Women Empowered is the Gracie Self-Defense Program for Women. Originally, this 15-lesson program could only be accessed at the Gracie Academy HQ in Los Angeles, CA, but now, the entire program is available at our Certified Training Centre.
Through correspondence with law enforcement professionals and reports submitted by sexual assault victims, it was discovered that, while the specific circumstances of each assault may vary, the general attack strategies are strikingly similar in most cases. From target selection to the actual physical assault techniques, certain behavioural patterns existed in nearly every case reviewed,
Armed with an in-depth understanding of the most common psychological and physical attacks used by predators, the Women Empowered program was created. Law enforcement officials and survivors of sexual assault helped us identify the 20 most common attack strategies that a male assailant is likely to use on a woman. The Women Empowered program covers it all! Applying the principles of Gracie Jiu Jitsu of: leverage, timing, and energy efficiency – a series of techniques were developed to counter the most common attacks on women. In addition to the techniques, we teach a set of critical awareness principles and preemptive defensive strategies to help women reduce their risk of being targeted.
Why Women Empowered? Most self-defense programs don’t address what to do when the fight goes to the ground, but this is where we specialize. Also, 78% of sexual assaults are by people you know. Women Empowered has “non-violent” neutralization techniques, making it the only program that offers viable options to defend against “known” attackers.
To date, the Women Empowered program has been taught to thousands of women around the world. Of the few program graduates who were later attacked, all reported successfully escaping from the assailant using the techniques they learned through Women Empowered.
The best thing is, you don’t need any previous experience, you don’t need any physical attributes to be able to perform these techniques. The classes can be done in any order, so you can come in any time. The class is fun, educational, energizing, and the right mixture of challenging and welcoming! We hope you come check us out so we can share this revolutionary program with life saving techniques with you!
