Women's self-defence & personal safety
Self defense.
Self protection.
Self respect.
A ninety-minute workshop in awareness, boundaries and practical physical skill — for women of every age, size and fitness level. No martial arts background required, and none assumed.
Taught by Darlene Kranstz — sixth-degree black belt, four-time world champion, Milton Sports Hall of Fame.
Awareness and avoidance come first, hands-on skills second — because the best outcome is the confrontation that never happens.
Built for women of every age, size and fitness level. No martial arts background required, and none assumed.
This isn't a martial arts class. It's ninety minutes of practical decisions, boundaries and physical responses you can actually recall under stress.
You'll leave with something you can use tonight — not a belt, not a curriculum. A plan.
Taught by a woman, for women. The room is different when it is.
Confidence isn't a side effect of this workshop. It's the objective.
We assume there are survivors in every room. Every drill is opt-in, nobody is singled out, and no one is asked to relive anything.
What we cover
Awareness & Avoidance
Reading a room, a street, a stairwell. The habits that keep most situations from ever becoming situations.
Protection & Prevention
Practical routines for the places you actually go — the parking garage, the transit platform, the client's front door.
Hands-On Skills
Grip breaks, striking, creating distance and getting to an exit. Taught for recall under stress, not for a belt.
Taking Action
What to do in the moment, and what to do in the weeks afterward. Reporting, documenting, escalating.
Confidence Building
Not a side effect of the workshop — the objective. The physical skills are how we get there.
The Talk
The pen is mightier than the sword. Journaling as a defensive tool and as a way to decide who you are before the pressure arrives.
Next public workshop
Fit to Fight
- Date
- Friday, October 2, 2026
- Time
- 6:00 – 7:30 PM
- Where
- Milton Jujutsu, 310 Main St., Milton, ON
- Price
- $40
The sword is for the one moment. The pen is for every day before it, and every day after.
