Classes
Arrival / Check-In
Conference Opening
Equilibrium in Movement and the Power of Our Voices
This class begins with breath to tune ourselves with our bodies, followed by a quick full-body mobility sequence to awaken the senses. From there, we'll…
ESD Boundary Setting Online
Verbal strategies are key components of Empowerment Self Defense, but more and more, we find ourselves in interactions that aren't spoken, like direct messages, group…
BJJ: Mobility and Leverage over Power
This class explores the relationship between power, stance, and movement—and building a safe relationship with standing movement and stance as well as the ground. Students…
Lunch
TikTok Literacy for ESD
Everyone from beauty influencers to retired FBI agents to multi-level marketers is making TikToks full of baseless claims about crime and how we can avoid…
Give & Receive: The Art of Restorative Touch
Martial arts training asks a great deal of our bodies, yet recovery is an essential part of sustaining strength, mobility, and longevity in our practice.…
Developing Improvisational Physical Skills
Many self-defense and martial arts systems feature defined choreography. Real life is not scripted, however, and our bodies often long to move more freely. In…
Sharing Our Strengths
We will begin with shared warmups, going around in a circle. We will then move into strikes, blocks and voice, each person in the group…
When Your Students Ask to Learn More
What comes next after students learn the foundational physical skills of Empowerment Self-Defense? Designed for instructors teaching multi-week ESD workshops or accredited courses, this hands-on…
Conference Closing
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