Kore Event Calendar

footwork, fist formation, push/pull, power generation, light sparring

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

(starfish drill, breakfalls, shrimping)

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Lower Body and Upper Body Strikes - Kicks, Knees, Hands, Elbows, etc..

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Claim agency over your life by joining us for our free First Friday Women's Self Defense workshop

• Class runs from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm
• Open to all women (13+)
• Wear clothing you can move in (gym clothing is good)
• No experience is necessary
• No sign up required
• Always free

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

footwork, fist formation, push/pull, power generation, light sparring

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Lower Body and Upper Body Strikes - Kicks, Knees, Hands, Elbows, etc..

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Ground Chokes training focus (shrimp + breakfalls)

This session will focus on verbal de-escalation, setting a verbal boundary, using clear and assertive commands (alpha vs. beta), and understanding Command Plus. It will also cover short-term threat assessment skills including Stimulus, Face it and Name it, Basic Break Down Scan, assessing if further action is needed, setting up a Physical Boundary, and Witness Conditioning. This class will also emphasize avoidance and leaving, pacifying behaviors (attempts to hide being adrenalized), and mitigation of adrenalization through tactical/box breathing.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Standing Chokes (TF2)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will introduce fundamental striking skills like the straight palm strike with push/pull action, palm haymaker, and vertical hammer strikes (forward, downward, backwards & up). It will also cover horizontal hammer strikes (sideways, to the rear), horizontal elbow strikes (forward, sideways, to the rear), vertical elbows (forward: up and down, backward: back & up), and the straight palm strike while advancing with lead and rear hands, and the straight lead palm strike in retreat. It will also emphasize proper power generation/form including lowering your base and hands up.

Standing Headlocks (TF3)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

(TF4)

This session will focus on the knee strike to groin or other appropriate targets, the groin kick, push kick (defensive forward kick), stomp kick (downward), defensive back kick, defensive low side kick (to the knees), and the donkey kick (typically in response to a bear hug from behind).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

(TF6)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will cover inside defense/basic parry, inside defense with bail (lean back and groin kick, defend and slip with knee kick), 360 outside defenses (flinch response turned into a block, with or without simultaneous counter), shoulder jam, double-defense, and helmet cover. It will also cover prevention of shirt grabs using inside defense.

Claim agency over your life by joining us for our free First Friday Women's Self Defense workshop

• Class runs from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm
• Open to all women (13+)
• Wear clothing you can move in (gym clothing is good)
• No experience is necessary
• No sign up required
• Always free

(TF7)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will cover shrimping (ground movement to make space), methods for getting up from the ground including fast disengagement, into a ready stance, and forward with attacks. It will also cover controlling a fall with forward soft break-fall, backward break-fall, the fall backward, turn and soft break-fall forward (onto a vertical surface), and the sideways break-fall. Methods for getting up from a chair (in place, forward, sideways, backward with a spin) will also be included. It will also cover break fall against the wall (tucking chin) for front and rear chokes against a wall.

(TF8)

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

footwork, fist formation, push/pull, power generation, light sparring

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will focus on releases from single hand to single hand mirror releases (palm down rotation and elbow drive, circling actions), single hand to single hand diagonal releases (palm up rotation and 45-degree step, hitchhike, circling actions), and high and low grabs (two hands on one hand) using assistive actions, monkey-hook pluck, and immediate strikes. It will also cover releases from two hands grabbing two hands (leverage and circling actions, "scoop the ice cream"), and the release from a strong handshake ("karate chop", thumb lock). The importance of applying principles like axis and leverage and escaping towards the thumb will be emphasized.

(TF11)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Lower Body and Upper Body Strikes - Kicks, Knees, Hands, Elbows, etc..

This session will combine prevention and de-escalation tactics for hair and shirt grabs. Hair pulls include being pulled forward (burst forward in full guard, elbow strikes), pulled forward and down (burst forward with lead arm block, whip strike to groin), sweetheart pull (bone-slaving action with cross arms and trapping elbow), pulled from the side and down (spin, defend, counterstrike), pulled from the side (burst forward in full guard, elbow strikes), pulled from behind with downward drive (funny step spin back, defend, counterstrike), and pulled from behind without downward drive (turn in full guard, elbow spear). Shirt grabs will cover the step back and arm rotation technique, defense against two-handed shirt grabs (step back and elbow insertion), attack-the-attacker responses to shirt grabs, defense against one-handed shirt grabs from the rear (step, turn, elbow spear), and defenses against shirt grabs with incoming strikes. It will also cover releases from various standing pulls like pulling/dragging the arm/hoodie/coat (turn and strike, face scrub) and backpack/purse grab (release and climb to threat).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will cover releases from front chokes (attack-the-attacker, arm-sweep release), side chokes (pluck and counter), and rear chokes (turn to strike, arm-sweep release, one-handed pluck with funny step). This session will also cover releases from static chokes against a wall (front and rear - Target is already against the wall, no dynamic drive into the wall.), as well as front chokes against a flat surface (monkey hook, pull shoulder, push opposite shoulder and palm strike).

