6. Women’s Self-Defence Program
About Course
Most self-defence advice given to women is about avoidance — do not go there, do not go then, do not wear that. This course starts from a different place. You have a right to be where you are. What you need is the ability to read a situation early, and the physical skill to create distance if reading it early was not enough.
What the program covers
- Situational awareness — recognising the stages that precede an attack, and acting during them rather than after.
- Escape techniques — releases from wrist grabs, hair grabs, bear hugs and being pulled. Techniques that work against someone stronger, because they use leverage rather than force.
- Defensive skills from Varmakalai — targeted strikes to sensitive points that let a smaller person create the two seconds needed to get away.
- Everyday contexts — crowded buses, autos, stairwells, workplaces, and the situations where the person is known to you, which is the more common case.
- Confidence and posture — how you carry yourself changes how you are read. This is trained, not talked about.
- Fitness — the stamina and strength that make the rest of it usable.
How we teach it
Sessions are conducted in an environment where women can train without self-consciousness, at a pace that respects that some students are carrying difficult experiences. Nobody is forced into a drill they are not ready for. Techniques are practised slowly first and only then at speed.
We are honest about limits. No six-month course makes anyone invincible, and the goal of every technique here is the same: create distance, get to safety, get help. Escape is success.
Who it is for
College students, working professionals, homemakers, and girls from age 12 training alongside their mothers. No previous fitness or martial arts background is needed.
Where: JADMAA branches in Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Ariyalur.
To ask about batch timings: call +91 93452 20020.