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Breaking News!

Special Event at ST

 

"Now That She's Gone" will be presented at Oberlin College as part of ST'09 on Saturday, July 11 at 7:00 PM.

 

"Now That She’s Gone" is a play written and performed by Ellen Snortland that explores her often hilarious, irreverent and sometimes torturous relationship with her Norwegian-American mother.  It also addresses the profound impact that learning self-defense had on her.

 

Look for more information and tickets coming soon.  In the meantime, check out www.nowthatshesgone.org

 

More ST Opportunities

 

Two ways you can get involved at ST'09:

 

ST'09 Trainers Announced

 

Jordan Blair, Darla Bolon, Aarin Burch, Cheryl Cesta, Cathy Chapaty, Destiny Arts, Kore' Grate, Melanie Fine, Laura Holmes, Deb Lee, Valerie Lee, Susan Margulies, Arlene Limas, Teddie Linder, Karen O'Neal, Susan Osterhoff, Chagua Camacho-Olguin, Uyen Pham, Deborah Schipper, Lynn Marie Wanamaker, and Wasentha Young (pictured)

 

Find out more about all the ST'09 Trainers.

Who is the NWMAF?

Kate Webster

Kate Webster, Thousand Waves

 

When I began training in karate and teaching self-defense over 12 years ago, both were more of a physical practice and a way to feel and keep myself more safe. It was only three or four years into my training that, while I wasn’t 100% sure what a martial artist was, I started to feel that I could call myself one."

 

For more about Kate and other NWMAF Members, visit our Featured Members page.

 


 

Are you a woman or girl who is training in the martial arts? Do you want to be? Have you ever taken a women's self defense class? Would you like to? Do you teach martial arts or self defense? Are you looking to network with other women like you?

 

If these are your questions, you've come to the right place for answers.

 

Learn more ...

 


 

 

We welcome members from all over the world!

 

NWMAF Signature Events

 

Special Training 2009

Martial Arts Camp for Women and Girls

Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio

July 9-12, 2009

 

NWMAF LogoSpecial Training is the NWMAF's signature summer training camp for all women and girls into martial arts and self defense. Whatever your age, whether you're a brand new student or have  decades of experience under your belt/sash/etc., whatever your style, wherever you live... you are welcome at Special Training!

 

We're very excited to be returning to Oberlin College for ST'09. Oberlin College has a long history of institutional policy of equal education for women and African-American students, which led to the college being recognized as a National Historic Landmark. A brief article about Oberlin College and Women's History describes how the first women received degrees in 1841, and how Mary Jane Patterson was the first African American woman to earn a college degree in 1862. 

 

 

ST'09 Self-Defense Instructors' Conference

Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio
July 7-9, 2009

 

At the SDICEvery year, the NWMAF hosts an intensive 2-day teacher training for women who teach self defense. This is a professional development opportunity you won't want to miss, whether you are just starting out or have been teaching self defense for years. With skill sharing, panel discussions, networking, mentoring and more. Conveniently scheduled to end before Special Training begins, so you can easily attend both events.

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