05/19/2026
Lee's Martial Arts will be hosting a four part self-defense course in July. The primary audience of this class is the LGBTQIA+ community. If you would like to participate but do not identify as LGBTQIA+, especially if you are a woman or teen, please feel free to sign up. Priority will be given to members of the community but if there is room, you will be welcome to join. We will let those on the waitlist know if there is space in mid-June.
The classes will be Thursdays, July 2, 9, 16, and 23, 7-9pm. The class will include the following:
Week 1: Pre-contact self-protection: awareness, body language, threat cues, de-escalation, distance
Week 2: Striking and standing grappling fundamentals
Week 3: Grappling fundamentals, standing and on the ground
Week 4: Integration of concepts, scenarios, multiple attackers, post-engagement concerns
This class will be capped at 16 participants and is for students 15 years of age or older. Any who sign up beyond the cap will be put on a list for early notification for cancellations or the next class (likely late fall).
The price of the course will be $80. However, no one will be excluded for inability to pay. When you sign up, you will be asked to indicate the level of payment you are comfortable with, down to $0. Please do not let cost be a barrier! Current Lee's members and returning self-defense students will be $40. Any non-member who pays full price and chooses to sign up at Lee's at the end of the course can do so for half price for the first month ($45).
Please direct questions to the instructor, Adam Phelps. His email and the sign up link are in the first comment.
Please share with anyone who might be interested. Thank you.
