While self-defense usually implies taking some kind of physical action against another, there’s a mental element woven in as well. Teaching self-defense techniques can teach students how to properly identify and handle situations they cannot avoid when words and negotiation fail, as well as teaching them how to properly protect themselves from someone who means to harm them.

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Knowledge of the basics of self-defense can teach students how to think about both mental and physical options they have at their immediate disposal to keep themselves safe.

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1 in 5 undergraduate women experience sexual assault while in college. Many these women agree that if they had the proper knowledge of self-defense prior to being assaulted, their circumstances would have turned out drastically different. Though women have a natural disadvantage by their size and weight, there are many techniques that teaches young women how to use their physical assets to their advantage. 

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