As a self-defense instructor, it is my responsibility to ensure that all students learn appropriate techniques that empower them to defend themselves during a violent threat. I customize and tailor…

Had my son remind me what the first rule of self defense is: staying out of a fight. While playing an aggressive game of basketball, he gets physically knocked down…

Feeling safe and secure is as much about mindset as it is about weaponry in your arsenal. If you walk through life knowing you are not a victim, and carry…

What we normalize becomes culture. Those who argue that rape culture doesn't exist have never been a victim of it. I've trained many who have been. 

Last week, I had the honor of meeting a 90 year old Auschwitz survivor. He saw family members gunned down by the SS and was in the concentration camp for…

A brave current student lets me look into the frustrations and impossibilities of being a domestically abused woman. She has my support and my gratitude for sharing her story. To…

Just had one of the more fulfilling experiences of teaching Krav Maga happen this morning. After teaching the 11 am All Levels class, one of our female students who has…

With vast array of strikes and kicks martial artists learn, it always amazes me how sometimes the most effective measure to an up close confrontation are the simplest motions. Certainly…

All babies fall down while learning to walk. They never quit out of frustration or fear that "this walking thing is not for them". They focus on the task at…

I just got back from the gym where I strength train in Armonk. After my workout I stopped by the juice bar for my usual post workout protein smoothie. The…