dangerous situation.

The introduction of my demonstration speech was very choppy and would have been better with more practice and memorization. I was enthusiastic to teach people and made eye contact with the audience. I spoke clearly and effectively, when I was not stumbling over my words in the introduction, and with appropriate volume.
The first part of the body of my speech focused on the simple jab and punch. However, I should have emphasized the importance of putting all your weight behind a punch because this has a greater affect on an attacker. Ryan O’Leary, my assistant, held a small paddle as my visual aid. This proved to be an effective way of demonstrating a jab and punch. I repeated the importance of hitting the opponent with the leading two knuckles to avoid injury to the defender.

The second portion of my demonstration speech was how to block a punch. Ryan was a great helper in demonstrating this part of my speech. Considering my speech was short, I should have demonstrated a block that involved the defendant stepping on the inside of the attacker, followed by a hit to injure the attacker after the block, offering more options for the defender.

The third part of my speech was definitely the most useful aspect. Here I slowly demonstrated how to escape being grabbed by the wrist with the help of my assistant. This is another place I should have showed another effective escape move because my speech was short on time. Overall however, I believe my speech still communicated several successful self defense moves that can easily be learned and executed with little time or effort.