A Message to Our Community

 At this time, Defense-ability self-defense classes are temporarily paused due to a medical situation affecting our founder. We appreciate your patience, understanding, and continued support during this period.

While regular classes are not currently being scheduled, we hope to resume training in the future. If you would like to be notified about upcoming classes, workshops, or program updates, please click on the Contact Us link and fill out the form to be added to our contact list.

In the meantime, safety education and awareness presentations continue to be available through our nonprofit organization, Women’s Empowerment and Safety Training.  Presentations can be tailored for schools, libraries, workplaces, community groups, conferences, and other organizations, with topics including:

• Personal safety and situational awareness 
• Boundary setting and verbal skills 
• Workplace safety
• College campus safety 
• Rideshare and travel safety 
• Violence prevention education for women 

For future class notifications or presentation inquiries, please contact us or submit your information via the Contact Us link.

Thank you for being part of the Defense-ability community

Women: take this class! It was half information: how to avoid confrontation, what to do if you can't avoid it, situational awareness, and tools you can use to protect yourself. The other half was learning and practicing moves to defend yourself. Rebecca and her assistant were super professional but also really friendly and accessible. We were all newbies and some of us (me) were really clueless and nervous, but they were so patient and efficient and clear with their instructions I felt really safe and supported. We all got to practice our moves with a dummy (Dave!) and with the teachers, and they made sure we got them right before we moved on. I left the class feeling confident, like I was more prepared and capable to handle threatening situations. I couldn't recommend this class more! Thank you so much to Rebecca and her assistant (whose name I somehow forgot again, I'm so sorry! You are so cool and amazing!) I was so impressed and inspired, I hope to see you all again at a future class.

Stephanie P.

1/27/2026

Took the mother daughter self defense class. It was very helpful & informative! Great instruction!

Janet C.

4/07/2024

Rebecca was incredibly informative, and gave great demonstrations, information, and instructions. She answered all of my questions thoroughly and with the benefit of her tremendous and impactful experience. Her teaching highlighted practical prevention techniques (situational awareness, boundaries, intuition) and crisis methods. My teen daughter and I learned a ton, and have already implemented skills !

Deena D.

3/28/2024

I recently attended Rebecca's Urban Self-Defense Course and I am so grateful to have attended!!!!! I appreciate Rebecca soo much and her self defense course!! Her sharing the knowledge regarding self defense brings me more confidence and I feel so much more prepared to avoid and/or how to react to situations where I could possibly become a victim. This is so empowering to me! Rebecca has such a beautiful heart, she cares so much for women's safety and is an awesome guiding light towards self protection. I feel truly blessed to have been able to attend. Anyone who takes any of her classes will leave with a sense of having more tools to keep our minds on track and she guides us how to find safety in our surroundings. Thank you so much Rebecca!!!

Colette K.

4/17/2023

I arranged for a private class for my teen, tween and their friends. Rebecca did an amazing job striking a balance between preparing versus scaring them. The girls learned a lot and had a good time. I highly recommend.

Sarah W.

9/28/2022

The self-defense class taught by Rebecca was very helpful! Rebecca has a lot of experience and did a great job of explaining everything. She even provided notes so we could focus on the class as much as possible. The gym/studio is clean and there is parking in the back.

S. Devlin

7/19/2022

Rebecca is a wonderful, knowledgeable, and passionate instructor! I took the Urban Self-defense course and learned a variety of helpful tips. The best part is that Rebecca goes over different self-defense methods so that you can figure out what feels the best for you. I have always been one to be proactive rather than reactive, so this class helped me overcome some fears. I hope I will never have to used the skills that Rebecca showed me, but I'm glad I know them for when the situation arises.

Lan D.

4/17/2022

Rebecca is a wonderful, knowledgeable, and passionate instructor! I took the Urban Self-defense course and learned a variety of helpful tips. The best part is that Rebecca goes over different self-defense methods so that you can figure out what feels the best for you.

I have always been one to be proactive rather than reactive, so this class helped me overcome some fears. I hope I will never have to used the skills that Rebecca showed me, but I'm glad I know them for when the situation arises.

Lan D.

4/16/2022

Grateful this class exists! As someone who has experienced uncomfortable situations on the street more than I'd like, this class made me feel more confident about the basics, understanding my options, and learning some basic moves that I could continue practicing in the future. It also helped boost my reassurance and sense of safety after a troubling incident, so thank you Rebecca! I feel like all girls and women should learn these skills. Already signed up for the practice class to help refine the skills a bit more. Reccomend!

Kimberly G.

8/22/2021