NWMAF Certified Self Defense Instructors
Want to learn self-defense? You've come to the right place! Instructors certified by the National Women's Martial Arts Federation are skilled in both physical and verbal self-defense skills, knowledgeable about violence against women, have strong backgrounds in the martial arts, and support empowerment as a goal of women's self-defense.
NWMAF Certified Self Defense Instructors are listed below. Contact them directly for more information on classes and workshops in your area. If your area is not listed here, contact your local rape crisis or sexual assault center, or your local YWCA, for referrals.
Instructors in the United States
California
Janet Gee
Janet Gee Martial Arts Training
PO Box 591450
San Francisco CA 94159-1450
Phone: 415-252-7070
Fax: 415-252-7073
janetgee1@gmail.com
Joyce Mende-Wong
Hand to Hand Kajukenbo Self Defense Center
5680 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland CA 94608
510-428-0502
www.handtohandkajukenbo.com
SifuJoyce@handtohandkajukenbo.com
Illinois
Donna Hoeflinger
Women on the Horizon
Champaign-Urbana, IL 61801
dhincu@comcast.net
Martha Thompson
IMPACT Chicago
4470 N. Lincoln Ave #6
Chicago, IL 60625
773-338-4545
Martha@IMPACTchicago.org
www.IMPACTchicago.org
Nancy Lanoue
Marie O’Brien
Kate Webster
Thousand Waves Martial Arts and Self-Defense Center
1220 W. Belmont
Chicago, IL 60657
773-472-7663
info@thousandwaves.org
www.thousandwaves.org
Maine
Clara Porter
Prevention.Action.Change
Portland ME
207-232-0484
preventionactionchange@earthlink.net
Maryland
Kay McGraw
10409 Edgefield Dr.
Adelphi, MD 20783
301-434-4689
kmcgraw5@earthlink.net
Lauren R. Taylor
Defend Yourself/DCSDKA
301-608-3708
lauren@defendyourself.org
www.defendyourself.org
Massachusetts
Janet Aalfs
Sally Johnson Van Wright
Dorian Gregory
Lynne Marie Wannamaker
Valley Women’s Martial Arts, Inc.
Institute for Healing and Violence Prevention Strategies (VWMA/HAVPS)
One Cottage Street
PO Box 1064
Easthampton MA 01027
413-527-0101
jeaalfs7@gmail.com
http://www.vwma.org
Dorian Gregory
Sunderland MA 01375
doriangregory@verizon.net
http://www.theartfuldorian.com
Johanna Hattendorf
IMPACT Boston
Malden, MA
The Spiral Path
Danvers, MA
johattendorf@verizon.net
978-314-4264
Lynne Marie Wanamaker
Easthampton, MA
413-527-0101
mindbodymama@hotmail.com
www.CompassionateConditioning.com
www.MindBodyMama.com
Michigan
Lisa Marie Santi
Turn of the Tide Martial Arts
22207 Raven Ave
Eastpointe MI 48021
586-771-0002
bruce_leesa@yahoo.com
Jaye Spiro
Mejishi Martial Arts & Self-Defense
247 W 9 Mile Road
Ferndale MI 48220
248-542-5371
mejishimartialarts@att.net
www.mejishi.250x.com
Peg Strain
Mona Lisa's Sword
PO Box 21
Union, MI 49130
269-641-5544
monalisas-sword.com
staff@monalisas-sword.com
Minnesota
Kore Grate
Feminist Eclectic Martial Arts
3010 Minneahaha Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-729-7233
www.femamartialarts.org
New York
Susan Bartelstone
The Safety Solutions Co.
