Senior Capstone Product Proposal Form 2016-2017

Student Name Nicholas Parillo Period 2

Research Topic:
Physical and Psychological self defense
.
Thesis (one sentence) -based on your research, what you believe about your topic
I believe that the combination of both physical and psychological self defense is key to protect
yourself from an attacker.
Research Question ( a question you will attempt to answer and solve on your quest)
What techniques are best to block the majority of attack methods?
Description of Product (What do you intend to do?):
I plan to teach others the best strategies and tactics to defend oneself in sticky situations
where physical confrontation might not be appropriate.
Form of Final Product (check all that apply)
CHECK Video/Documentary(explain below)
_______ Creation (explain below)

_______ Service/Mentorship, etc.

_______ Other (please explain):

Describe the connection between your research (annotated bibliography) and your product.
From what I researched, I found out better ways to protect myself from an attacker.
How will you display the entire process in in your digital portfolio?
Photos and Video Entries.
Estimate the number of hours needed to complete ALL of the items on your to do list (page 2) including
your final product. You must document at least ten (10) fieldwork hours outside of class.
Roughly +-20H
Explain how you will document each and every step for completing your product (journal, blog, video blog,
etc.). This must be a documented (10 entries minimum) that will be uploaded digitally. There will be
checks on this throughout the process.
I will take special classes to train and learn from tried and true methods. At each step of the
learning process, I will photograph my progress and record video entries.
What do you hope to learn during this process? Remember that this is not a research paper or project
but an experience.
I hope to learn valuable skills that will help me protect myself from unwanted potential harm
and teach me how to protect my family in the future.

How will this final product go outside of the realm of simply a benefit to you? How will your knowledge,
experience, creation, etc., benefit others?
I will teach a class to a group of interested individuals the techniques I learned through my training and
experiences.

My To Do List
Below list the steps and timeline you will attempt to follow to complete your product. As you
complete the product, make additions or subtract steps as you go if and when necessary. Even though
you completed this To Do list, it will certainly change. Change it on your Googledocs, as it will be a
part of your digital portfolio.
Steps

Approx. Time
Necessary to
Complete

1.
Turn in this paper*

1H 24M

2.
Join a Jiu jitsu martial arts class

1- 2 Weeks

3.
Research more on the Psychological areas of self defense (Possibly with a Psychologist)

1-3 Months

4.
Document my progress by taking photos and commenting on them.

Within 1-2
months

5.
Record Video in short segments of my training experiences

1-2 months etc.

6.
Put together collected knowledge and data material into a video explaining my training
process.

1-2 Weeks

7.
Put out a memo of a free self defense classes that I will host to interested applicants

End of research
period - idk when

8.
Teach a physical and psychological self defense class

End of research
period- idk when

9.
Gather all experiences and put them together into one thought out document/ video

End of research
period- idk when

10.
Finish Senior capstone project and graduate from Polytechnic High School**

May-ish?

Student Signature ________Nicholas Parillo____________ _______ Date 12/13/2016

Teacher Signature __________________________________________________ Date __________________
Accepted As-Is___________
Accepted With Modifications ____________