What to look for in a self-defense class:
Self-defense is a set of awareness, assertiveness, verbal confrontation
skills, safety strategies, and physical techniques that enable someone
to successfully prevent, escape, resist and survive violent assaults.
A good self-defense course provides psychological awareness and
verbal skills, not just physical training. Ideally, a good self-defense
program should reflect these philosophical points:
Women do not ask for, cause, invite or deserve to be assaulted.
Women and men sometimes exercise poor judgment about behavior, but
that does not make them responsible for the attack
Whatever a woman's decision in a given self-defense situation, her
decision to survive the best way she can must be respected. Self-defense
classes should not be used as judgment against a victim/survivor.
Good self-defense programs offer options, techniques, and a way
of analyzing situations, including a full range of strategy- building.
A program may point out what usually works best in most situations,
but each situation is unique, and the final decision rests with
the person actually confronted by the situation.
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Contact your local community college to
find out if they offer self-defense classes:
Cuyamaca College:
http://www.cuyamaca.net
Grossmont College: http://grossmont.gcccd.cc.ca.us/home/
Imperial Valley College: http://www.imperial.cc.ca.us/
Miracost College: http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/
Palomar College: http://www.palomar.edu/
San Diego City College: http://www.city.sdccd.cc.ca.us/
Mesa College: http://intergate.sdmesa.sdccd.cc.ca.us/Welcome.shtml
Miramar College: http://www.miramar.sdccd.cc.ca.us/
Southwestern College: http://www.swc.cc.ca.us/
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Contact your local community center to
find out if they offer self-defense classes:
Service Center Hours:
Mon. - Thurs. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Friday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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Victim Support Groups / Counseling Services
Center for Women's Studies and Services: 619-233-3088
San Diego YMCA:
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Administration (Downtown)
1012 C St.
San Diego, CA 92101-5544
619-239-0355
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Counseling Center (Pacific Beach)
2550 Garnet Ave.
San Diego, CA 92109-3817
858-270-4504
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Family Stress Counseling Services
779 Third Avenue,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
619-691-1331
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Counseling Service
5505 Friars Road,
San Diego, CA 92110
619-293-3165
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