Working with the world renowned Gracie family, founders of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and contemporary mixed-martial-arts, I directed and produced the groundbreaking Gracie Women Empowered Self-Defense and Rape Prevention DVD series. The program has generated a nationwide empowerment movement, including seminars for the general public, government officials, and the U.S. military. In April 2013, Rener Gracie hosted the first Women Empowered seminar for 150 women in the U.S. Air Force.
Of the many projects that I have worked on, I am most proud of my work with the Gracie Women Empowered program and the Gracie Bullyproof program for kids. As has been proven time and again, Gracie jiu-jitsu is the single most effective form of self-defense in allowing smaller victims to consistently defeat larger and stronger attackers.
For more info on the DVD series and Women Empowered events near you, please visit GracieAcademy.com
In addition to physical self-defense techniques, the Women Empowered DVD series includes situational awareness and mindset discussions designed to enable women to avoid certain potentially dangerous situations. This is one of my favorite for college age women:
