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Women's Programs

We offer membership with one low monthly fee covering unlimited classes. We encourage everyone to consider ongoing membership first as it offers a learning environment and resources that are far superior to other options. However, if you are highly pressed for time or just visiting the area, we also offer one-time seminars that are expertly designed to fit your distinct needs. Our women’s programs include:

Real-Life Self-Defense (RLSD-W)
Our default program for women. Unlimited ongoing classes at two locations with a monthly membership model. Classes available 6 days a week to fit any schedule.
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WSD (Women’s Self-Defense) Seminar I
(Single day course, 3 hours)
This is a single day, 3-hour introductory course for those who are really short on time. The seminar takes places in gym space with physical/tactical emphasis, but with built-in lecture and media showing. If you positively do not have the availability for anything else, this is the place to go.

WSD (Women’s Self-Defense) Seminar II
(2-session course on 2 consecutive weekend days, total 6 hours)
This is a two-session, 6-hour course that covers the basics for women’s self-defense. Opportunity to train with padded assailant to gain confidence and internalize skills. Takes place in gym space with built-in lecture and media showing.

WPS (Women’s Personal Safety) Seminar I
(2-session course on 2 consecutive weekend days, total 6 hours)
This is a two day, 6-hour course that is divided between classroom and gym space. Gym section includes intro to women’s self-defense. Classroom section features intensive training in home, family, workplace, street and travel safety; prediction, awareness and women’s issues.

WPS (Women’s Personal Safety) Seminar II
(4-session course on 4 consecutive weekend days, total 12 hours)
This is a four-day, 12-hour course that is divided between classroom and gym space. Gym section features extensive practice with padded assailant and one-on-one interaction with instructors. Classroom section features training in home, family, workplace, street and travel safety; prediction, awareness and women’s issues as well as verbal defense, target hardening and “street smarts” – including more interaction with instructor and media showings.

RADP (Rape / Abuse Defense & Prevention) Seminar I
(1 day course, 4 hours)
This is a 1 day, 4-hour course focusing specifically on rape, physical abuse and assault on women. Myths and misconceptions, facts and strategies. Gym space training of specialized skills includes built-in lecture and media showing.

RADP (Rape / Abuse Defense & Prevention) Seminar II
(2-session course on 2 consecutive weekend days, total 8 hours)
This is a 2-day, 8-hour course divided between gym space and classroom training. The focus is on rape, physical abuse and assault on women as well as verbal and emotional abuse, target hardening at work, on the street and in relationships, profile of rapist and abuser & power tools to combat them.

Consultation and Services
A variety of one-time and ongoing consultative services are available for at-risk women, women in high-risk occupations, domestic violence, restraining order, stalking, divorce, custody, and litigation cases, female executives, VIPs, celebrities and political figures. Inquiries are handled on a case-by-case basis. If warranted, we do take on roles beyond consultation up to and including “safe passage” retainers, security advisory, close protection and law enforcement liaison. Please call to discuss your case.

"My training is as a medical doctor. As a scientist, I have little tolerance for mystical explanations. What I liked right away about the Personal Safety is how analytical their teaching is and how that allows you to dissect what you’re doing yourself, correct your own mistakes and continuously get better at it. This gives you a sense that self-defense is not the special realm reserved for a few who are born with great talent or lucky enough to learn the “secrets”. It makes you realize that you really can do it."

Zhi King – Malden, MA

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Women’s Self-Defense - Science of its Own

We treat women’s self-defense as its own science. Our research and long-standing experience training women ranging from soccer moms to professional athletes and police officers has shown us that women’s training needs are different. Here are some of the more obvious reasons:

Women bring a different mental and emotional apparatus with them – you cannot train the body without addressing the mind
The good news: the average woman has 2/3 of the full body strength of the average man. The not-so-good news: the average woman does not have 2/3 of the upper body strength of the average man. Women have different physical strengths and weaknesses that need to be considered for effective defense
Statistically, women are threatened and attacked in distinctly different ways than men. Only if we train for what happens 99% of the time will we be safe 99% of the time
Women are socialized differently and many need different stress inoculation techniques than men before their potential can be unleashed

For all these reasons, we train female-only groups in certain seminars where women must get comfortable quickly due to time contraints and must still have the opportunity to test their skill on male instructors or padded assailants. A seminar is a one-time event by design, and experience has shown that uninitiated women learn certain subject areas more effectively in an all-female environment. For precisely the same reasons, however, our ongoing classes open to all members are always co-ed. In a mixed gender environment, women train with male participants on an ongoing basis. This experience teaches women how to be confidently physical with and around men while enabling them to test new-found skills on men of all shapes and sizes. A large body of data conclusively shows that both the stress inoculation improvements and overall real-life results made possible by this approach are far reaching.

Interested in a Seminar?

Seminars often take place on weekends during the day time, but can be scheduled according to the needs of your group. Custom seminars with custom content to fit your specific requirements and/or interest can always be designed at short notice due to the modular nature of our offerings.

Please contact us for details.