Confidence. Safety. Real Skills—Built for Real Life.

Our Homeschool Self-Defence Program is a unique offering designed specifically for home-educated youth. Through focused, once-a-week sessions, students build powerful, practical skills in a welcoming and supportive environment—while developing strength, confidence, and personal safety awareness.

Each 90-minute class follows a structured, engaging format:

• Safety Chat: We begin with age-appropriate discussions around self-defence concepts like when it is/isn’t appropriate to use physical self-defence, awareness, and using your words to de-escalate things before they get violent. These conversations build critical thinking and confidence in real-world situations.
• Dynamic Warm-Up: Movement-based warm-ups help students prepare to train, burn off energy, and build coordination and focus.
• Fitness Training: Each class includes functional movement and conditioning activities to develop strength, agility, and overall physical confidence. This is particularly emphasized in our Teen course.
• Skills & Drills: Students learn effective, practical self-defence techniques—including strikes, escapes, and defensive movement—through hands-on practice and age-appropriate partner work.
• Skill-Building Games: Kids classes also wrap up each session with high-energy games that reinforce what they’ve learned and encourage teamwork, resilience, and fun.

This program begins with a 4-week Introductory Phase, designed to build a strong foundation in basic skills and safety concepts. From there, families can choose to continue with the remaining 8 weeks to complete the full 12-week Level 1 Program. The extended training includes scenario-based drills that help students apply their skills under pressure—deepening their confidence and preparing them to react in real-world situations. Students may also register for the full 12-week experience up front.

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Intro and Level 1 Courses

Class Times for all Courses

Kids Classes: 11:00am-12:30pm
Teen Classes: 12:30pm-2:00pm

FALL 2025 – THURSDAYS

Starts Thursday September 25 2025
Intro Course ends October 16 2025
Level 1 Course ends December 18 2025

WINTER 2026 – MONDAYS

Starts Monday January 12 2026
Intro Course ends February 2 2026
Level 1 Course ends April 20 2026

*note: time change – Kids Course will run at 10am; Teen Course will run at 11:30am

SPRING 2026 – WEDNESDAYS

Starts Wednesday April 8 2026
Intro Course ends April 29 2026
Level 1 Course ends June 24 2025

Winter/ Spring 2026 Level 2 Course

Once students have successfully completed Level 1, they will be invited to continue their training in progressively advancing classes.

A Level 2 Course (6 months) is scheduled to run on Thursdays beginning January 8 2025, subject to minimum interest being met.

If your child has previously completed Level 1 and you would like to register for the Level 2 course, please contact Sarah directly by emailing info@EmpoweredDefenceCentre.ca, as this course will not be publicly posted for enrolment.

2025-2026
Level 3 Course

Our next Level 3 Course (9 months) is scheduled to begin on Tuesday September 9 2025.

At this time, we expect to merge the Kid and Teen Classes into one time slot, beginning at 11:00am. This is subject to change should our enrolment significantly increase.

If your child has previously completed Level 2 and you would like to register for the Level 3 course, please contact Sarah directly by emailing info@EmpoweredDefenceCentre.ca, as this course will not be publicly posted for enrolment.