Excelsior Self Defense

06/16/2026

05/30/2026

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉
We are proud to announce the recipient of the first-ever Ever Upward Scholarship presented by Excelsior Self Defense & Fitness!

Congratulations to Krisma Ervin on being selected as our inaugural scholarship recipient!

Through this scholarship, we hope to invest in the next generation of leaders, learners, and changemakers as they pursue their educational goals.

Krisma, we are honored to play a small part in your journey and can't wait to see what the future holds for you.

📚🎓 Congratulations, and remember: Ever Upward!

05/12/2026

This training was fantastic. If you carry a weapon, you should learn how to retain it in situations where someone is attempting to access it, both during a physical confrontation and by surprise.

05/12/2026

Mitt Work Monday with Bobby Cumby at Krav Maga 911 Valdosta

05/04/2026

We at Excelsior want to express our appreciation to all educators, administrators, and school staff. Thank you for everything you do for students!! ❤️

04/14/2026

This is such a great message...on a couple different levels!

1. Don't assume!
2. Women can train hard!
3. Krav Maga is for everyone!
4. Any person, man or woman, that does what it takes to earn those bruises should NOT be triffled with...that's someone that has more grit than you can imagine. That's someone that has sacrificed a ton in order to train. A person with those particular bruises is not a victim, they are a conqueror.

People see what they know.
Bruises usually mean something is wrong. Your brain goes there fast. It is not stupidity. It is pattern recognition trying to protect you.
She reads them differently.
She walked into a social event with bruises on her arms. People noticed. Concern showed up. Some whispered. Questions formed about her choices, her life, her relationship.
Her man stood next to her and felt the shift. The eyes moved to him. He knew the story they told themselves.

It was the wrong one.

He supports her training. He backs her decision to become capable. He does not need her to be smaller to feel secure. He stands next to her while she builds herself.
Those marks come from work. From contact. From staying in when it gets uncomfortable and learning to function under pressure.
They will fade in a few days. What they represent will not.
Strength like this is built on purpose. Practice by practice.

04/13/2026

Train the Difference.

04/13/2026

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