Self-Defense for Teen Girls Only (ages 12-14)

Girls on the verge of their teen years are seeking independence. Give them the skills to make up for the experience they don’t yet have.

By Strategic Living, LLC

Date and time

Sunday, April 28 · 11am - 1:30pm PDT

Location

Feminist Karate Union

920 South Holgate Street Seattle, WA 98134

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

2 hours 30 minutes

Girls are exploring on their own, and looking more to their peers for standards in boundaries and relationships. They are out more, with their friends or by themselves. They may be riding a bus solo, or walking to school. They may have part-time or summer jobs. They are not far from dating. They may have already experienced #MeToo incidents.You may be concerned about peer pressure and a cultural environment that romanticizes unhealthy relationship behavior and tends to denigrate girls’ and women’s abilities and sense of self.

They could use some skills to help augment the experience they are beginning to acquire.

In this class, your emerging teen will learn to recognize “red flags” that someone may mean harm, plan safe exits from iffy situation, practice physical moves (just in case), and learn to find supportive self-care. All in age-appropriate language and concepts.

All participants need to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Masks may still be required.

This class is for all cis and trans girls, as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in a space that centers the experiences of girls.

Organized by

Strategic Living, LLC

Strategic Living, LLC, has been helping women, girls, and boys discover their inner super-sheros since 2003. We have taught self-defense to women from six to senior, from sorority sisters to grandmothers and business executives, homeless women and those in transitional housing, and just about everyone in between. We have held classes for dorms and sororities, law firms, restaurant employees, manufacturing facilities, medical clinics, YMCA and YWCA groups, Angeline's Center (homeless women's day shelter), Opportunity Place and other transitional housing sites, the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Providence Everett Medical Center, girl scout troops, book clubs, and groups of families and friends who wanted to be safer.