Self-Defense
Skills to prevent and stop an attack
Self-Defense
Skills to prevent and stop an attack
One strong move prevents and stops most attacks. Learning self-defense skills will help prepare you to take quick forceful action to get away from someone who is trying to harm you.
Use these self-defense resources – videos, lessons, practice guides, and more – to learn and teach skills now. Our techniques can be learned quickly, practiced safely, and used even if someone does not have much physical strength, coordination, or time to train.
Self-Defense Success Story
One of our students showed her friend how to yell and set a strong boundary instead of staying silent and wishing a problem would go away. One afternoon, when a man started following her friend in an isolated neighborhood, she crossed the street. He crossed too and started coming closer and closer.
She turned around, got into the Ready Position that her friend had taught her, and shouted, “STOP FOLLOWING ME!”
The man looked startled and took off running.
Learn Self-Defense Skills NOW!
Self-defense skills are both helpful and EMPOWERING! Learn how to protect yourself and others from the comfort of your own home and at your own pace with our Fullpower Self-Defense Skills course in the Kidpower Online Learning Center!
This course provides video lessons on how to prevent and stop attacks of any kind. Fullpower Self-Defense Skills covers a wide variety of safety techniques, from striking, to kicking, to even situational awareness. Each lesson provides step by step explanations and practicing scenarios to help you gain confidence in your skills and to stay safe.
Learn more and enroll in Fullpower Self-Defense Skills today!
Self-Defense Resources
Workshops • Books • Articles • Contact Us
Find videos, lessons, practice guides, and activities you can use now in the Online Learning Center – or choose a printed publication you can use to help your students learn age-appropriate, ability-appropriate social-emotional safety skills! Contact us with any questions or needs.
Self-Defense Video Course and Live Workshops
Our programs teach teens and adults how to stay safe from violence. We also teach most of these skills to children in an age-appropriate, non-scary fashion in our Kidpower workshops and in the Kidpower Online Learning Center self-paced video courses. Start using them on your own or to help your students, clients, loved ones, or others build skills to be safe.
Learn strategies to protect yourself and others from the global leaders in social-emotional safety skills education! You can:
- Enroll in Online Learning Center self-paced courses – Fullpower Self-Defense Skills is just one of many!
- Join a live ‘community’ workshop open for public enrollment
- Organize a live online ‘private’ Self-Defense Workshop led by one of our instructors
- Find an in-person self-defense workshop where available – see locations
Every workshop is unique! In the planning stage, we listen and ask questions about your needs and priorities. Then, we provide a service tailored just for you. Browse through some of our workshop options in our Flyer Gallery.
Books with information about self-defense
One Strong Move
This cartoon-illustrated book provides important self-defense lessons showing how to avoid and escape from an attack for adults and teens and for use by adults in teaching children.
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The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults
This inspiring, comprehensive guide puts Kidpower’s over 30 years of experience at the fingertips of parents, educators, and all adults who care about protecting children and teens.
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Large Order Discounts Available!
One Strong Move
This cartoon-illustrated book provides important self-defense lessons showing how to avoid and escape from an attack for adults and teens and for use by adults in teaching children.
Learn More | Buy on Amazon
Your Amazon purchases help Kidpower!
The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults
This inspiring, comprehensive guide puts Kidpower’s over 30 years of experience at the fingertips of parents, educators, and all adults who care about protecting children and teens.
Learn More | Buy on Amazon | Buy Digitally
Large Order Discounts Available!
Featured self-defense articles from our free online library
Additional Safety and Assault Prevention Resources
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