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Upcoming Women's Self-Defense Classes
Aug. 2 -- Phoenix, AZ Girls on Guard, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. at Paradise Valley School of Karate. Contact Cory Kahabka for information and registration. Sept. 20 -- Thornwood, Westchester Co., NY Instructor Certification, Fight Like a Girl module, starting at 12 noon. Steve Kardian, Instructor. Sept. 21 -- Thornwood, Westchester Co., NY Instructor Certification, Girls on Guard module starting at 10 a.m.. Steve Kardian, Instructor. Oct. 1 - Nov. 19 -- Thornwood, Westchester Co., NY Women's Empowerment Series. This 8-week course takes students through the FLAG, GOG and DAW modules. First class starts 6 p.m. on Oct. 1. Contact Steve Kardian for information and registration. More instructor certification courses to be announced soon for the fall and winter.
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New FLAG and GOG Instructors Certified The following new instructors were certified May 3 and 4 in Phoenix: Susanne Hernandez, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Brian Moffatt, Camp Verde, AZ Sheila Moffatt, Camp Verde, AZ Jami Wakkinen, Fort Collins, CO Victoria Sindlinger, Knoxville, TN Kay Curtis, Lenexa, KS Dan Lundy, Burbank, CA Nabeel Ebrahim, Phoenix, AZ Val Larralde, Phoenix, AZ Ian Andrews, Redwood City, CA Reva Woods, Phoenix, AZ Troy McLoed, Kingman, AZ Mogana Neva, Mesa, AZ Heather Jensen, Phoenix, AZ The completion of these two modules means the following are now senior instructors: Heather Jensen Troy McLoed Brian Moffatt Congratulations to these new instructors.
Parker and Gillette Featured in New Book Brad Parker and Mike Gillette are both featured as contributors to the new book, "Kidnapping: An Investigator's Guide to Profiling" by Diana M. Concannon.
New Instructors Certified Seven new instructor certifications were awarded in Phoenix on April 12 and 13. New Defense Against Weapons (DAW) instructors are: Kelly Chastain; Vancouver, WA Heather Jensen; Phoenix, AZ Sharise LaValley; Vancouver, WA Dan Lundy; Burbank, CA Troy McLoed; Kingman, AZ Brian Moffatt; Camp Verde, AZ Robert Pickett; Mesa, AZ New Weapons for Women (W4W) instructors are: Kelly Chastain; Vancouver, WA Sharise LaValley; Vancouver, WA Troy McLoed: Kingman, AZ Brian Moffatt; Camp Verde, AZ Robert Pickett; Mesa, AZ Three of our instructors now are Senior Instructors: Kelly Chastain; Vancouver, WA Sharise LaValley; Vancouver, WA Robert Pickett; Mesa, AZ Congratulations to all of our new instructors.
Lessons from Meredith Emerson's Murder The savage and depraved murder of Meredith Emerson by Gary Hilton in Georgia offers dramatic lessons for the rest of us. See the full list on the Articles page.
Parker Named to Rape Prevention Center Board Brad Parker has been named to the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Center for Rape Prevention, a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to rape prevention education and awareness.
New Instructors Named from New York course Below is the group photo of graduates of the FLAG and GOG instructor modules held in New York Nov. 10 and 11: (Top row from left to right) James Cruz, Mike Wacker, Lonnie Beck, James Kamau, Debra Sorgman, Carolyn Larocque, and Donna’s niece (not certified), (Bottom row left to right) Ryne Dorsey, Lesa Anderson, Mary Keefe, Steve Kardian, Emily King, Donna McCarron, Benjamin King.
New Instructors Named Six new graduates were named out of the Phoenix Women's Self-Defense Instructor Certification course on Nov. 3 & 4: Melissa Swaim David Hernandez Sharise LaValley Kelly Chastain Denise Murphy Mindy Haydar Instructor 2 graduates from the FLAG and GOG modules, (from left) Sharise LaValley, Mindy Haydar, Kelly Chastain, Denise Murphy and David Hernandez. Melissa Swaim (left) is an Instructor 1 graduate from the Fight Like a Girl module.
Rape Escape Video Set Now Available The popular 3-DVD Set, "Fight Like a Girl, the Rape Escape Method" is now available at the Video Shop online at CustomFlix. This method has been extremely popular and is the easiest to learn and simplest to use method of women's self-defense that allows young girls and non-martial artist females to effectively defend themselves against a sexual assault. Go here to see the full description of the set.
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What do you mean "Fight like a Girl"?

"In a stranger-rape situation, if he allows you to see his face, you get his name, or you can somehow otherwise identify your attacker, and he knows it, it’s all the more important to get away from him, even if he has a knife and you are risking injury. Because unless he’s quite inexperienced, he’s likely to kill you to leave no witnesses."

John Douglas, legendary FBI profiler

Program a Long Time Coming

"The concept of enlightening women to 'fight like girls' is a long time coming. We should have been doing this years ago. The female body is built differently and can be used effectively against a male attacker if trained properly. Defend University and the Rape Escape program have proven again and again that the Fight Like a Girl program is successful, easy to learn and easy to deliver."

Dave Scorza

For more self-defense and defensive tactics information, go to Defend University at www.defendu.com

Lessons from Meredith Emerson's Murder