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will group all releases from bear hugs from the front with arms free (step back and head manipulation, closest weapon-closest target) and arms caught (low grab: knee/best option, high grab: cup and strike groin, grab shoulder blades and knee groin, duck out), and from the rear with arms free (lean forward, hands to knot, elbow strikes, finger lock) and arms caught (high: check hands, step back and angle, whip groin, chicken wing, duck out; low: fold and hip thrust, twist/washing machine). It will also cover side bear hugs (arms free: counterattack; arms caught: whip groin and vertical elbow, grab arm and side knee) and the neck crank for a low bear hug from the front. It will also include escaping bear hugs with the intent to move or carry from the front and rear.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will cover releases from dynamic/moving chokes from the front (body turn + upper arm release) and from behind (body turn + upper arm release to temple, single-hand pluck and turn), and dynamic chokes against a wall (front and rear, being pushed into a wall). This session will also include Backward Headlock Drag prevention and escape (windmill action as soon as possible), and the Hand Covering Mouth from the rear. Prevention techniques for all will also be covered.

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will focus on ground movement (shrimping), escaping front chokes on the ground (post, pluck, knee insert, hip push and kick), releases from wrist grabs while on the ground (threat on mount) in various positions (hands driven down, hands forward, fully pinned), static pin in the guard, and mounted bicep pin. It will also cover escaping mounted chokes (close low choke: pluck and roll; straight elbow choke: frog elbows and roll) and guard chokes (pluck and knee/heel insert). Finally, it will cover escaping from a choke or head slam while the threat is on the defender's back (cross arms, knee up, rotate open) and escapes from arm/leg drags (one/two hands to one leg, one hand to each leg, one/two hands to one arm, one hand to each arm).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will address defenses against a long-range static knife threat from the front (deflect and kick/bail, step and kick knee), side (deflect and leave), and back (rotate and deflect). Advanced version of this class will also cover defending against an impending knife threat at close/tight range (front close, knife to the left and right side of the throat).

footwork, fist formation, push/pull, power generation, light sparring

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

(starfish drill, breakfalls, shrimping)

Strategies for protecting a 3rd party including screening, verbal warnings, removing the third party, and attack-the-attacker tactics, as well as the take down with a knee-stomp from behind and the importance of the tactical use of the environment will be covered. Crowd control and escapes will also be covered in this session (get skinny, elbow strike splitting attackers, swimming through crowds, counter ambush).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Lower Body and Upper Body Strikes - Kicks, Knees, Hands, Elbows, etc..

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will focus on verbal de-escalation, setting a verbal boundary, using clear and assertive commands (alpha vs. beta), and understanding Command Plus. It will also cover short-term threat assessment skills including Stimulus, Face it and Name it, Basic Break Down Scan, assessing if further action is needed, setting up a Physical Boundary, and Witness Conditioning. This class will also emphasize avoidance and leaving, pacifying behaviors (attempts to hide being adrenalized), and mitigation of adrenalization through tactical/box breathing.

Claim agency over your life by joining us for our free First Friday Women's Self Defense workshop

• Class runs from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm
• Open to all women (13+)
• Wear clothing you can move in (gym clothing is good)
• No experience is necessary
• No sign up required
• Always free

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will introduce fundamental striking skills like the straight palm strike with push/pull action, palm haymaker, and vertical hammer strikes (forward, downward, backwards & up). It will also cover horizontal hammer strikes (sideways, to the rear), horizontal elbow strikes (forward, sideways, to the rear), vertical elbows (forward: up and down, backward: back & up), and the straight palm strike while advancing with lead and rear hands, and the straight lead palm strike in retreat. It will also emphasize proper power generation/form including lowering your base and hands up.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will focus on the knee strike to groin or other appropriate targets, the groin kick, push kick (defensive forward kick), stomp kick (downward), defensive back kick, defensive low side kick (to the knees), and the donkey kick (typically in response to a bear hug from behind).

