I’ll admit it—I was a skeptic. When I first heard about self-defense training, I didn’t think it was for me. It sounded like something that might work for others, but not for someone like me. After all, I’m not exactly the martial artist type. I never thought I would be in a situation where I’d […]

As a parent, there’s nothing more important than ensuring the safety and well-being of my child. When my 16-year-old daughter, Lily, approached me about wanting to take a self-defense class, I wasn’t sure how to respond at first. On one hand, I wanted to encourage her to become more independent and confident. On the other,

When I first walked into a self-defense class, I wasn’t expecting to walk out a different person. I wasn’t even sure what I hoped to get out of it. All I knew was that I was tired of feeling uneasy, tired of wondering if I’d be able to protect myself in a difficult situation. Little

When I first signed up for self-defense classes, I wasn’t expecting it to change my life. Like many people, I thought of self-defense as something you do just in case of an emergency—a set of physical techniques you learn to fight off an attacker. I didn’t realize how much it would impact me on a