Upcoming Public Workshops
Below are the Empowerment & Self-Defense classes schedule scheduled for 2025. Check back often, as we are consistently adding new workshops! Most workshops start on Saturdays at 4:30 PM, and range in duration from 1 – 3 hours. Looking for ongoing karate classes? Check out our schedule!
Empowerment & self-defense workshops teach physical self-defense skills as well as communication strategies that allow participants to be and feel safer, stronger, and more self-confident in a variety of situations, making it less likely that they will be targeted for violence, and better able to resist violence if they are targeted. Workshops are led by nationally-certified instructors in Empowerment & Self-Defense. Though these workshops make it less likely that someone will be the victim of violence, there is nothing anyone can do, say, think, feel, wear, believe, or any other action that makes it their fault if someone chooses to perpetrate (or attempt to perpetrate) violence against them.
Empowerment & Self-Defense
Saturday, March 22nd, 2025; 4:30 – 7:30 PM
For queer and non-binary people and their allies
Open to people of all genders, 18+
This 3-hour workshop is open to all, but is focused on queer and non-binary people and their allies.
In order to offer maximum accessibility, we are offering limited very low-cost registrations for this workshop. We hope that those who can afford to support others will allow us to open more registrations of this type.
Saturday, April 19th, 2025; 4:30 – 6:30 PM
For Teens and Adults
Open to teens (13+) and their adults, all genders
This teen/adult workshop is open to all teens and their adults (parent/child, sibling pairs, grandparent/grandchild, godparent/godchild, neighbor/teen neighbor, etc). Teens may come alone, but all adults should have a teen (or more) with them.
In order to offer maximum accessibility, we are offering limited very low-cost registrations for this workshop. We hope that those who can afford to support others will allow us to open more registrations of this type.