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will cover inside defense/basic parry, inside defense with bail (lean back and groin kick, defend and slip with knee kick), 360 outside defenses (flinch response turned into a block, with or without simultaneous counter), shoulder jam, double-defense, and helmet cover. It will also cover prevention of shirt grabs using inside defense.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will focus on the knee strike to groin or other appropriate targets, the groin kick, push kick (defensive forward kick), stomp kick (downward), defensive back kick, defensive low side kick (to the knees), and the donkey kick (typically in response to a bear hug from behind).

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

footwork, fist formation, push/pull, power generation, light sparring

This class will cover inside defense/basic parry, inside defense with bail (lean back and groin kick, defend and slip with knee kick), 360 outside defenses (flinch response turned into a block, with or without simultaneous counter), shoulder jam, double-defense, and helmet cover. It will also cover prevention of shirt grabs using inside defense.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will cover shrimping (ground movement to make space), methods for getting up from the ground including fast disengagement, into a ready stance, and forward with attacks. It will also cover controlling a fall with forward soft break-fall, backward break-fall, the fall backward, turn and soft break-fall forward (onto a vertical surface), and the sideways break-fall. Methods for getting up from a chair (in place, forward, sideways, backward with a spin) will also be included. It will also cover break fall against the wall (tucking chin) for front and rear chokes against a wall.

Lower Body and Upper Body Strikes - Kicks, Knees, Hands, Elbows, etc..

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Ground Chokes training focus (shrimp + breakfalls)

This class will focus on releases from single hand to single hand mirror releases (palm down rotation and elbow drive, circling actions), single hand to single hand diagonal releases (palm up rotation and 45-degree step, hitchhike, circling actions), and high and low grabs (two hands on one hand) using assistive actions, monkey-hook pluck, and immediate strikes. It will also cover releases from two hands grabbing two hands (leverage and circling actions, "scoop the ice cream"), and the release from a strong handshake ("karate chop", thumb lock). The importance of applying principles like axis and leverage and escaping towards the thumb will be emphasized.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Standing Chokes (TF2)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will combine prevention and de-escalation tactics for hair and shirt grabs. Hair pulls include being pulled forward (burst forward in full guard, elbow strikes), pulled forward and down (burst forward with lead arm block, whip strike to groin), sweetheart pull (bone-slaving action with cross arms and trapping elbow), pulled from the side and down (spin, defend, counterstrike), pulled from the side (burst forward in full guard, elbow strikes), pulled from behind with downward drive (funny step spin back, defend, counterstrike), and pulled from behind without downward drive (turn in full guard, elbow spear). Shirt grabs will cover the step back and arm rotation technique, defense against two-handed shirt grabs (step back and elbow insertion), attack-the-attacker responses to shirt grabs, defense against one-handed shirt grabs from the rear (step, turn, elbow spear), and defenses against shirt grabs with incoming strikes. It will also cover releases from various standing pulls like pulling/dragging the arm/hoodie/coat (turn and strike, face scrub) and backpack/purse grab (release and climb to threat).

Claim agency over your life by joining us for our free First Friday Women's Self Defense workshop

• Class runs from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm
• Open to all women (13+)
• Wear clothing you can move in (gym clothing is good)
• No experience is necessary
• No sign up required
• Always free

Standing Headlocks (TF3)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

(TF4)

This session will cover releases from front chokes (attack-the-attacker, arm-sweep release), side chokes (pluck and counter), and rear chokes (turn to strike, arm-sweep release, one-handed pluck with funny step). This session will also cover releases from static chokes against a wall (front and rear - Target is already against the wall, no dynamic drive into the wall.), as well as front chokes against a flat surface (monkey hook, pull shoulder, push opposite shoulder and palm strike).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

(TF6)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will group all releases from bear hugs from the front with arms free (step back and head manipulation, closest weapon-closest target) and arms caught (low grab: knee/best option, high grab: cup and strike groin, grab shoulder blades and knee groin, duck out), and from the rear with arms free (lean forward, hands to knot, elbow strikes, finger lock) and arms caught (high: check hands, step back and angle, whip groin, chicken wing, duck out; low: fold and hip thrust, twist/washing machine). It will also cover side bear hugs (arms free: counterattack; arms caught: whip groin and vertical elbow, grab arm and side knee) and the neck crank for a low bear hug from the front. It will also include escaping bear hugs with the intent to move or carry from the front and rear.

