It's a reality that we can't ignore in self-defense — we will be required to use force to overcome the force being used against us.

Three women walking together on a Philadelphia street are punched in the face by a stranger in an unprovoked attack.

Why we use the "I Dream of Jeannie" reference for women to defend against front strangle.

A 15-year-old girl was kidnapped at a Dallas Mavericks NBA game and taken to an Oklahoma hotel where she was sex trafficked.

A rape of a woman jogging in New York highlights two basic elements that need to be in your women's self-defense training program.

Let’s take a look at a vicious stabbing attack and how one of the potential victims ended up successfully defending themselves.

What can you do or teach your kids to do in case an active shooter opens fire in a public place or at school?

We might have reached a point where we can no longer count on the criminal's fear of getting caught as a deterrent.

City police departments are less able to protect you now. What can we do? Look at these posts to help.

Burglaries are a threat to us as the crime can degenerate into other crimes of opportunity if we are in the home.

If your individual security situation warrants it, you might want to remove your home's view from Google Maps. Here's how to do it.

You're at the club and a guy follows you into the restroom. You are surprised when he suddenly pushes his way into the bathroom stall. What

You've been led into a closed room. And now he's starting to get aggressive and is positioning you up against a wall. What do we do now?

We are going to be using the Women's Self-Defense Community YouTube channel more to facilitate our mission to empower you through...

This real life attack reveals a number of lessons for us as we train to prevent and resist a physical attack or sexual assault.

What can we do to improve our responses and our odds of prevailing over a life-threatening situation? Science directs us to two things.

If your self-defense system has a lot of techniques that depend on the attacker reacting to pain, then you might want to rethink that.

Affecting any one of these elements of the crime triangle will have a dramatic affect on your personal safety and self-defense.

Here are the seven most common mistakes women make that could result in them getting kidnapped, attacked, and/or raped.

What's the ultimate weapon for women's self-defense? What do you need to protect yourself from rape?