“Show Me A Woman Protecting Her Child…”

If you’ve wondered why your martial arts training hasn’t given you the internal sense of connection and aliveness you have been looking for, it may be because the emphasis has been on punching and kicking and throwing, rather than on the heart and mind that EXPRESSES itself in these defensive ways. Get that connection, and ANY martial art is transformed.

If you’ve ever wondered if you could have the confidence and self-awareness of a martial artist without training in the local strip-mall dojo…the answer is YES. While acquiring physical skills requires physical practice, “self defense” is a natural birthright of every animal, programmed into your DNA.

“Show me a woman protecting her child, and I’ll show you self defense”

— Dawn Callan, 10th degree black belt and creator of the AWAKENING THE WARRIOR WITHIN workshop.

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Here’s a hint: how hard would you fight for your daughter, son, or helpless sibling? When you will fight that hard for YOURSELF, for your physical safety, or your dreams and aspirations, bringing the same level of commitment and fearlessness…you have found the core of your being, the “third rail” of power in human psychology…your urge to survive. It is your heritage. Any disconnect from this is social conditioning. On a psychological level, martial arts aren’t about “teaching” they are about “un-learning” the inhibitions programmed into you by society.