Free self-defence classes funded by police have seen take-up of more than 70 per cent and received a warm welcome from participants. The sessions in Stourport, Worcestershire, were made available as ...

A self-defence class is helping those who have experienced abuse regain their confidence.

With unemployment, drug abuse, obesity and violent extremism on the rise in Kenya and North Eastern in particular, one man is offering the youth an alternative that will keep them occupied and fit.

Sinead Mulligan decided to learn self-defense after one of her friends jokingly threw her to the ground with a jujitsu move. “I was like, ‘If this tiny girl can throw me to the ground, I should ...

Self defence classes have been organised for women following spate of violent attacks in Birmingham and the Black Country. Single mother Sanni Aujla said she wanted to organise them in Sutton ...

Neha Kushwaha, a 26-year-old yoga trainer, was on her way to a class in Ashok Vihar when a group of young men standing by the road began heckling her – ‘Ladki hoke bike chala rahi hai (She is riding a ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Inside a community room in Brooklyn on a rainy day in May, seven women pair off for a series of drills. They practice backing toward the building's exits, as if moving away from an ...

In Jammu and Kashmir, a Taekwondo academy in Poonch is empowering girls with self-defence skills. Separately, the Indian Army ...

A series of free self-defence sessions for women and girls aged 16 and over are to be offered in Worcestershire, West Mercia Police has announced. The five classes will be offered throughout November ...