We offer training online! Check out our workshops here.
Defend Yourself empowers people
–especially women and LGBTQ+ people—to end violence and create a world where they can be fully themselves.
In our classes you’ll learn skills to help you prevent, interrupt, heal from, and end violence and abuse. You’ll leave better equipped to deal with everything from annoying people to full-on attacks.
Defend Yourself’s experienced instructors know self-defense theory and techniques, the facts about violence, trauma, and healing, and effective teaching methods. And our students love them!
CURRENT + UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Join us for online workshops that will support you, your family, and your community during the pandemic and more. Various dates and times available!
- Active Bystander Skills for Interrupting Racism
- Empowerment and Self-Defense for Asian-Americans
- Empowerment and Self-Defense for Black People
- Empowerment and Self-Defense for People of Color
- Boundaries for the Pandemic (and the rest of life)
- Safe at Work: De-escalation for Essential Workers
- Safe Bars: De-Escalation for Hospitality Staff
- Empowerment and Self-Defense for Trans People
Want a workshop just for your group? Contact us.
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Find out more about our classes for everyone.
What can we do for you?
Join a class that Defend Yourself has set up, or create one just for your group! Check out our Safe Bars program, Defend Yourself’s bystander intervention program for bar, club, and restaurant staffs. Or just one click and you can learn something now!
