Women’s Self-Defense

Get ready to become more confident, strong and safe!

Our Women’s Self-Defense classes help women live the secure and independent lives they deserve. The classes, open exclusively to women ages 14 and up, teach personal safety along with practical, intuitive skills based on body mechanics- not techniques that take years to master- making them suitable for all fitness levels, no experience required.

Women’s Self-Defense Classes

Self-defense starts long before any violence occurs.:

Our classes help women identify and avoid potential threats, while giving them the tools to survive an attack. The moves and concepts are suitable for all women, no experience or athletic capability required.

Benefits Of Training:

Some benefits you will gain from taking our women’s self-defense classes in Greenville, SC are:
– Feeling more confident, capable and safe in everyday life
– Learning how to identify, avoid, escape and survive dangerous situations
– Determining how to set and enforce personal boundaries
– Increasing your situational awareness
-Learning how to de-escalate potentially high-risk circumstances
-Discovering how to detect and assess threats
– Understanding vital striking areas
– Knowing how to make yourself a “hard” target so attackers are less likely to pick you
– Learning to remain calm in high pressure environments
– Improved stress management
– Enhanced critical thinking and problem solving skills

Our Approach to Self-Defense Training:

Our women’s self-defense classes are taught through the lens of real, updated statistical data relevant to women. We use results-driven methods that are based on women’s specific biomechanics and physiology- not technical mastery- to teach women to use critical thinking and high speed problem solving skills. The result is that women like you feel more secure and capable with every class.

How Classes Are Structured:

Our women’s self-defense classes in Greenville, SC are taught in a fun, supportive environment. Our instructors have trained with international experts in the field of self-defense and personal safety. Each class focuses on both preventive and responsive skills. We use innovative drills to teach concepts that can be applied to multiple situations, resulting in women being better prepared. Women are partnered together in smaller groups of 2 or 3, allowing for maximum instructor guidance.
The classes alternate between stand-up and on-the- ground scenarios while exploring the 5 fighting ranges: weapons, kicking, striking, grappling and ground, and the 5 goals of self-defense: avoid, escape, control, incapacitate, or endure until a better position emerges.

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