Inside a South Jersey gym, a nonprofit is helping women reclaim their power through a self-defense class

A South Jersey nonprofit is teaching women how to defend themselves while also launching a new effort to support those ...
Abi Butcher on MSN

6 months self defense progress confidence and strength

After six months of self-defense training, confidence and strength are on a whole new level. A motivating journey showing ...
KWQC

With self-defense classes, women empowered to stay safe, protect others

MOLINE, Ill (KWQC) - Spellious Martial Arts Center is changing not only bodies but also lives. It is a free, weekly women’s survivor self-defense class in Moline, Illinois, for women ages 14 and up ...
WFFF Burlington on MSN

Meet The Safety Team, part of this year’s Remarkable Women

Meet The Safety Team, a non-profit group of women using martial arts to help community members heal from trauma.
Chicago Tribune

Self-defense class for women, girls also offers lessons in safety and resilience

Hypervigilance and situational awareness are just two of the points instructors offered to women and girls in a self-defense class at the Multi Agency Academic Cooperative on a recent Friday evening. ...
LGBTQ Nation

“You are worth defending”: Trans groups elevate safety with community self-defense classes

At the beginning of class, Chijioke “Chi” Williams invites her trans self-defense students to “shake it out” and simply get moving. “There’s so many people with complicated relationships with their ...

Fishtown jiu-jitsu studio offers free self-defense class after reports of neighborhood lurker

A local jiu-jitsu studio offered a free self-defense class on Friday after recent reports of a man following women in ...
KLTV

East Texas women’s self-defense classes grow as assaults rise globally

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Globally, one in three women will be the victim of physical or sexual violence, according to the United Nations. As more attacks on women become more frequent, this is causing a ...