NWMAF Certified Self-Defense Instructors are available in the US and internationally. Contact them directly for more information on classes and workshops. If your area is not listed here, contact your local rape crisis or sexual assault center, or your local YWCA for referrals.
The following people have met “Requirements for NWMAF Empowerment Self-Defense Instructor Certification.”
Instructors in the US
California
Janet Gee
Janet Gee Martial Arts Training
Integral Movement Systems
PO Box 194145
San Francisco CA 94119
Phone: 415-252-7070
janetgee1@gmail.com
Zosia Gorbaty
917-623-9640
https://zujitsu.net
zgorbaty@gmail.com
Christine Schoefer
Zo Zotigh
Hand to Hand Kajukenbo Self-Defense Center
5680 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland CA 94608
510-428-0502
www.handtohandkajukenbo.com
SifuJoyce@handtohandkajukenbo.com
SifuChristine@handtohandkajukenbo.com
Carrie Slack
McKinleyville, CA
Carrie.Slack@humboldt.edu
Colorado
Martha Thompson
Fort Collins, CO
773-771-1913
thompson.martha.e@gmail.com
District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)
Carol Middleton
DC Self-Defense Karate Association
DC IMPACT Self Defense
5123 Georgia Ave NW
Washington, DC 20011
202-332-0745
DCSelfDefense@gmail.com
www.DCSDKA.com
www.DCIMPACT.org
Lauren Taylor
301.608.3708
Defend Yourself (DY):
Defend Yourself website
DY on Facebook
DY on Twitter
DY on Instagram
lauren@defendyourself.org
Safe Bars (SB):
Safe Bars Website
SB on Facebook
lauren@safebars.org
Illinois
Nancy Lanoue
Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center, NFP
1220 W. Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
773-472-7663
nlanoue@thousandwaves.org
thousandwaves.org
Amy Jones
Kyren Epperson
Culture of Safety, LLC
847-790-4226
info@cultureofsafetychi.com
www.cultureofsafetychi.com
Juli Brown
Empowered Strategies
Bartlett, IL
630-660-7162
empoweredstrategiesselfdefense.com
Find me on Facebook!
Juli_brown@att.net
Maine
Clara Porter
Prevention.Action.Change
Portland ME
207-232-0484
info@pacmaine.com
www.pacmaine.com
Maryland
Lauren Taylor
301.608.3708
Defend Yourself (DY):
Defend Yourself website
DY on Facebook
DY on Twitter
DY on Instagram
lauren@defendyourself.org
Safe Bars (SB):
Safe Bars Website
SB on Facebook
lauren@safebars.org
Massassachusetts
Carmel T. Drewes, LICSW
Empowerment Changes
Box 841
Stoughton, MA 02072
512-771-2622
empowermentchanges@gmail.com
www.empowerment-changes.org
Mandy Doyle Cohen
IMPACT Boston
Program of Triangle Inc
Malden, MA 02148
mdoyle@triangle-inc.org
https://impactboston.com
https://Triangle Inc.
781-321-3900
Dorian Gregory
Sunderland, MA 01375
doriangregory@verizon.net
http://www.theartfuldorian.com
Johanna Hattendorf, LCMT #31364, M.Div
The Spiral Path
218 Boston Street
Topsfield, MA 01983
www.thespiralpathway.com
johattendorf@verizon.net
978-314-4264
Kim Rivers
Labrys Empowerment Self-Defense
35 Boylston St
Pittsfield, MA. 01201
413-499-8625
labrys.selfdefense@gmail.com
Yudit Sidikman
ESD Global Inc.
