About this Event
** BURBANK RESIDENTS ONLY ** Proof of residency required.
Join us for a FREE 90-minute women’s self-defense workshop designed to give women practical skills, greater awareness, and hands-on experience responding to real-world situations.
Led by Anjanette Lima, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and Self-Defense Instructor, this beginner-friendly workshop combines Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu principles with realistic, scenario-based training.
Rather than focusing on complicated techniques or trying to overpower someone, participants will learn how to use awareness, verbal boundaries, positioning, leverage, movement, and simple defensive skills to create an opportunity to get away and reach safety.
What You’ll Learn
During this interactive workshop, we’ll explore:
- Situational awareness and recognizing potential threats
- Using your voice and establishing strong verbal and physical boundaries
- Defending against common grabs and unwanted physical contact
- Creating space when grabbed or pinned
- What to do if someone attempts to pull or move you
- Basic ground survival and escaping from underneath someone
- Safely getting back to your feet
- Scenario-based exercises including parking-lot encounters, close-contact situations, and ground defense
No previous martial arts or self-defense experience is necessary. Techniques can be modified for different ages, body types, fitness levels, and physical abilities. Participants are encouraged to work at their own comfort level.
This is not a martial arts competition or a fight class. Our focus is simple:
Recognize the danger. Protect yourself. Create space. Escape. Get to safety.
Event venue & nearby stays
Legacy Burbank, 330 North Victory Boulevard, Burbank, United States
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