(TF7)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

(TF8)

This session will cover releases from dynamic/moving chokes from the front (body turn + upper arm release) and from behind (body turn + upper arm release to temple, single-hand pluck and turn), and dynamic chokes against a wall (front and rear, being pushed into a wall). This session will also include Backward Headlock Drag prevention and escape (windmill action as soon as possible), and the Hand Covering Mouth from the rear. Prevention techniques for all will also be covered.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

footwork, fist formation, push/pull, power generation, light sparring

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will focus on ground movement (shrimping), escaping front chokes on the ground (post, pluck, knee insert, hip push and kick), releases from wrist grabs while on the ground (threat on mount) in various positions (hands driven down, hands forward, fully pinned), static pin in the guard, and mounted bicep pin. It will also cover escaping mounted chokes (close low choke: pluck and roll; straight elbow choke: frog elbows and roll) and guard chokes (pluck and knee/heel insert). Finally, it will cover escaping from a choke or head slam while the threat is on the defender's back (cross arms, knee up, rotate open) and escapes from arm/leg drags (one/two hands to one leg, one hand to each leg, one/two hands to one arm, one hand to each arm).

(TF11)

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will address defenses against a long-range static knife threat from the front (deflect and kick/bail, step and kick knee), side (deflect and leave), and back (rotate and deflect). Advanced version of this class will also cover defending against an impending knife threat at close/tight range (front close, knife to the left and right side of the throat).

Lower Body and Upper Body Strikes - Kicks, Knees, Hands, Elbows, etc..

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

Strategies for protecting a 3rd party including screening, verbal warnings, removing the third party, and attack-the-attacker tactics, as well as the take down with a knee-stomp from behind and the importance of the tactical use of the environment will be covered. Crowd control and escapes will also be covered in this session (get skinny, elbow strike splitting attackers, swimming through crowds, counter ambush).

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will focus on verbal de-escalation, setting a verbal boundary, using clear and assertive commands (alpha vs. beta), and understanding Command Plus. It will also cover short-term threat assessment skills including Stimulus, Face it and Name it, Basic Break Down Scan, assessing if further action is needed, setting up a Physical Boundary, and Witness Conditioning. This class will also emphasize avoidance and leaving, pacifying behaviors (attempts to hide being adrenalized), and mitigation of adrenalization through tactical/box breathing.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will introduce fundamental striking skills like the straight palm strike with push/pull action, palm haymaker, and vertical hammer strikes (forward, downward, backwards & up). It will also cover horizontal hammer strikes (sideways, to the rear), horizontal elbow strikes (forward, sideways, to the rear), vertical elbows (forward: up and down, backward: back & up), and the straight palm strike while advancing with lead and rear hands, and the straight lead palm strike in retreat. It will also emphasize proper power generation/form including lowering your base and hands up.

Claim agency over your life by joining us for our free First Friday Women's Self Defense workshop

• Class runs from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm
• Open to all women (13+)
• Wear clothing you can move in (gym clothing is good)
• No experience is necessary
• No sign up required
• Always free

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This session will focus on the knee strike to groin or other appropriate targets, the groin kick, push kick (defensive forward kick), stomp kick (downward), defensive back kick, defensive low side kick (to the knees), and the donkey kick (typically in response to a bear hug from behind).

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

This class will cover inside defense/basic parry, inside defense with bail (lean back and groin kick, defend and slip with knee kick), 360 outside defenses (flinch response turned into a block, with or without simultaneous counter), shoulder jam, double-defense, and helmet cover. It will also cover prevention of shirt grabs using inside defense.

footwork, fist formation, push/pull, power generation, light sparring

Kore's women's only self-defense program classes (Valkyries).

(starfish drill, breakfalls, shrimping)

This session will cover shrimping (ground movement to make space), methods for getting up from the ground including fast disengagement, into a ready stance, and forward with attacks. It will also cover controlling a fall with forward soft break-fall, backward break-fall, the fall backward, turn and soft break-fall forward (onto a vertical surface), and the sideways break-fall. Methods for getting up from a chair (in place, forward, sideways, backward with a spin) will also be included. It will also cover break fall against the wall (tucking chin) for front and rear chokes against a wall.

6:30 pm to 7:15 pm is All Levels
7:15 pm to 8:00 pm is Advanced