The Justice Department reports that three out of four women will experience an attempted or completed assault in her lifetime. While men are more likely to be attacked by strangers, women face the greatest danger from people they know. Nearly one-third of female homicide victims are killed by their husbands or boyfriends. Eighty-nine percent of women who experience rape or attempted rape are assaulted by someone they know. And, as we recently witnessed in New York City, knowing how to handle potentially threatening situations may be your only protection.
Students learn simple, effective tools to use in a variety of situations.
Their mission is to build a safer world one woman at a time. Defending Ourselves offers training in safety awareness, danger assessment, strategies to avoid assault, verbal assertiveness, physical techniques, response to weapon threats, and self-esteem training, because healthy people know they're worth defending. 153 Park St., San Rafael. They are a diverse, women-led community of 100 adults, practicing the martial art Kajukenbo, an eclectic fighting art very well suited to women's self defense. Laurel Jujitsu offers self-defense classes and jujitsu for women and girls in the Laurel district of Oakland.