Our in-person basics classes are back! Learn both physical techniques as well as verbal strategies to help keep you safe. Your life is worth fighting for!
Due to the COVID-19 Delta variant, we are asking that all students who attend our in-person classes be vaccinated. Students will be required to provide proof of vaccination prior to class. All of our instructors and assistants have been vaccinated.
Women's Basics
West Hollywood
October 2, 3, 9, 10
Saturdays: 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Sundays: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Graduation: October 10 @ 1:00 pm
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September is Self-Care Awareness Month. There are many ways you can take care of yourself: Eating right, exercising, getting a good night’s rest, etc., all of the things we’ve learned throughout our lives to help us live a productive and exciting life.
IMPACT is the definition of self-care – you knew I was going to say that. There is nothing more noble than defending your own life. Many of us grew up with fairy tales that told us the princess is going to be saved by the prince and they will live happily ever after. But by now, we know fairy tales don’t come true in the way Disney portrays it but more like the way the Brothers Grimm wrote their stories. (Google “Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales.”)
The world doesn’t work the way it did generations ago when these fairy tales were written, and I don’t think we would want it to. Women are no longer dependent upon men for survival. For generations, women were prevented from providing for themselves, making them dependent upon the patriarch in the family. But we are all capable of providing for ourselves, if we so choose.
Why do we think we should depend upon someone else to defend us? In most cases, when we need to set a boundary or defend ourselves from danger, we will be alone, by ourselves. The best gift we could give ourselves is the skill to take care of ourselves in times of danger or discomfort.
IMPACT really is the definition of “Self-Care”.
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Check out our new blog post! |
We launched our blog with IMPACT Personal Safety of Colorado last month. We upload new posts on the 1st and 15th of every month.
If you have a success story you'd like to share, you can send it to our blog as well!
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Fighting Back Against the Myths
By Nicole Snell
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Long before I took my first self-defense class and years before I was traveling the world speaking to audiences on personal safety, I, like many other women, was on the receiving end of an abundance of unsolicited and false self-defense advice. I was exposed to messages early in my life that listed the things I was required to do, like being vigilant 24/7 in order to be safe, and anything less than perfect awareness meant that whatever crime happened to me was my fault. These societal messages tried to assert that because I was a woman, that meant I was weak and helpless and therefore needed to limit my movements and rely on others who were stronger than me to protect me from all the dangerous men in the world. There were apparently certain things I was never allowed to do, like walk by myself or travel solo or go out at night alone or wear high heels, because those types of things would cause an attack to happen and it would be my fault if it did.
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Upcoming Classes and Events |
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In-Person All Genders Intro Workshop
This three-hour, hands-on class gives students a comprehensive taste of all our training. You will work on awareness, verbal strategies, and physical self-defense skills in a safe and supportive environment. You will tap into your own intrinsic power and will leave class with a solid understanding of how to deal with someone who is confronting you in a variety of situations.
Like all of our classes, the Intro is team-taught by a female lead instructor and one of our padded assailants.
One three-hour session.
Due to the COVID-19 Delta variant, we are asking that all students who attend our in-person classes be vaccinated. Students will be required to provide proof of vaccination prior to class. All of our instructors and assistants have been vaccinated.
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Creating Safer Spaces:
Setting Boundaries With People You Know
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Everyone deserves to feel comfortable with and around their friends, family, and coworkers. In fact, we think these feelings are both a basic human right and essential to maintain your health and safety in both your personal and professional lives.
Learn how to set boundaries with that overly friendly neighbor, your friend who takes things just a step too far, or a coworker who oversteps your boundaries.
One 90-minute online session.
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Setting Boundaries: Essential Tools for a Changing World |
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In this online class you will learn and practice setting verbal boundaries with strangers when you go out to do your essential job, go grocery shopping, or even just out for a walk. You will also learn and practice setting boundaries with the people in your shelter-at-home situation.
Personal safety and self-defense is just as relevant now as it has ever been. The 6 feet of social distance guideline is the same that IMPACT has always taught during our boundary setting instruction, where we explain keeping 2 arms lengths between you and a possible assailant. The dynamics of the world have changed and people are having to reassess complete aspects of their lives. Awareness and trusting your intuition are a big part of that and the need to be prepared to handle scared, frustrated, or angry people while out handling essential tasks in public is a reality.
These classes will have the same high quality and teach the student-focused methods you’ve come to expect from IMPACT. They will allow students to learn and practice verbal strategies, boundary setting, basic physical movement, and other interactions with the instructors via live video.
One 90-minute online session.
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How You Can Support Impact? |
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Instagram: ImpactPersonalSafety
Twitter: @ImpactSafety
We would like to encourage you to add your class videos, comments about your class, and any success stories you may have to our social media pages. Your comments and stories are inspirational and encouraging to others!!
Please use these hash tags - or start your own, but let us know!
#impactpersonalsafety #fightforyourlife #selfdefense #personalsafety #BadAss
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P.O. Box 931541
Los Angeles, CA 90093
310-360-1096
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