Hey ladies! We've been working on something I'm really excited to share with you! We've created a Mean Girl Self Defense Resource Library, available through our website and Hero Self Defense Academy on Skool! The goal is to make quality self defense education and practical safety resources more accessible—not just to our students, but to anyone who wants to learn. WHAT'S IN THE LIBRARY? We've organized everything into six sections: 01 | Practical Tools Pre-attack indicators, boundaries, escalation, physical response concepts, and other tools for understanding violence prevention. 02 | Creating a Personal Protection Plan Personal safety planning, emergency preparedness, go bags, family safety plans, and printable worksheets. 03 | Parent & Teen Resources Teen safety, dating safety, online safety, and important conversations parents should be having with their kids. 04 | Seminar Handouts Seminar reviews, continued training opportunities, and guidance for choosing quality self defense instruction. 05 | Recommended Reading Books and educational resources covering violence prevention, trauma, human behavior, and personal safety. 06 | Helpful Links Hotlines and support organizations for domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, and more. PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO EXPLORE THE LIBRARY! These resources are designed to support you as instructors, too! You can share them with your students, reference them during classes, and direct seminar attendees to them when they want additional information. We're also developing standardized seminar handouts so our instructors have consistent, professional materials that reinforce what we're teaching across Mean Girl Nation. ACCESS THE RESOURCE LIBRARY HERE: 🌐 MGSD Website — Direct Resource Library Link: https://www.heroselfdefense.net/resource-library 🎓 Hero Self Defense Academy — Skool Classroom: https://www.skool.com/hero-self-defense-academy-8174/classroom

This space was created to give our instructors, assistants, seminar leaders, and future leaders one central place to learn, grow, ask questions, and stay connected. Hero Self Defense Academy is the co-ed education hub for our instructor pathway. This is where we will build the foundation for real-world self-defense instruction through awareness, prevention, decision-making, and fighting skills. Start with the free required education, introduce yourself, and take your time going through the material. As we grow, higher-level education, curriculum support, instructor development, and leadership resources will be added for those ready to continue advancing. Our goal is simple: To raise the standard of self-defense instruction. To build confident, capable instructors. To create leaders who can teach with integrity, realism, and purpose. Introduce yourself below with: 1. Your name 2. Where you train / teach 3. Your martial arts or self-defense background 4. What you hope to build through Hero Self Defense Academy I’m excited to have you here. Built to survive. Trained to rise.

Hi everyone! Im working on our first module "Introduction to Violence Prevention and Self Defense" which is unit 1. Please feel free to go through it multiple times as I'm learning this. My process right now is plugging in the articles, formulating "knowledge checks" (quizzes), and just getting all the information in there. When Im done with unit 1, I'll make videos for each chapter/article. Please give me lots of feedback and look at it through a students eyes :)