Name: NORTHWEST EXTREME DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE - A Fundraising Event for the Joni's Angels Program
Start: 2025-11-08T10:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-09T16:00:00-08:00
Location: Lotus Self Defense Academy of Spokane

NORTHWEST EXTREME DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE - A Fundraising Event for the Joni's Angels Program

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HOLIDAY SPECIAL!!! WE ARE PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR JONI'S ANGELS!!!!
REGISTRATION IS NOW JUST $40 FOR ONE DAY & $75 FOR BOTH! WOW!!!! (Click on the link or use the QR code for details!!!) You can also purchase our AWESOME Escrima Sticks for just $20 each during this holiday special! You can also pay by check at the door if you would prefer NOT to use our Givebutter platform for registration - just send an email with your first and last name, your contact information (email address and/or phone number so that we can confirm your registration), which day(s) you are registering to attend, and the number of Escrima sticks (if any) you would like to have waiting for you when you arrive at the event! Then bring a check made out to "Joni's Angels" for the proper amount ($40 for Saturday OR Sunday / $75 for both + $20 per stick) with you and pay at the door when you sign in. (We need to receive your email at least 7 days before the event if you want to pay for registration by check.) We have made it EASY!
IMPORTANT!!! If you to save an ADDITIONAL $15 for a single day registration or $25 for both days after Monday, October 13th - VISIT ONE OF OUR GUARDIAN NETWORK MEMBER SCHOOLS!!!! (Or reach out to them through social media.) They have a SPECIAL QR CODE/LINK that will allow you to register for EVEN BIGGER SAVINGS!!! Just tell them that you would like to register for the NORTHWEST EXTREME DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE through their Guardians Network discount. These EXTREME SAVINGS are only available through our Official Guardians Network Member Schools. We are offering this EXTREME DISCOUNT in an effort to raise enough money to fund our first scholarships before the end of the year, so ACT NOW!!!
Join us for this incredible fundraising event! Four of the region's best martial arts instructors come together to share their knowledge and skill of EXTREME SELF DEFENSE with you to raise money for the Joni's Angels Martial Arts Scholarship program - 501c3 nonprofit program that pays for poverty level youth to attend great martial arts classes - for an entire year - free of charge. Don't miss your chance to train with some of the Inland Northwest's top instructors at Lotus Self Defense Academy of Spokane at this awesome collaborative event while helping Joni's Angels provide a life-changing experience to young people in need! Here's what we have in store for you:
Saturday, November 8th - The action starts a 10 AM* with Expert Instructor Steve Altfillisch presenting great HANDGUN AND RIFLE DISARMING TECHNIQUES from both Krav Maga and his own personal defense system. These are techniques that are only to be used in life-or-death scenarios … and they are both EFFECTIVE and BRUTAL!!!
At 12:30, we will break for lunch and fuel up for training with the next great Instructor.
At 1:30, we dive right back into the action with Ajarn Gabriel Harrington and TACTICAL BLADED SELF DEFENSE. Between 1:30 and 4 PM, Ajarn Harrington will be presenting a well-rounded combination of Bram Frank's CSSD, Modern Arnis and Lotus Self-Defense that will not only introduce you to the harsh realities of fighting with a blade, but will also teach you what you need to know to deal with such a threat effectively!!!
On Sunday, November 9th, a rare treat - back to back presentations by two highly skilled veteran martial artists who each have over 40 years of experience in PRACTICAL FIGHTING ARTS.
The fun starts at 10 AM** with Master Mike Edmonson, a master-level Instructor of Kung Fu San Soo and a direct disciple of the legendary Jimmy Woo! Master Edmonson with be sharing his knowledge of SELF DEFENSE AGAINST MULTIPLE ATTACKERS. Learn how to even the odds when you are confronted by more than one assailant. This presentation will not only teach you what to do in such situations … it will show you how to easily gain the upper hand! Yet another great presentation that you don't want to miss!
As before, we will break for lunch between 12:30 and 1:30.
The excitement continues from 1:30 to 4 PM with Sifu Charlie Hicks, a master-level Instructor with a background and lineage in Jeet Kune Do (3rd Generation), Wing Chun and Filipino Martial Arts that can be traced directly back to Bruce Lee and the legendary pioneers that brought these well-known reality-based fighting arts to the United States! Sifu Charlie will be giving a presentation on EMPTY HAND and WEAPON IMMOBILIZATION and the application of techniques in ESPADA Y DAGA ("Sword and Dagger") that you really don't want to miss out on! This great presentation will show you how to take what you learn in the practice of drills and turn them into applicable skills that you can use for real-world self defense!!!
Registration is NOW JUST $40 for one day (Saturday or Sunday - no splitting days) or $75 for two! (We strongly recommend that you register for BOTH. You don't want to miss any of this event - and it is for a GREAT cause.)
We are also offering our HAND-CRAFTED, FIRE-HARDENED ESCRIMA STICKS at this event for JUST $20 EACH or $40 A PAIR!!! - so if you don't already have a pair to train with (or if you would just like to have a couple of our superior quality sticks), use the "with sticks" option to register and we will make a set - complete with a certificate of authenticity - just for you!
Don't miss your chance to train with some of the best in the business when it comes to extreme self defense - and to help support our nation's poverty-stricken young people at the same time! Register TODAY!!!
Our Instructors have all agreed to donate their normal fees to Joni's Angels, so every dollar raised at this awesome event goes directly to support the Joni's Angels Martial Arts Scholarship Program.
*Please arrive 20-30 minutes early to sign in.
** Please arrive early to sign in on Sunday if you are not attending both days.
See you there!!!
The link will take you to our Givebutter event description page. Click on the "Register" button in the upper right corner of the page and a page will appear that shows you all of your registration options. Click and the option you want and you will be forwarded to a payment page. You can also just donate an amount if you would like to support the Joni's Angels Martial Arts Scholarship Program but cannot attend the event.
THANK YOU for supporting Joni's Angels
NOTE: Once you select a registration option, you will be asked to confirm payment. You should know that, as of September 2025, GIVEBUTTER (our fundraising platform) began asking for an "optional" tip from our donors to help offset their costs in providing this service. Their platform is PRESET to include a 10% tip for Givebutter - above and beyond the registration amount. If you would rather NOT pay the extra 10%, please go to the "optional tip" field at the bottom of the payment confirmation screen BEFORE you confirm payment and change the amount to whatever percentage you think is reasonable or to 0% if you would rather not tip them at all. This is event is for charity, and we cannot issue refunds once your payment has been processed through Givebutter. Sorry.