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21 Day Self-Defense CHALLENGE for Personal Empowerment

Name: 21 Day Self-Defense CHALLENGE for Personal Empowerment
Rating: 4.3 (4 reviews)

21 Day Challenge! Feel empowered, confident & safe w/ de-escalation, setting boundaries, safety planning & defend YOU

Created byJoeel & Natalie of Transformation Services, Iyémote, Tasha Church, Transformation Services

Last updated 7/2026

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What you'll learn

Empowerment Self-Defense Tools, Strategies, and Choices.
De-Escalation Tactics
Boundary Setting
Safety Planning
Receive the knowledge base of basic joint manipulation, joint locks and pressure points.
Obtain tools to build confidence and trust within yourself.
Learn simple techniques to counter common attacks.
Integrate responsive maneuvers and counter attacks.
Learn techniques for dealing with aggression.
Proper body placement.
Do exercises to enhance the training.
Train your reactionary responses to an approaching attack.
Threat assessments of your surroundings.
Minimize the potential of becoming forced into being a victim.

Course content

7 sections • 32 lectures • 3h 8m total length

Welcome!2:43
Special thank you to videographer Ethan Hansen and editor Ryland Doran.
Introduction: Your Empowerment Self Defense Journey Starts Here!1:08
Kick off your empowerment self defense journey with practical insights and a ripple-effect mindset, inviting you to share what you learn to help others.
Clip from Interview with Tasha, Joeel & Natalie - Tasha's Story13:58
Testimonial from Jessica Baker, Realtor Safety0:29
Jessica Baker shares how taking Tasha's workshops increases awareness of daily dangers and equips realtors with practical tools to prevent unsafe situations.
Introduction of Kyle Goodman (The Attacker)0:39
The Difference Between Martial Arts and Self-Defense1:59
Contrast martial arts with self-defense, noting rules of engagement and how high-stress scenarios can trigger freeze. Emphasize empowerment, choices, and practical tools for defending yourself when no rules apply.
Full Workbooks for Download0:11

Boundary Setting4:28
Safety Plan1:20
Develop safety planning for everyday what-ifs by identifying exit routes, safe places, and emergency numbers. Coordinate with coworkers and loved ones to share contact information and implement the plan.
Emergency Safety Tools3:15
Explore safety tools and strategies to build a personal emergency plan, using tools instead of weapons, creating a tool kit, and practicing what-if scenarios for safe exits.
De-Escalation4:09
Learn practical de-escalation strategies to manage heated confrontations by assessing your awareness, stepping back when needed, and using calm, controlled language to lower tension.
What Happens to Your Body After De-Escalation1:23
Embrace the post-de-escalation state, recognizing that your body may shake, feel jittery, laugh, or cry, and honor these normal responses with self-care and grace.
How to Address When Someone is Making You Uncomfortable2:28

A Note on Stances1:00
Adopt a ready stance with feet shoulder-width apart and offset, back leg at 45 degrees, hands up and eyes on the opponent to block and strike if needed.
Scenario-Based Learning/Teaching3:48
Guide students through scenario-based learning by identifying their fears and acting them out, while using red, yellow, and green light cues to map comfort and escalation.
Wrist Grabs22:08
Lapel Grabs21:51
Stranglehold Part 114:54
Learn practical stranglehold escape techniques, freeing your air pocket, breaking grips, and exiting with pivots, strikes, and awareness for personal empowerment.
Stranglehold Part 216:36
Learn rapid responses to a stranglehold, including breaking the grip, pivoting, and using heel palm, throat poke, knee, and finger hold escapes.
Hair Grabs12:34
Attacks from Behind12:23
Against the Wall7:20
Floor Attacks12:58

Welcome to the 21 Day ESD Challenge!0:45
Begin a 21 day empowerment self-defense challenge with guided stretches, self-defense techniques, breathwork, and boundary setting, supported by a workbook to track progress.
Conclusion: 21 Day Challenge1:34
Celebrate completing the 21 day self-defense challenge by applying empowerment skills, exercises, tools, and strategies to everyday life, including workplace and at-home scenarios with intimate partners or family and friends.

Requirements

This is an open opportunity for people to learn a life saving skill. They get to become their own measurement for training, skill, and go at their own pace.
There are no requirements.
Background in martial arts NOT required.
Applicable to all ages, abilities, and genders, although videos are primarily for an adult audience.