Floral Park, NY 11005
718-225-9284
solutions@fightsafe.com
http://www.fightsafe.com
Zosia Gorbaty
Queensborough Community College
Queens NY
917-623-9640
zosia1@att.net
http://www.zujitsu.com
Maria L. DiDio
Maria DiDio's "Rose & Thorn" Self Defense Fighting System for Women
c/o Combat Judo Academy
14 Central Avenue
Massapequa NY 11758
mariadidio@gmail.com
www.womenfightbackselfdefense.com
Brenda Jones
The Center for Anti-Violence Education
421 - 5th Ave, 2nd floor
Brooklyn NY 11215
718-788-1775
bjones@cae-bklyn.org
www.cae-bklyn.org
Lisa Susko
Iron Ox Self-Defense
PO Box 1271
N Tonawanda, NY 14120
716-870-2971
lsusko@aol.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: Personal Safety/Assault Prevention/Self-Defense for Girls, Women and Special Populations
PO Box 2327
Athens, OH 45701
740-594-7452
cherylcesta@gmail.com
B.J. Dunn
Women's Personal Safety
17184 C.H. 21
Carey OH 43316
419-387-7686
bjkarate@wcnet.org
Deborah Schipper
Ohio State University
Student Wellness Center
Sexual Violence Education & Support
B130 RPAC, 337 W 17th Ave
Columbus OH 43210
614-292-4527
schipper.3@osu.edu
www.swc.osu.edu
Chris Watts
Ohio State University
Sexual Violence Education and Support
cwatts33@hotmail.com
Oregon
Nadia Telsey
Breaking Free
541 Willamette, Suite 206
Eugene OR 97401
541-343-5513
befree@efn.org
Pennsylvania
Mona MacDonald
Lioness Martial Arts
PO Box 8310
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
412-241-6519
info@lionessmartialarts.com
www.LionessMartialArts.com
Rhode Island
Anne Kuzminsky
Zujitsu Martial Arts
West Kingston, RI
401-742-0686
akuzminsky@cox.net
Texas
Barbara Dickens
White Horse Academy of Martial Arts
215 E 11th Street
Houston, TX 77008
713-868-5566
whama@swbell.net
http://www.whama.com
Joy Williamson
Sun Dragon Martial Arts and Self-Defense
203 E Riverside Dr
Austin TX 78704
512-416-9735
info@sundragon.org
www.sundragon.org
Washington
Joanne Factor
Strategic Living
PO Box 23157
Seattle, WA 98102
206.202.0748
jifactor@StrategicLiving.org
StrategicLiving
Feminist Karate Union
Washington, D.C.
Carol Middleton
DC Self Defense Karate Association
Krav Maga DC
DC IMPACT Self Defense
1716 Newton St NW
Washington, DC 20010-1822
202-332-0745
carol@kravmagadc.com
dcsdka@earthlink.net
www.DCSDKA.net www.DCIMPACT.org www.KravMagaDC.com
Lauren R. Taylor
DEFEND YOURSELF
301-608-3708
www.DefendYourself.org
lauren@defendyourself.org
www.defendyourself.org
Wisconsin
Marjory Allingham
Open Door Taekwondo, Inc.
Sturgeon Bay WI 54235
920-743-0195
mallingham@itol.com
Sue Peterson
SOAR (Strenght to Overcome with Action and Resilience)
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
920-493-4856
americorpssue@yahoo.com
DiAnn Stasik
W.O.W. - Women Only Workout, LLC
PO Box 13
Greendale WI 53129
414-423-4356
safechi@womenselfdefense.net
www.womenselfdefense.net
Instructors outside the United States
Canada
Janet Heffernan
Head Instructor
Stronger You Martial Arts, Fitness and Self Defense
3570 Strandherd Dr., Unit 13
Nepean, Ontario, K2J 5L4
613 823-6697
Fax: 613 823-8508
info@strongeryou.com
www.strongeryou.com
Germany
Sunny Graff
FRAUEN IN BEWEGUNG
Konto Nr. 306287
Frankfurter Volksbank BLZ 500 900 00
SunnyTKD@hotmail.com
Israel
Jill Baker Shames
Yahalom
43 08-949-4520
08-949-4128
senseijs@despammed.com
www.geocities.com/senseijs
Yehudit Sidikman
El Halev
37 Piere Koening St
Jerusalem, Israel 90453
972-2-6247172
yudit@netvision.net.il
www.elhalev.org
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