EMBOLDEN: Level 1

  • Attain situational awareness and avoidance methods and when necessary, how to escape & fight in this two-hour, hands-on workshop.
  • Gain the knowledge and skills to walk confidently and create eye contact to deter a predator
  • Learn & practice essential self-defense techniques for the most common attacks against women:
    • Multiple Wrist Grab Defenses
    • Bear Hug (arms trapped) Defense
    • Hair & Ponytail Grab Defenses
    • Mount Defense
    • Shoulder Grab Defense
    • Front Strangle Defense
    • Rape Defense
    • How to properly base and strike

Upon completion, you’ll have access to instructional videos to keep practicing what you learned on your own! Be sure to RSVP for your next class!

EQUIP: Level 2

You’ve taken Level 1: EMBOLDEN and are ready to learn more! We got you.

In Level 2: EQUIP, we amp it up a bit. Building off Level 1, this two-hour hands-on workshop focuses on:

  • Experience more advanced scenarios and techniques, i.e.:
    • Inverted High and Low Wrist Grab Defenses
    • Rear Bear Hug (arms free) Defense
    • Mata Leon (rear choke) Defense
    • Shirt Grab w/ Punch Defense
    • Wall Strangle Defense
    • Back Mount Defense
    • How to Choke An Attacker With Their Own Hoodie
    • How to properly base and strike

Upon completion, you’ll have access to instructional videos to keep practicing what you learned on your own!

EMPOWER: Level 3

You’ve taken Level 1: EMBOLDEN & Level 2: EQUIP. We’ve covered the importance of avoidance and escaping, including many practical options of how to protect yourself physically. In Level 3: EMPOWER, you will now learn how to subdue someone, should you need to. In Level 3, you’re the dominant factor in the fight. Here’s some of what you’ll see:

  • Basic Takedown
  • Controlling the Attacker on the Ground (using concepts from jiu-jitsu)
  • Submitting the Attacker Using the Guillotine Choke
  • How to Choke the Attacker Using Their Own T-Shirt
  • Basic Knife Defense
  • Incorporating Weapons in Defenses Learned

Upon completion, you’ll have access to instructional videos to keep practicing what you learned on your own plus unlimited lifetime access to any available Fortitude Defense : EMBOLDEN, EQUIP & EMPOWER– Because we see the importance of continued practice and want to make it as easy for you to access as we can!

Thanks for being a Fortitude “Lifer!” We hope you’ll use what you learn here to not only protect yourself and your loved ones but also to inspire and bring others up so they may have the confidence to protect themselves as well. Keep spreading the Fortitude love. Keep coming to classes. You got this.

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