FEAR LESS GRRL Self-Defense equips you with vital personal safety skills that are practical, proven- and yours for life.
Julie Hwang started teaching free community self-defense workshops to women and youth during the pandemic, in response to two specific rising and local demands online from (1) parents whose teens were navigating NYC on their own for the first time, and (2) neighborhood women who wanted to feel safer walking alone.
Then Julie Hwang founded FEAR LESS GRRL Self-Defense in 2020.
FEAR LESS GRRL Self-Defense workshops are available throughout the NYC metropolitan area, and are designed to teach basic self-defense to (cis/trans/gnc) women and youth of all abilities, ages 8 through 88.
FEAR LESS GRRL Self-Defense provides an engaging, inclusive, supportive and non-judgmental space where one can safely practice verbal and physical self-defense skills. Students not only learn effective Stun & Run techniques, but feel more secure in their daily routines.
FEAR LESS GRRL Self-Defense offers 2 hour workshops based on the following:
Using: Situational & Self-Awareness
Vocal Practice: Boundary Setting & Verbal Defense
Stun & Run Defense: Blocks + Kicks + Strikes + Releases
Releases from Arm-Grabs, Bear-Hugs & Choke-Holds
Safety Items & Aerosol Weapons (pepper/mace/bear)
Julie Hwang is a certified self-defense instructor who has taught over 200 verbal and physical empowerment self-defense workshops to NYC women and youth, at both non-profit and for-profit women’s defense organizations since 2016.