What the Trainees are Saying!
We’ve been anticipating and planning for months, but on Monday, July 22nd, we finally began our Level 1 Training in Costa Rica. Eighteen...
Jul 25, 2019
The #YOUAreTheSuperPower Campaign is Here!
The #YOUAreTheSuperPower campaign is here! We've got two new groups of trainees, one meeting in Costa Rica and one meeting in New York,...
Jul 18, 2019
Building Bridges With ESD -- An Interview With Sergio Guillen
Things are heating up at ESD Global, as we get ready for so many summer events. One face we'll be seeing regularly at all of our...
Jul 11, 2019
A Preview of "empowErcaSteD!"
"I need people to help me to save lives." ~ Mariam Kurshudyan, Level 1 Training Graduate We're so excited to announce that later this...
Jul 4, 2019
Queer 101: LGBTQ+ Cultural Competence for ESD Teachers
Violence against someone because they aren’t heterosexual is gender-based violence. Violence against someone because they violate gender...
Jun 26, 2019
Taking Over the Women Deliver Conference, 2019
This week, ESD Global is in Vancouver, taking over the Women Deliver Conference! With over 8,000 participants, the event is one of the...
Jun 6, 2019
Practicing Emotional Self-Care Throughout Your ESD Training
Signing up for an Empowerment Self-Defense course, particularly an adrenaline-based course like IMPACT, pretty much guarantees that...
May 30, 2019
A New Family of Superheroes!
On May 10th, after months of anticipation, Anat Errel and Esti Lifschitz, two extremely talented instructors from El HaLev in Jerusalem,...
May 23, 2019
A Response to "Kickboxing, Rape, and the Myth of Self-Defense"
In the article “Kickboxing, Rape, and the Myth of Self-Defense,” which appeared on Medium on April 10th, 2019, Lauren McKeon shared that:...
May 15, 2019
ESD as a Tool for Trauma Healing
"Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. (They) may live in a body...
May 8, 2019