Training as a self defence teacher

Criteria Ngā Paearu

• Are you passionate about the elimination of violence and abuse against women and girls?
• Can you establish a rapport with women & girls?
• Are you committed to equal rights?
• Do you have an analysis of power and control?
• Have you completed a women’s self defence course?
• Do you have facilitation and/or teaching skills?
• Are you physically competent and coordinated?
• Are you determined to make a difference?
• Do you have the time to commit to teaching self defence?
• Do you have a feminist analysis?

Our network runs training programmes for new self defence teachers. The training involves two residential programmes of 7–10 days each, followed by co-teaching and an accreditation process. This training usually takes about 18 months.

This training and work is specifically for women. Once trained, our self defence teachers work as self-employed contractors. If you are interested This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it us.