Foundations of personal safety & Self-defense
Girls Homeschool Course
Our year-long course, split into two semesters, is for young women, ages 12-18; consisting of weekly 90-minute classes. Throughout the course, students will learn practical self-defense techniques designed to address the most common physical and situational threats faced by young women.
Moving into the teen years is an exciting new chapter—but it also comes with increased freedom, new environments, and greater social pressures making personal safety, awareness, and self-advocacy more important than ever.
What will she learn?
Real-World Self-Defense Skills
Simple, effective techniques that neutralize common threats young women may face when out and about. Because women are likely to be smaller or weaker than their attacker, we cannot rely on strength or speed. Jiu-jitsu teaches leverage-based solutions that work consistently when strength alone isn’t an option.
Situational Awareness & Prevention
How to recognize red flags, avoid risky situations, and trust intuitive warning signs before danger escalates. We use the Triangle of Victimization to help us identify risk.
Boundary-Setting & Verbal Defense
Confidence to speak up, set limits, and use her voice and body language to deter unwanted behavior. While many potential dangers can be avoided by using your voice and setting boundaries, most people will not set a verbal boundary they don't feel capable of enforcing physically. With her newfound skills she'll be confident enough to say "no" and ready to defend herself if they don't listen.
Mental Preparedness
Strategies to manage stress, stay composed under pressure, and respond with clarity instead of panic. We get comfortable with the uncomfortable in a safe space, so if an attack were to happen, it will not be the first time she's found herself on the bottom of the fight. Trained reflexes will kick in to help her survive.
Empowerment & Confidence
She will learn that her body is stronger and more capable than she thought. She will gain a supportive community where young women build strength, resilience, and the self-assurance to face life feeling equipped—not anxious.
The Alarming Truth
Females ages 18-24 are 3X more likely than women in general to experience sexual assault.
On college campuses 26.4% of female students experience rape or sexual assault involving physical force, violence or incapacitation.
A survey of female high school students found that 1 out of 5 girls had experienced forced sex (rape). Half of these girls told no one about the incident. (WE Handbook ref)
The National Violence Against Women Survey found that rape is a crime committed primarily against youth. Of the women who reported being raped sometime in their lives 54% of women victims were under age 18 at the time of the first rape. (WE Handbook ref)