AWSDA's Membership

Since establishment in 1990 AWSDA has been undergoing tremendous growth! AWSDA started in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York and has expanded the membership to reach the entire United States, Canada (from Nova Scotia to British Columbia), China, Japan, Spain, Puerto Rico, Australia and Russia. AWSDA is able to reach countless numbers of women and continues to grow because of an effective and dynamic approach toward woman self defense.

AWSDA is composed of hundreds of members. These are the men and women interested in furthering the awareness of female self-defense. AWSDA members are dedicated to giving Free Rape Prevention Courses, empowering women to protect themselves, changing women's lives for the better, giving free classes to crime victims, developing support groups for abused/victimized women, and overall to make our planet a safer place for all people to co-exist!

AWSDA members automatically receive a subscription to the highly acclaimed and informative newsletter "The Fisted Rose". The quarterly newsletter informs readers of training organizations, upcoming events, corporate sponsorship promotions, and includes various self-defense related articles. Members also receive discounts on the annual hands-on and lecture training seminar. Moreover, AWSDA allows members to take an active role in their organization by offering committee and regional representative openings.

Benefits as an AWSDA Member

You will automatically receive a subscription to the Fisted Rose, the newsletter is chock full of self defense training articles, as well as informing readers of training organizations, upcoming events and corporate sponsorship promotions. We welcome your articles, letters, suggestions and comments to the Fisted Rose. You can email the editor at editor@awsda.org

You'll receive discounts on the Annual Self Defense Training Seminar. AWSDA hosts an annual training seminar, which is always jam-packed with a variety of topics, from lecture to hands-on to live fire firearms training. Classes are geared for all levels, from beginner to instructor. Each class is 2-hours long and with the many classes to choose from, you can custom design your seminar experience based on your needs, and the needs of your students. In addition, the very first day is AWSDA's 8-hour Rape Prevention Instructor's Certification Class, free to those who are participating in the full 3-days of the seminar, including those teaching at the seminar.

Stay up to date with the AWSDA List Serve by corresponding with other AWSDA members all year long! Joining is simple, to take advantage of this great membership benefit go to www.awsda.org/blog/.

You can be listed on AWSDA's Referral Database, this free service provided by AWSDA for those women seeking self defense instructors in their area. The AWSDA Self Defense Referral Database is now available online at www.AWSDA.org/instructors/. If you're not on the database or if you would like to change your information contact jcooper@awsda.org. This is just another example of how AWSDA is bringing female self defense training to a new level.

Moreover, AWSDA allows members to take an active role in their organization by offering committee and regional representative openings. We appreciate your assistance in any of the following capacities: regional representatives, fundraisers, membership recruiters, and corporate sponsor/donation solicitors. Please contact AWSDA HQ at info@awsda.org to assist in these areas.

You can purchase AWSDA shirts online from cafeshops.com/awsda.

AWSDA is your organization! Tell your colleagues, co-workers and students about AWSDA. Together we can build a stronger and safer community by spreading knowledge about women's self defense.

AWSDA's Motto:
"You have an absolute right to defend yourself!"™

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