Self Defense for Women & Teens

The Teen and Women’s Program is a comprehensive approach to safety training that includes awareness, risk reduction, posture and verbal skills as well as physical skills. It is meant to provide OPTIONS in the critical moments in which your personal space has been violated.  It also aims to prevent assault against females and build confidence in their ability to stay safe.  By cultivating the defensive mindset and the desire to fight for life, this program helps empower the female student from the inside out.

This dynamic program allows the student to learn skill sets with a hands-on approach. Skills are demonstrated and explained, practiced through repetition with and without padded targets and are reinforced with physical simulation practice. Simulation practice means students use skills they have learned against a padded attacker with full force. This helps them realize their physical power and also reinforces their need to verbalize initially and throughout the exercise. Students are not left alone in any of these exercises and are coached through each step which provides a supportive environment for all women including those that have survived assault.

We emphasize strong communication skills and strategies to escape danger such as de-escalation, assertive skills, boundary setting and more.  We provide training drills with strategies for violations from those we know and those that we don’t know. We also teach students how to manage the adrenal response and the emotions that accompany high-stress confrontations.  All of this and more are taught in an environment that is physically safe and emotionally supportive.

Women's Program

Cost $115/175
6 hour or 10 hour immersion weekend
Cost - Call/Email
Individual or Small Group

Upcoming Sessions

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Announcements

January 2025 2-Day Intensive Women’s/Teen Girls Self-Defense Course

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/january-2025-women-teen-girl-self-defense-two-day-course-register-registration-1058638469159?aff=oddtdtcreator

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November 2024 Condensed Course

Women’s and Teens Self-Defense Short Course/2 Hours https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-2024-condensed-self-defense-programshort-course-registration-1009480121217?aff=oddtdtcreator

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September 2024 Women’s/Teen girls self-defense/immersion session

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/september-2024-womens-teens-6-hour-self-defense-session-registration-906981284437?aff=oddtdtcreator

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October 2024 Self Defense for Women/teen girls,one day course.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/october-2024-womens-teens-6-hour-self-defense-session-registration-925877383177

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August 2024 10hr. self defense/intensive

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/august-2024-women-teen-girl-self-defense-two-day-course-register-registration-863170525277?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Thank you so much for offering this type of program for women and teens. It is life changing! Being able to use the skills that we were taught in a simulation helped me to feel more confident, knowledgeable and empowered.
R. Robinson
What an eye opening, empowering and fantastic class! ALL women of any age should take this!!!
L. Ontko
I took Tanya Panizzo’s self-defense class for women at the age of 64 and I beat up the scary red man! Tanya taught me to be vigilant, to pay attention to what is going on around us. She used everyday scenarios for demonstration and it made me think about how I am capable to take care of myself.
B. Myhrum
Tanya's self-defense classes are above and beyond ANY typical self-defense class. I went to one of her sessions and it is truly life-changing. She teaches practical, versatile techniques that ANY woman, regardless of age/background/capability can put in her “toolbox” and adapt to her capabilities and her situation.
Meredith C.
My experience with Tanya Panizzo and her Fighting Spirit Course was beyond my expectations. I highly benefited from this on a physical, mental, and emotional level.  It helped me release past negative situations and shift into empowering myself. It taught me to honor and respect myself. Tanya Panizzo and her assistants are AMAZING.
Tiffany J.
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