NEW! Women's Self Defense Seminar

Adult Activities / Fitness -

Summer 2025

This seminar is open to females ages 13 and older. Participants will gain the strategies and the prowess to protect themselves from assaults which are common and unique to women. Specifically, the students will acquire the situational awareness skills, preemptive tactics, escape maneuvers, verbal and non-verbal deterrents, physical force techniques, the effective use of self defense devices, and other counter attack proficiencies, in order to quickly end a dangerous encounter. A strong emphasis will be placed on empowering the mind as the preeminent tool in prevailing in any threatening situation. Come see how this transformational seminar can greatly benefit you!

Master Jeff Wood, 5th Dan Black Belt, is the head instructor.

Jeff Wood

Master Jeff Wood, 5th Dan Black Belt, is the President and C.E.O. of the Young Americans Schools of Self-Defense in Lakeville, Minnesota. He has studied extensively the martial arts styles of Tae Kwon Do, Wushu, Tai Chi, and Kali, in China and in the United States. Mr. Wood holds a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from Central Michigan University, and he is a former Adjunct Professor of Clinical Social Work at Western Michigan University, and former Assistant Professor of Psychology at Olivet Nazarene University. Over the past thirty years, Mr. Wood has instructed over 20,000 students in twenty five different cities, and fifteen different school districts, in the states of Minnesota and Michigan. He is a masterful instructor and is revered by both his current and former students.

August 2025