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Empowerment 101

1-hour class
Free!

This one-hour class provides an overview of IMPACT Bay Area's approach to empowerment self-defense! In this class, students develop intuition, situational awareness, assertive body language, and verbal skills to deescalate and deter assault and harassment, as well as learn two simple and effective physical techniques. 

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Intro to IMPACT

3-hour class
Sliding scale $50-140

This three-hour training covers street safety and awareness, physical and verbal boundary setting, and full force self-defense skills proven to be effective at increasing safety and confidence. Students get the unique and powerful experience of practicing their techniques at full force in safe and realistic scenarios against a padded mock assailant. 

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IMPACT Daylong

6-hour class
Sliding scale $110-240

This six-hour training covers street safety and awareness, physical and verbal boundary setting, and full force self-defense skills proven effective at increasing safety and confidence. This class covers lots of additional skills on top of those learned in our three-hour intro, including more physical techniques and practice scenarios setting healthy boundaries with people you know.

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