Empowerment Self Defense, or ESD, is a comprehensive approach to violence prevention and resistance education that emphasizes awareness and assertiveness skills in addition to verbal and physical strategies.
ESD strategies are easy to learn and highly effective in preventing or ending an assault. ESD classes are designed to empower students and build their confidence.
Using the 5 key components of Think, Yell, Run, Fight, Tell, ESD seeks to reduce and eliminate cases of interpersonal violence.