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Welcome to Woodall’s Self-Defense

Woodall’s Self-Defense in Newcastle, CA specializes in realistic training for children and adults who desire reality-based self defense.

Woodall’s Self-Defense is an innovative, unique program designed to provide practical self-defense skills for real world situations via seminars and short courses.  You will learn physical skills for varying levels of confrontation, mental skills like focus, awareness, and boundary setting, and gain knowledge in the areas of avoidance, de-escalation, and legal and appropriate use of force.

Because of the scope of our training, our realistic approach, and the depth of knowledge of our instructors, Woodall’s has been honored to work with some truly wonderful people and organizations such as W.E.A.V.E., Courage to Be You, The Child Abuse Council, Peace for Families, UC Davis Pain Management Clinic, the State of California, and various churches, businesses, and other organizations.

WSD specializes in:  Dynamic and educational self-defense seminars covering a variety of topics. Group seminars  range from 1.5 to 6 hours, single to multi-day and local to national travel is available.  Included is our popular College Safety & Self Defense Course offered twice in summer to the general public and for teams/groups of eight or more on demand all year at our Newcastle facility.

 “Woodall’s is revolutionizing the way we think about personal safety.”   ~Style Magazine