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INNOVATIVE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR WOMEN TO FIGHT USING THEIR CORE AND LOWER
BODY STRENGTH TO GENERATE POWER.
SHIELD is a close-range fighting system created specifically to
empower women against sexual assault.
Unlike most training
that uses upper body strength, SHIELD relies on one's CORE and
LOWER BODY strength to generate power.
Our training method
is unique, simple, and fun.

Based on a mixture of martial arts principles, self-defense and
street fighting,
SHIELD focuses on training the body mechanics,
balance, speed, and breathing. This is a safe space for women to
learn practical and effective self defense.

The logic is simple – to get used to something, we first need to
experience it. We can't learn how to swim without going in the
water. The difference between having
FEAR and having TERROR
is in knowing what to do. When we know what to do, fear can be
our ally. If we don’t know what to do, or have never experienced
it, we will freeze in terror because we have no clear goal on how
to respond. The difference is in the
TRAINING!
20th Century FOX
SHIELD provided weekly
training for the women of FOX
on the LOT of FOX
Studios.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and
women empowerment.
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Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
Women self defense, women's personal safety and women empowerment.
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los angeles self defense, women safety
los angeles self defense, women safety
los angeles self defense, women safety
SHIELD taught at an Intensive Summer
Camp for teenage girls sponsored by
the
Commission on the Status of
Women
(Glendale Municipality)
CIVIC PRIDE
Glendale News Press
SHIELD was recently featured on E!
Entertainment Network
on its hit show "Keeping
up with the Kardashians."
SHIELD taught Kim
Kardashian and her sisters Kourtney and Khloe.
MTV Safety Fair
SHIELD teaches at the all-girl surf
and snow empowerment festival
Interview with Bob McCormick on Money 101
discussing women's safety & self-defense
A Week Without Violence
SHIELD opened up the week with a
self-defense training for women
To promote the movie, SHIELD was selected
by Summit Entertainment to train women self
defense in a parking garage in the heart of
Hollywood.
Girls Day Out
SHIELD taught young girls ages 9-12 for the Santa Monica Police
Strictly through word-of-mouth,
SHIELD Women's Self-Defense
training has been widely
accepted and requested by
various groups of women.
SHIELD teaches for the City of
Beverly Hills
SHIELD was invited to participate
at the MTV Safety Fair
Nelson received an honor from
Amanecer for his contribution to
the Domestic Violence group.
SHIELD teaches for Glendale Commission on the
Status of Women
SHIELD teaches accredited
college-level class at
Woodbury University
SHIELD teaches the women
of Pepperdine University
School of Law
SHIELD taught four classes at the event.
Left to right: Maritza Franco (SHIELD), LA Mayor Villaraigosa,
Nelson Nio (SHIELD), Jordan Farmar (LA Lakers), Rebecca
Ninburg (co-founder LA Roller Derby Dolls).
MAYOR'S DAY OF SERVICE...for women
SHIELD provided daily training open for all
USC sororities on campus. The training was
held at the Delta Delta Delta sorority house.
LA County Dept of Public Health
Office of Women's Health chose
SHIELD for its women's
self-defense training
LA County Board of
Supervisors Domestic Violence
Council & LA Commission on
Women
choose SHIELD as its
self defense training partner.
The National Organization for
Women (Hollywood) trusts  
SHIELD to train women
self-defense & personal safety.  
The City of West Hollywood Women Advisory
Committee chooses SHIELD to train the women
in the community self defense & personal safety
As one of the most exclusive clubs in Southern California,
SPECTRUM Athletic Clubs offers a fitness environment unlike
any other health club. It now offers SHIELD Women's Self
Defense training open to its members and the public
SHIELD has been featured on: