Self Defense

You are worth fighting for. We just hope you never have to.

International
Rape Aggression Defense System (RAD) offers 9-12 hour introductory and advanced courses for women, men, and kids in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Switzerland, and South Korea. Find a RAD course in your city.

United States
NOT-ME provides instruction, condition, and training to individuals in at-risk populations, and offers this online self defense guide. Classes are held at a location in Arlington, MA.

Impact Personal Safety programs assert that good communication skills are the foundation of personal safety and well-being, and offer self defense classes that encompass verbal strategies, awareness skills, and physical assailant defense in the Los Angeles and Hollywood, CA area.

Girls’ LEAP Self-Defense, a Boston-based nonprofit that teaches girls physical self-defense, along with conflict resolution, anger management, healthy relationships and advocacy, offers courses in the Boston metropolitan area.

Center for Anti-Violence Education,  a New York City based nonprofit, offers a range of classes that are designed to develop participants’ skills, knowledge, and awareness to enable them to heal from, prevent, and counter violence.

And check out the Girls Fight Back website for a list of other self defense programs as well.