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Helping Girls Become
SUPER-HERO Level Confident
We give girls the skills to defend their lives, the smarts to never have to, and the confidence to succeed in everything they do (while having a blast)!
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LIFE CHANGING RESULTS
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Give Your Daughter The Gift of Total Confidence
The Girls Who Fight Program equips girls age 8-13 with the physical, mental and verbal self defense skills that will protect and empower her for life.
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Learn how to defend yourself with practical techniques from Jiu Jitsu and Kickboxing
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Gain verbal assertiveness to stand up for yourself, defend bullies and peer-pressure and stay safe
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Build unbreakable confidence and strength of character to become a healthy, successful adult!
Our objective is to train girls to be so confident, resilient, and strong that they never have to fight!
The Self Defense Skills To Become Your #1 Best Protector
Girls Who Fight is so much more than a martial arts program. Not only will your daughter learn how to defend herself, she'll learn our street-smarts curriculum that teaches her to never become a target! Imagine a daughter who is:
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Aware of her surroundings
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Trusts her instincts
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Walks with confidence
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Doesn't let anyone talk her out of the word no
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Protects her personal space
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Says no to drugs and alcohol
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Talks to you about uncomfortable situations
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Doesn't allow toxic, dangerous people into her life...
These are the exact tools your daughter will gain in the Girls Who Fight Program!
Gain The Discipline, Courage, Focus, And Positive Habits Required To Succeed In Life
At Girls Who Fight your daughter will BECOME a confident person with the strength of character necessary to succeed in life. Our curriculum includes character development training that will help your daughter:
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Eat healthy, exercise, and develop positive habits that last a life time
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Read more, become a better student, and improve their grades
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Improve focus, discipline, and goal setting
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Build courage, fortitude, and a positive attitude
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Develop kindness, sportsmanship, and respect towards herself and others
Martial arts is the BEST thing you can do for your child!
Beginner And Advanced Self Defense Classes For Girls Age 8-13!
Girls Kickboxing Class
Gain speed, power, agility and co-ordination in our all girls kickboxing class!
Self Defense Jiu Jitsu Class
Learn how to defend a wide range of attacks in our Jiu Jitsu based self defense curriculum for girls!
Family Self Defense Class
Learn and have fun with your daughter in our family self defense class!
Building Strong, Confident Victors From The Inside Out
1.HANDLE YOURSELF WITH CONFIDENCE IN ALL SITUATIONS
Girls learn how to handle pressuring-peers, threatening strangers, inappropriate online messages, pushy boyfriends, and bad gut feelings in the Girls Who Fight Self Defense Curriculum
2. MASTER HAND-PICKED TECHNIQUES FROM THE MOST EFFECTIVE MARTIAL ARTS
Girls become an expert in the most effective, essential techniques from Mixed Martial Arts that apply to women's self defense and waste zero time on techniques that don't
3. ELIMINATE THE FREEZE RESPONSE AND UNLOCK YOUR FIGHTING SPIRIT
Girls unlock the ability to act decisively under pressure, adapt, and overcome the unpredictable in the Girls Who Fight Scenario Drills
4. BECOME A MASTER BOUNDARY-SETTER
Girls become a master of setting boundaries that protect her personal space and peace while keeping toxic, dangerous people out of her life
5. GAIN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR CONFIDENCE
Our program will shape your daughter mentally and physically into a strong, confident person who is ready, willing, and capable of fighting for herself and what she wants (and never settling for anything less)
6. CREATE LIFE-LASTING HABITS THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS IN ALL AREAS OF YOUR LIFE
Girls develop positive habits that will help her achieve excellence in every area of life with friendly, positive peers!
Training Pillars
Learn From Girls Who Fight Founder Gemma Sheehan
I'm a former MMA fighter and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt with 15+ years experience training and competing in mixed martial arts. I achieved an MMA record of 5-1, a Pans Gold Medal in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and was ranked the best female fighter in Ontario. In 2017 I retired as a fighter and although I stepped away from my dream, I felt like I could do anything.
My martial arts journey gave me immense confidence, significance, community, fitness, mental strength, and unrelenting conviction in my ability to fight for myself and achieve greatness. This got me thinking.. combat skills are a highly useful vehicle for personal growth, so why are so few women in it? Because 99.9% of schools are exclusively focused on men who want to win competitions, not women's self defense and personal growth.
If you're like me (and our parents), you want the best. Not a 'feel good' empowerment class, not a one-off workshop, and not a sloppy attempt to get more women in the door of some random martial arts school. What you deserve is an exceptional self defense program 100% dedicated and tailored to you.
When I left competition I knew I was the person to create this program and I haven't stopped shaping it since 2017. I hope to have the opportunity to share it with you. More About Gemma >
Girls Who Fight Features & Awards
Mixed Martial Arts Training
"This program has quite literally changed my life"
Give your daughter priceless strength, wits, and courage that she’ll take with her everywhere she goes for the rest of her life
What Sets Girls Who Fight Apart
From The Rest?
Every parent wants to equip their little girl with effective skills to protect herself. So why are so few girls in martial arts? Because 99.9% of martial arts programs are designed for adult men— not girls. Girls show up but they're de-prioritized and too intimidated, self-conscious, and bored to enjoy training, so they quit. But the people who need the confidence and security of self defense training the most are young women.
Girls deserve a top quality martial arts program that's 100% tailored to them. That's why we created Girls Who Fight.
Beginner Girls at Girls Who Fight:
✅ Learn From a Structured Curriculum
✅ Learn Techniques To Defend Common Attacks
✅ Learn How To Never Become A Target in The GWF Strategy Sessions
✅ Learn With Other Beginners
✅ Female Only Classes
✅ Beginner-Friendly, Fun, Empowering Atmosphere
✅ Learn From A Professional, Experienced Female Instructor
✅ The Objective of Our Training is SELF DEFENSE
Beginner Girls at Average Gym:
❌ Learn Random Techniques
❌ Learn Unrealistic Moves Designed For Martial Arts Competitions
❌ Zero Prevention Training
❌ Get Thrown Into Sparring and Become a Punching-Bag For Advanced Students
❌ Only Female In Class
❌ Hierarchy, Clicks, Competitive and Intimidating Atmosphere
❌ Unprofessional Male Instructors
❌ Says It's Self Defense, Tricks You Into Joining A Martial Arts Class
Other Ways To Learn From Us
The most valuable benefit of Girls Who Fight Camp is the knowledge and character that our girls gain and take with them everywhere they go. Our program teaches girls how to become an effective protector through the three GWF self defense pillars: Deter, Detect, and Defend!
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Physical Self Defense Skills
Confidence, Anti-Bullying, Self Defense
If there's anything girls need today it's confidence, awareness, and the ability to defend themselves from bullies and predators. Our fun, empowering program combines self defense and martial arts, bully-proofing and street smarts, and the undeniable confidence building that comes along with gaining these life changing skills.