Self Defense Should Be Designed for the People Learning It
Girls Who Fight was created to give women and girls something founder Gemma Sheehan believed was missing from traditional martial arts: practical self defense built around the real-world situations women and girls face, taught in an environment designed for them to thrive.
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Why I Created
Girls Who Fight
I spent years training and competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts. Martial arts gave me skills, confidence and resilience that changed my life.
But I also began to see a gap.
Knowing how to fight and knowing how to protect yourself in the real world aren't always the same thing.
Women and girls face situations that aren't competitions. There are no rules, weight classes or referees. Self defense can begin long before anything becomes physical, with awareness, recognizing warning signs, setting boundaries and knowing when something isn't right.
When I retired from fighting in 2017, I created Girls Who Fight to build the kind of training I believed women and girls deserved: practical self defense, awareness and confidence training designed specifically for them.