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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 Christine Schoefer Hand to Hand Kajukenbo Self Defense Center 5680 San Pablo Avenue Oakland CA 94608 510-428-0502 www.handtohandkajukenbo.com SifuJoyce@handtohandkajukenbo.com SifuChristine@handtohandkajuknebo.com
District of Columbia (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
Illinois
Martha Thompson IMPACT Chicago 4470 N. Lincoln Ave #6 Chicago, IL 60625 773-771-1913 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
Maria DiDio Maria DiDio's "Rose & Thorn" Self Defense West Islip, East Islip, Massapequa and Baldwin, NY 516-641-4080 http://www.womenfightbackselfdefense.com
Zosia Gorbaty Queensborough Community College Queens NY 917-623-9640 zosia1@att.net http://www.zujitsu.com
Brenda Jones Catherine Hodes 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 Jindo Martial Arts 3173 Eggert Road Tonawanda, NY 14150 716-870-2971 lsusko@JindoMartialArts.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
Nancy Radcliffe eMA Self Defense Center Columbus, Ohio Advocate4vawsurvivors@hotmail.com
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
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
Wisconsin
Marjory Allingham Open Door Taekwondo, Inc. Sturgeon Bay WI 54235 920-743-0195 mallingham@itol.com
Sue Peterson SOAR (Strength to Overcome with Action and Resilience) De Pere WI 54115 920-493-4856 susan.peterson10@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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