Self Defense

Trained in Karate and national award winning champion, Kaushav Sanyal, a police constable in West Bengal believes that no girl should go without a basic knowledge of self-defence.

59-year-old SreeRam started learning this form of self-defence when he was 45, and three years later, started his own Krav Maga academy in Chennai.

With her hard work and dedication, Aishwarya is redefining the norms of a 3,000-year-old martial art form that was otherwise largely practiced by only men. Here’s her inspiring story.

“Now, I have the confidence to face a stranger, at any time of the day. The feeling that we are strong enough to face any situation has helped us shed the usual reaction of cowering — people are now calling us the tigresses of Kangazha.”

A second-degree black belt in Taekwondo, Pooja Nagpal took martial arts training to a remote mountain village in India, and taught young girls how to defend themselves when she was just 15. Here's the inspiring story of this now 19-year-old, who was awarded the 2016 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.

Take a few minutes to learn some handy self-defence tricks now, and walk confidently, knowing you’re prepared for pretty much any situation.