The Trinity Self Defense course puts a special focus on women, and teaches physical readiness, assertiveness skills and environmental awareness. For five weeks, Trinity covers everything you need to prevent feeling helpless.The first week teaches you how not to appear like a victim and includes real life testimonies. Week two looks at kicking, grabbing and being approached from behind. The third week teaches you how to deal with being trapped on the ground by an attacker. Week four covers multiple attackers, and the last week is about gun assaults.
Part of the appeal of Dynamic Self Defense is its owner, Beth Dull, a third degree brown belt who is a role model for women's empowerment. Classes here are aimed at helping men, women and children. Dynamic's approach is "practical self defense" that breaks away from technical moves and teaches pupils how to use their bodies naturally, with a pre and post class yoga-based warm up and cool down. They also offer private training, instruction for law enforcement only and teacher certification.
The "Evenings at Emory" series features adult continuing education classes, and is the home of the "Don't Be A Victim" self defense class. Practice with the instructor and fellow students, and learn how to handle bear hugs, choke holds as well as grabbing and pulling of clothes. Students will learn how to set up personal boundaries and basic martial arts techniques like hand strikes, punches and kicks. The course stresses being alert in unfamiliar environments and handling attacks with bottles, guns and knives.
Kyusho martial arts training is geared towards combative fighting and does not follow the rules of competitive fighting. Kyusho focuses on acupuncture pressure points as a means of submission by pain compliance, body response or joint release. The studio also teaches the Brazilian art of Jiu Jijtsu that focuses on throwing and body holds. Most of the fighting in Jiu Jitsu is done on the ground. They also offer women's self defense classes. Sensei Josh Moree is the instructor.