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Transforming Women Into Skilled, Confident Protectors
Gain life-changing self defense skills and confidence with incredible women through safe, effective, and empowering training you absolutely love.
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Master The Skills To Defend Yourself And Never Become A Target!
The Girls Who Fight Program exists to make you excellent in the precise physical and mental skills to deter, detect, and defend violence and give you the confidence to succeed in life.
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Learn to defend common attacks with practical, effective techniques from Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts
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Learn how to be a non-target, set effective boundaries, and identify early danger signs with strangers, peers and intimate partners
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Gain the mental strength and resilience necessary to fight back and survive (even against a bigger, stronger attacker)
Gain the skills to fight back and the knowledge to never have to!
Become The Most Confident Version Of Yourself
Girls Who Fight is about so much more than physical transformation. Not only will you gain the skills and fitness to defend yourself, you'll become a confident person who achieves excellence in every area of life who is willing to fight for yourself in all domains. You'll gain:
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A fun hobby that keeps you fit and healthy
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Mental strength to overcome fear and adversity
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Confidence to succeed in self defense and in life
Learn self defense in a safe, fun, structured and professional environment!
With An Exclusive Community of Success-Minded Women
Lasting change is difficult alone. At Girls Who Fight you'll become a part of an outstanding community of success-minded teammates and instructors who will lift, inspire and support you in your goals!
Join a tribe of healthy, positive, driven women who inspire you to reach your full potential in self defense and life!
Learn Effective Techniques To Defend Yourself, Set Boundaries, and Never Become A Target!
Beginner And Advanced Self Defense Classes For Women And Teen Girls Age 14+
FUNDAMENTALS CLASSES
Self Defense Fundamentals
In this 16-lesson curriculum you'll learn strategies to never become a target and techniques to defend the most common attacks against women including punches, grabs, hair pulls, chokes, being dragged to a car, pinned to the ground, and more
ADVANCED CLASSES
Advanced Program
Master the complete Girls Who Fight self defense curriculum, advance your jiu jitsu and kickboxing skills, gain unbreakable confidence and earn your self defense black belt
6 WEEK BEGINNER COURSE
Beginner Course
Gain a foundation in women's self defense with other beginners in a structured 6-week accelerator course lead by top female self defense instructors
Imagine Trading All Insecurity For
Total Confidence In Everything You Do
1.HANDLE YOURSELF WITH CONFIDENCE IN ALL SITUATIONS
Learn how to handle inappropriate peers, threatening (and charming) strangers, abusive boyfriends, and bad gut feelings in the Girls Who Fight Strategy Sessions
2. MASTER HAND-PICKED TECHNIQUES FROM THE MOST EFFECTIVE COMBAT SPORTS IN THE WORLD
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
Unlock your ability to act decisively, adapt, fight under pressure and overcome the unpredictable in the Girls Who Fight Scenario Drills
4. BECOME A MASTER BOUNDARY-SETTER
Become a master of setting boundaries that protect your personal space and peace while keeping toxic and dangerous people out of your life
5. GAIN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR CONFIDENCE
Our program will shape you mentally and physically into a strong, confident person who is ready, willing, and capable of fighting for yourself and what you want (and never settling for anything less)
6. CREATE LIFE-LASTING HABITS THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS IN ALL AREAS OF YOUR LIFE
Develop positive habits that will help you achieve excellence in every area of your life with other smart, strong, dedicated women who will motivate and uplift you
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.
If you're like me (and our students), 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. About Us>
Why Should Girls Who Fight be The Place You Finally Learn Self Defense?
Beginner Women 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
✅ Start 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 Women 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
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Next Trial Class Is This Saturday!
To get started, reserve a spot in our beginner self defense training session where you'll learn the basics with other beginners and get an introduction to our program. No experience necessary.
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Saturday's 3-4:15pm
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Age 13+ (Teens Training on Mat 1, Women's Training on Mat 2)
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10 spots only
