Best wishes for a healthy, happy and safe 2011. On tap from Defend University this year: Renewed emphasis on combatting violence against women worldwide; Building and maintaining a strong network of concerned, committed and engaged women’s self-defense instructors; Empowering a broader number of girls and women with more information and instruction through vehicles such [...] Read more »
Instructor certification courses for the Fight Like a Girl and Girls on Guard modules will be held in Phoenix on July 18 and 19 respectively.
There are Women’s Self-Defense Instructor Certification Courses scheduled in the East in June and in the West in July: June 20 — Westchester, New York, Fight Like a Girl Instructor Certification (FLAG)June 21 — Westchester, New York, Girls on Guard Instructor Certification (GOG) Steve Kardian will be running a weekend Instructor Certification Course for both [...] Read more »
People wishing to be certified as women’s self-defense instructors in the Fight Like a Girl module and the Girls on Guard module have a couple of options in November. Phoenix is the location for certification courses Nov. 3 and 4. New York is the location for certification courses Nov. 10 and 11. There will probably [...] Read more »
Six new senior instructors have come out of the Aug. 25 Weapons for Women instructor certification course in Chicago. Bruce Gunderson, Shannon Mahoney, Ellen McGrath, Mark Grove, Maire Dempsey, and Dave Scorza are all certified Rape Escape instructors and their certification in this course makes all of them Senior Instructors. A Senior Instructor is an [...] Read more »