Imagine if John Rambo was a woman who worked in PR ...

We're not saying Ancoats is a dangerous area to have an office, but this afternoon at Smith & Smith we had a fantastic self-defence seminar from ex-Army instructor David Brownley.

In the excellent two-hour session, David covered everything from 'how to walk away' (an important skill that avoids many other problems) to blocking knife attacks, as well as how to best wear our laptop bags.

He even patiently answered all our general 'fitness' questions (which for most of us was limited to questions on how to tone one's bum, get rid of extra tum, etc.)

Highly recommended ... and people had better not mess with Smith & Smith staff now we're fully-trained action girls.