Links: Self-defense Martial arts Firearms training Survival
Links
Fitness
Scáth na Feannóige Fitness Files
Ms. Fitness Magazine -Real World Feminist Fitness
Play to Strength (Saigh’s business)
Self-Defense
National Women’s Martial Arts Federation Certified Self-Defense Instructor List – US, Canada and Trinidad listings
Prevention Action Change – Maine
Association for Women’s Self-Defense Advancement
IMPACT Boston Check their links for other locations
Model Mugging “California, Colorado, Texas, Pennsylvania, Hawaii and abroad”
Not Today – Pacific NorthWest
Rape Aggression Defense System Full-contact self-defense training (please note that quality of RAD training apparently varies, please beware of victim-blame and “stranger dangers” tendencies in many trainers, this is listed as it is wide spread and available via many universities and colleges )
Martial Arts
The Cateran Society Highland Broadsword
International Krav Maga Federation
Krav Maga Worldwide Enterprises
National Women’s Martial Arts Federation
Firearms Training
AWARE Home Page Defensive weapons training by women for people of all genders in Massachusetts
Paxton Qugley’s Hompage Foremost spokeswoman for guns as self-defense for women
Women and Guns Magazine Keep up on recent issues and join the forum
Lethal Force Institute – Massad Ayoob In New Hampshire, but classes in other states too
Survival Sites
Jack Mountain Bushcraft School
Bug-Out/Jump/Go Kits (via the Way Back Machine)
Books
Fitness
Danny Abshire and Brian Metzler, Natural Running: The Simple Path to Stronger, Healthier Running Boulder, Colorado: Velopress, 2010
Thomas R. Baechle and Roger W. Earle, Fitness Weight Training, Human Kinetics, 2014
Barbara Bushman, ACSM’s Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, 2nd edition, Human Kinetics, 2017
Sarah Hays Coomer, Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health & Stamina for the Modern Feminist, New York: Seal Press, 2018
Danny and Kathryn Dreyer, Chi Running: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-free Running, New York: Fireside – Simon & Schuster, 2004
Liz Neporent, Suzanne Schlosberg and Shirley Archer, Weight Training for Dummies, 3rd edition, Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2006 (there are several editions of Weight Training For Dummies, written by different people, this is the only one I recommend….there are still gender issues and over use of the word “tone” but as a general starter or refresher it’s functional)
Self-Defense, martial arts and theories
Massad F. Ayoob, The Truth About Self-Protection
Dr. Judith Fein, Exploding the Myth of Self-Defense: A Survival Guide for Every Woman (Dr. Fein’s books are the most practical for hand-to-hand here, but do not replace actual training)
Dr. Judith Fein, Are You a Target: A Guide to Self-Protection and Personal Safety
Bo Hardy, Defensive Living: When Defensive Driving, Diets and Exercise Aren’t Enough to Keep You Alive and Well!
Martha McCaughey,Real Knockouts: The Physical Feminism of Women’s Self-Defense, NY: New York University Press, 1997, NY: New York University Press, 1997
Ellen Snortland, Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls, Trilogy Books, 1998
Firearms
Massad F. Ayoob, In the Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection
Paxton Quigley, Armed and Female: Twelve Million American Women Own Guns, Should You?
Survival
John “Lofty” Wiseman, SAS Survival Handbook
