I’ve been a self-defense instructor for my entire life, and always tell my students about the statistics of violence against women. What I notice is that when women are ‘armed’ with the right information and a few simple skills, they feel more powerful. Even more interesting, though, is that as we learn to move our bodies on a regular basis AND have information and self-defense skills, students feel powerful enough to do some great work revolutionizing the world. My commitment is to keep providing all of these tools to women in my community.