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Women's Empowerment Series
Offered only through Safe Guard Self-Defense and the Womens Self Defense Institute. The Women's Empowerment Series program is the premier women's self-defense class in the South Central Pa. Lead instructor Mark Grove may well be South Central Pas foremost womens safety and self defense practitioner. Mark has been teaching womens self defense programs for the past 8 yrs., and has now incorporated The Women's Empowerment Series to his class schedules as well as teaching at remote locations.
Unlike traditional women's self defense courses, The Women's Empowerment Series does not depend very much on punching, sidekicks or biting. While a favorite strategy of some well-publicized courses that you see offered, the "stun and run" and "keep hitting him until he is down" philosophy is nothing more than trying to "fight like a man" against a man. The fact that he is in range of your strikes means that you are in range of his! Plus, you have to remember that men operate off of their reptilian brain when fighting. Ever see two guys fight? One will throw a punch and the other guy will punch back or one throws a knee and the other guy responds with a knee. It is almost as if the first attacker "reminds" the second guy what range and what technique is appropriate. If you hit a guy, most likely he is going to hit you right back and his hit will be 10 times harder than yours. So we don't advocate many punches or pokes.
Evolution and genetics have caused men to become stronger and larger than most women; therefore, if you teach a woman how to fight like a man she will most likely lose the encounter. When you teach her how to fight like a girl, using her larger more effective body parts against a mans more vulnerable areas the woman can come out on top. The Women's Empowerment Series is reliant upon leverage, technique and timing not speed power and strength. If someone is going to kidnap you or violate you, hes going to grab you and drag you to a secondary scene or grab you and place you on the ground. The Women's Empowerment Series introduces women to real life situations that give you the edge in such a close quarter encounter. When a man attacks a man he either wants his money or his life. If a man attacks a woman he wants her money, her life or her body.

The Reduce the Odds Program was specifically designed to reduce the number of sexual assaults that occur in high school and college age women.
Women between the age of 12 and 34 are most likely to be the victim of a sexual assault. Within that group, those between the ages of 16 and 19 are four times more likely to be the victim. A woman in her freshman year of college is at the highest risk to fall victim to a predator between the months of September and Thanksgiving recess. This tells us that women in this age group are a little to trusting, a little too young and may have not yet developed the experience to deal with a predator.
The Womens Self Defense Institute created the Reduce the Odds Program after Brad Parker and Steve Kardian examined the available statistical data and compared notes on information provided by sexual assault survivors. They concluded that ANY woman, regardless of age, shape or ethnic background can be the victim of a sexual assault; however, women in this age group (16 to 20 years) are extremely vulnerable and susceptible.
The Women's Empowerment Series teaches young women elements of awareness, avoidance and self defense. The Women's Empowerment Series can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual institution. These programs can be presented in lecture, video, demonstration, hands on, or any combination thereof. The programs can accommodate class period timetables of 40 to 50 minutes or be expanded to fit into a 2 or 3 hour seminars or school health fairs.
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