UN SDG #5 – Gender Equality At ESD Global Self-Defense, we believe that in order to truly change the imbalances of power, we need to...

UN SDG #4 – Quality Education A quality education begins with being able to attend school without the fear of being bullied. A quality...

UN SDG #3 – Good Health and Well-Being Solving the issue of violence among humans contributes to good health and well-being. We certainly...

One thing I have learned in 2020 is that when governments and organizations are forced to address the health of their people, they can...

The title of the article was: “Why Self-Defense Classes Don’t Prevent Sexual Assault” And the feeling in my stomach was........ argh!...

Today, I was hoping to be flying to Albania to teach the first ESD Level 1 instructor training since the outbreak of COVID 19. While I am...

“I am trying to understand the link between ESD, or the principles of ESD, as a violence prevention strategy for different types of...

Over the past week, I’ve been taking part in an online conversation about how we feel when we miss an opportunity to set a boundary. It...

“The most important thing you can do to protect yourself and your family is to always remain aware in any situation.” The quote is from a...

When it comes to the 5 principles of Empowerment Self Defense, THINK, YELL, RUN, FIGHT, TELL, we give equal weight to each. Clearly, in a...

Preventing violence. Interrupting violence. Ending violence. Does the terminology matter? It’s so easy - and tempting - to say that we...

The Limitations We Put on the Use of “Never” and Why We tell instructors to never (haha) to use the word “never” and certainly not to...

There is so much thought that is given to how we use language in Empowerment Self Defense programs. For example, we are committed to...

There are many things that we teach students to yell during an Empowerment Self Defense course. My favorite and go-to will always be a...

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