8 Priscilla Road
Boston, MA 02135
yudit@esdglobalselfdefense.org
Michigan
Lisa Marie Santi
Turn of the Tide Martial Arts
22207 Raven Ave
Eastpointe MI 48021
bruceleesa77@gmail.com
Jaye Spiro
Su Ferrari
Patricia Lare
Mejishi Martial Arts & Self-Defense
247 W 9 Mile Road
Ferndale MI 48220
248-542-5371
248.895.5787 (cell)
mejishimartialarts@att.net
www.mejishimartialarts.com
Minnesota
Kore Grate
Five Elements Martial Arts & Healing Center
3743 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-729-7233
www.femamartialarts.org
New Mexico
Alena Schaim
IMPACT Personal Safety
PO Box 8350
Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-992-8833
ips@impactpersonalsafety.org
http://www.impactpersonalsafety.org
New York
Maria DiDio
Maria DiDio’s “Rose & Thorn” Self Defense
Deer Park, NY, and Bohemia, NY
516-641-4080
http://www.womenfightbackselfdefense.com
Sandra Smith
Shindokan Budo — Long Island
80B Broadway
Greenlawn NY 11740
631-261-4229
Lisa Susko
Championship Martial Arts 716
3173 Eggert Road
Tonawanda, NY 14150
716-870-2971
lsusko@JindoMartialArts.com
Ohio
Darla Bolon
Counseling and Consultation Services/Self-Defense for Women
Columbus, OH
614-299-0992
dbolon3@columbus.rr.com
Cheryl Cesta
Cheryl’s Trainings
Certified Trainer/Consultant
Empowerment Self Defense &
Personal Safety, De-escalation, and Upstander Intervention Training
PO Box 2327
Athens, OH 45701
740-594-7452
cherylcesta@gmail.com
B.J. Dunn
Women’s Personal Safety
722 West Findlay St
Carey OH 43316
419-387-7686 (land)
419-722-4974 (mobile)
gusdunn23@gmail.com
Nancy Radcliffe
eMA Self-Defense Center
Columbus, Ohio
Advocate4vawsurvivors@hotmail.com
Oregon
Silvia Smart
Naga Martial Arts | Self-Defense | Community
Portland, OR
503-332-8909
silvia@nagacommunity.com
nagacommunity.com
Facebook & Twitter: @NagaMartialArts
Instagram: @NagaCommunity
The Empowerment Podcast by Naga
Pennsylvania
Mona MacDonald
Lioness Martial Arts
PO Box 8310
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
412-241-6519
info@lionessmartialarts.com
www.LionessMartialArts.com
Lisa Nakamura
Michele Montag, Ph.D.
SETpoint Strength and Empowerment Training
Steve DeMasco’s Shaolin Studios
1115 S. Braddock Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 412-242-8773
Lisa@set-point.org
Michele@set-point.org
www.set-point.org | www.sdsspgh.com
Rhode Island
Anne Kuzminsky
Empowerment Self-Defense
Zujitsu Martial Arts
West Kingston, RI
401-742-0686
akuzminsky@cox.net
Washington
Joanne Factor
Strategic Living, LLC
PO Box 23157
Seattle, WA 98102
206.202.0748
Email me
Visit my website
Read my blog, Safety in Seattle News
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International
Lee Paiva
No Means No Worldwide
nomeansnoworldwide.org
info@nmnw.org
Canada
Janet Lawless
Strong Orange Violence Prevention
364-900 Greenbank Road
Ottawa, Ontario
613 324 1261
janet@strongorange.org
sally@strongorange.org
Patricia Anderson-Fievoli
Waterloo Kung-Fu Academy
620 Davenport Road
Waterloo, ON N2V 2C2
Telephone: 1.519.574.7646
patricia.af@rogers.com
Israel
Yudit Sidikman
El HaLev
Po’alei Tzedek 2, Floor 3
Talpiot, Jerusalem
yuditsensei@elhalev.org
Jill Baker Shames
Yahalom 43
Rehovot
972-52-5602296
byondwords@gmail.com
jill@paths2power.com
Trinidad and Tobago
Tonya Pierre-Gopaul
Snow Tiger Combat Systems / Worth Defending TT
Diego Martin, Trinidad
tpierregopaul@gmail.com / worthdefendingtt@gmail.com