Women's Self-Defense Training

Self-defense is not a sport or an exercise video, it is a way to protect you and potentially survive an unwelcome encounter. Most women who are attacked are not prepared to defend themselves. Understanding the Threat - According to Bureau of Justice statistics:

• Females are generally murdered by people they know. In 64% of female homicide cases, females were killed by a family member or intimate partner:
• -24% of female homicide victims were killed by a spouse or former spouse.
• -21% were killed by a boyfriend or girlfriend.
• -19% were killed by another family member.
• -25% of females were killed by others they knew.
• Females made up 70% of victims killed by an intimate partner.
• Females were killed by intimate partners at twice the rate of males.
• Black female victims of intimate partner homicide were twice as likely as white female homicide victims to be killed by a spouse.
• Black females were four times more likely than white females to be murdered by a boyfriend or girlfriend.
• 1 in 5 college women will be raped over a 5 year college career. 18% of women will be raped over the course of their lifetime.