When Mindy Lin founded Damsel in Defense in 2011, she did more than just launch a business—she ignited a movement. With a mission to empower women through education, personal safety products, and ...

What starts as a half-serious mission to protect the shop quickly turns into a full-blown self-defense circus involving slingshots, blowguns, spears, pepper-ball launchers, paintball guns, tasers, and ...

Some Thursdays, I just don't feel like fighting for my life. If it's been a long day, and I'm worn out, I don't want to scream, kick, bite – or thrash on the ground with the 170-pound black woman ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont police are offering free self-defense classes for women, taught by female BPD officers, as part of the department's ongoing community outreach efforts. The classes run ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department has been making efforts to help prevent violence against women with its female self-defense classes. According to the National Domestic Violence ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After decades of practicing Vadha Kempo Karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jennifer Burke wanted to provide a space where women and girls could develop martial arts skills and learn ...