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Self-defense exclusively for women and female students

Practical self-defense for middle, high school, and college students

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Tired of learning self-defense tactics you forget the next day?

Be Smart Woman’s Self-Defense course is a reality-based Model Mugging program that will train you to defend yourself in a real-life situation.

You’ll learn:

🌸  Street Awareness 

🌸  Self-defense against assaults 

🌸  How not to become a victim 

Our classes are unique in that they:

Are designed exclusively for women and female students in middle, high school & college, all females. 

Feature realistic mugging programs

Use real-lifelike situations

The Be Smart Woman’s self-defense course is designed to teach you to become more aware, prepared, and ready for any situation that may occur in your everyday life on any given day or location. This course differs from other self-defense or martial arts programs or classes in that they start from the point of being attacked, Be Smart Self-Defense training course starts with how not to become a victim, We teach and train you to be aware of your surroundings and strangers before you become a victim.

When is our next class?

Our next class will be on 10-16-2022. 

Frequently Asked Question

What is Model Mugging?

I designed this Model mugging self-defense course as a one-time, reality-based “model mugging” training on how to defend yourself in a real-life situation with a live-training self-defense instructor.

How long is the one time course?

Since we are all very busy in our day-to-day lives The course is broken down into two areas of focus classroom and hands-on reality-based model mugging training for a total of 3hr. 

Who can take this model mugging class?

This class was created for middle school, high school, and college-bound students as well as moms, daughters, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. All classes are designed to build confidence, awareness, and hands-on self-defense training tailored for all.

What age can a person attend ?

11 years and up.

Can I take an additional class if I want more practice?

Yes,  after your first initial class,  we offer monthly refresher classes which are an hour long.

What is the fee for the one time (3hr) course?

$97.00

What is the cost for the refresher ( 1hr) course?

 $39.00

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“After hearing that there was a women-only self-defense class, that was being offered. I joined the class and was amazed at how much I learned and how little I really knew about being safe. Thanks SO Much Derrick and your staff..”

—Donna 

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“Great energy from the class and I love that it was a reality-based model mugging class, I told all my friends how great it was.”

—Jane

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“Both of my daughters were about to go to college out of state and this program was what helped us sleep knowing that our daughters learned some valuable tips. Thank you!”

—Larry

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“I love the Model mugging style teaching of this class they made my middle school daughter and several of her school friends feel at ease with simple and very effective ways to defend there selfs in a live scenario.”

—Carmen

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10 Community Place
Warren, NJ 07059
Phone (908) 338-1226
Email besmartselfdefense@gmail.com

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