Women's Self-Defense Instructors

Melanie Forrester
Certified Instructor
Hampshire, England

Melanie is a huge advocate for women's self-defence training in the United Kingdom.  She trains professionals and graduates in diverse business skills and translates that experience to reaching out to the women throughout the country.

"You're never too old or too young to learn to protect yourself or to encourage others to do so. Mums need to motivate their daughters to learn self -defence just as they teach them to swim and to ride a bike safely. Why does safety learning suddenly end when you hit early adulthood- just when you need practical advice the most!"

She is involved in a number of diverse community projects including fund raising mainly for local charities.

And she feels the time has come for the Rape Escape program in her country.

"Women in the UK have not been encouraged to learn self -defence skills since the late 1980's. This was a wonderful time when many large companies paid for female employees to learn this vital skill and so there were many great trainers. Since then, Women's self -defence has not been promoted widely leading to less lessons and less new instructors. Now it is really hard to find great instructors who can provide real defence for real women. My aim is to lead the campaign in the UK for women to prioritise learning self defence. It's well overdue."

Contact info

E-mail:    womensselfdefenceinstitute@hotmail.co.ukx (delete the 'x' at the end before sending)

Phone:  07747 012221