overcome size and strength with technique
“Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength." - Helio Gracie
most altercations end up on the ground, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the best system for ground-based self defense, teaching smaller, weaker people to turn an ATTACKER’S size and strength against him using timing, leverage, and technique.
time on the mats tells no lies
Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the most successful system for self-defense and a fantastic way to stay in shape, but most classes are still filled mostly with men. Our Women-only Self-Defense and BJJ classes provide a safe and welcoming environment in which to learn the fundamentals of self defense and BJJ. Women’s-only students also have access to all the Adult BJJ classes where we’ll be sure to match you with partners who will keep you safe on the mats while helping you develop your skills
“Balance and quickness will always win, and women are always quick.” —Sadakazu Uyenishi
empowering women throughout history
During the British women’s suffrage movement, increasingly violent exchanges with hecklers in their audiences and eventually the police caused British suffragettes to take up the Japanese art of jujutsu (the precursor to Brazilian jiu-jitsu) as an effective means of self-defense. Edith Garrud who measured only 4’11”, became the first British female teacher of jujutsu and one of the first female martial arts instructors in the West, opening her own London dojo. A student of Sadakazu Uyenishi, Garrud trained the Bodyguard unit of the Women's Social and Political Union in jujutsu techniques to protect their leaders from arrest and from violence from members of the public