This is a Women’s self-defense and Women’s empowerment program offered only through the Women’s Self Defense Institute, this is the premier women's safety and self-defense program in the New York, NY area. Level 1 (“Fight Like a Girl”) and level 2.
(“Girls on Guard”) focus on awareness – avoidance and escaping a potential threatening and possibly life threatening situations. Weather it’s unwanted contact, sexual assault or kidnapping these programs offer a solution to every scenario. Lead instructor and veteran police sergeant Steve Kardian may well be Westchester County's foremost Women’s safety and Women’s self defense expert. Steve has been a police officer for 28 years and has investigated countless sexual assaults and crimes against Women. He has dealt with both predators and victims more times than he cares to remember.

Unlike traditional women's self defense courses, Our Women’s self- program does not depend very much on punching, kicking 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. If you hit a guy, most likely he is going to hit you right back and his hit may well 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 man’s more vulnerable areas the woman can come out on top. The “Fight Liike a Girl” and the “Girls on guard” Women’s self-defense program is reliant upon leverage, technique and timing “not” speed power and strength. If someone is going to kidnap you or violate you, he’s going to grab you and drag you to a secondary scene or grab you and place you on the ground. These two programs introduce women to real life situations that give you the edge in such a close quarter encounter.

Reduce the Odds Program (High School and College-Age Women)
The Women’s Self Defense Institute, a community service organization dedicated to educating and training women in rape prevention and personal protection, have created the “Reduce the Odds Program” that 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 Women’s 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 Reduce the Odds program teaches young women elements of awareness, avoidance and Women’s self defense. The Reduce the program can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual institution. The program can be presented in lecture, video, demonstration, hands on, or any combination thereof. The program 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.

For more information visit www.nydefendu.com