Description

Includes a complete 21 Day CHALLENGE, empowerment tools, and practical physical defense technique demonstrations!

Did you know that 75% of all physical confrontations could have been avoided through verbal communication in the feel out stage of an adverse situation?

Looking at common attacks people have to face, I pulled the moves that were effective while wearing everyday clothing and that were practical to create workshops and courses which I know to be effective and has saved lives.

This course has been broken up to show multiple types of attacks:

Wrist grabs
Lapel grabs
Strangleholds
Hair grabs
Behind the back
Against the wall
Against the floor

For each type of attack, you will learn multiple self-defense counter attacks, however the course goes beyond that.

Self-Defense isn't just about physical moves. It is understanding that YOU have a VOICE and that voice has POWER and it deserves to be heard.

It is about preventative action and empowering yourself to know that in any fight, be it physical, emotional, or psychological, YOU ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR!

This course is based on 20 years of experience dissecting multiple styles of martial arts and self-defense including: 7 styles of Japanese Martial Arts, Tai Chi, along with doing Warrior Spirit Training with Sylvester Stallone’s Trainer, Jeff Alexander and most recently Empowerment Self-Defense with ESD Global.

The ESD Global’s Empowerment Self-Defense training is a 40-year evidence-based, research-based curriculum designed by women for women and other communities in need and I am proud to synthesize knowledge from that ongoing training into this course!

I compiled the most common physical attacks that you are likely to face, and have devised several counter attacks to each one. Additionally, self-defense is more than just attacks and counters. It is more than just physical responses and moves. It is also your situational, social, and emotional awareness. It is about learning how to set clear boundaries and how to de-escalate situations before they start. I pulled some of my best tools, strategies, and choices to create this course.

We will go over:

Self-empowerment
Boundary setting
De-escalation
Safety planning

We also discuss situational, social, and emotional awareness. It is my belief that you teach others how to treat you. With the knowledge, skills, tools, and strategies from this course EMPOWER YOU!

Check out the previews and enjoy!

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

This course is brought to you by Transformation Academy which has over 800,000 students from 200 countries and territories. They are excited to have collaborated with instructor Tasha Church to bring you this Empowerment Self Defense course.

Tasha is an Empowerment Coach in the Hawaiian Islands, offering retreats, private group coaching, and empowerment self-defense trainings to emerging women leaders so they can be their own heroes. Church is one of eleven people globally to possess a credential in Empowerment Self-Defense equivalent to The Bar Exam for attorneys. She has been internationally recognized for her work in empowerment and nationally recognized in the United States. She sits on the board of the National Women’s Martial Arts Federation, focusing on Equity and Inclusion. Recently, Tasha was on the cover of West Maui Magazine and writes articles on self-care, boundary setting, and empowerment. She was in the XLR9HI PreX Fellowship recognized in Forbes Magazine and graduated Summa cum Laude with her masters degree in Business Leadership with an emphasis on Global Systems Change. She has over 20 years of experience, along with training in Psychological First Aid through John Hopkins University.

TESTIMONIALS:

"Highly Engaging, Informative and practical. The partner work and Demos were very clear. Excellent Instruction!"

"Thank you for a great course. I practiced getting someone off me and it worked! I almost broke my hubby's Ankle!"

We love getting feedback like this from a student after a course (Minus the broken ankle part!)

"Great Class. I liked it because it was taught by a woman! Great teacher!"

Who this course is for:

Anyone with a desire for confidence they can defend and protect themselves.
For all who want to learn Empowerment Self-Defense.
For those who do not have time to go into a studio to train or who want to go at their own pace and prefer a visual and auditory learning experience.
This training is for people who believe that empowerment goes beyond physical safety.
Anyone who believes they have a voice and that voice has power — it deserves to be heard.

21 Day Self-Defense CHALLENGE for Personal Empowerment

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Course content

Introduction7 lectures • 21min

Principles of Self-Defense1 lecture • 5min

Self-Empowerment3 lectures • 9min

Boundaries, Safety & De-Escalation6 lectures • 17min

Physical Empowerment for Self-Defense10 lectures • 2hr 6min

21 Day Challenge!2 lectures • 2min

Wrap-Up3 lectures • 8min

Requirements

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