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Welcome to the Women's Personal Defense Center

Ours is a team of highly trained, distinctly skilled martial arts specialists intensely dedicated to providing personal defense training to women and teen girls.

It is our aim to make available to you the knowledge, the resources, and the opportunities for clear-cut, well-defined and rigorously exacting, physical instruction which you will find irreplaceable when the performance of personal defense becomes an inevitable necessity in today’s changing economic, political and social climates.

Our self defense training is not only thorough, but powerfully effective in addressing principal safety concerns for women such as:

The Casual Threat – intrusive and/or potentially threatening encounters in the workplace, at school or in a social scene, both verbal and physical
Domestic Violence – a pattern of abusive behavior in a relationship including but not limited to verbal, emotional, mental or physical abuse
Stalking – repeated, unwanted, intrusive and frightening actions committed by a perpetrator
Assaults – sexual, emotional or physical
Armed Attacks – attacks involving the use of firearms or knives

We are keenly aware of the vital role that attitude and mindset play in the exercise of preventive measures and in the execution of self or personal defensive techniques, especially for women, and our training meticulously addresses this.

In the vast ocean of indispensable resources that exist throughout the worldwide web, we acknowledge the host of valuable associations whose safety concerns and training modalities parallel our own, and we are proud to be a part of an ever-growing network of institutions which are genuinely interested in helping our communities be safer, saner and more enjoyable places to live.

For more information, for a private consultation, or for help in scheduling one of our specialty workshops for your business or workplace, you may Contact Us at any time. You may also use the short contact form on the Contact Us page for that purpose or to send us an email request to be added to our mailing list for upcoming events and other Women’s Personal Defense Center℠ news.

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Ft. Bliss Bulldog Brigade & WPDC's sister organization, Hsin Lu Tao Academy of Martial Arts, celebrated Asian-Pacific American Month, Thursday May 13^th, 2010

View the short news clip of the event from KTSM News Channel 9

View more video clips from the celebration event here.

Ms. Boyer honored to speak at Ft. Bliss celebration and observation of Women's History Month program, April 2010

Ms. Boyer with Commander, Col. Christopher G. Cavoli

Ysleta Independent School District of El Paso Desert View Middle School Contracts With WPDC

Desert View Middle School, a member school of the Ysleta Independent School District public school system in El Paso, contracted Ms. Myrna Boyer and the Women's Personal Defense Center for mother/daughter Personal Defense Workshops. The events were held April 25th, 2009.

Help Safeguard Our Children

While life certainly seems to hold no guarantees for the personal welfare and safety of ourselves and our children, there are sensible safeguards we can all take. As the old saying goes, "God helps those who help themselves." Please consider attending one of our Women's Personal Defense (WPD) Workshops with your teen daughters (ages 12 and older).

We also offer several programs which are, in most cases, free of charge for children, ages 5—12. Click here for more information.

WPDC CEO Addresses the 3^rd Annual Women's Conference

Ms. Myrna Boyer was invited to speak at the League of United Latin American Citizens' Annual Women's Conference as one of its six guest panelists.

The Conference, which was held on Saturday, March 28^th, 2009, brought together leading Hispanic women from the El Paso area and surrounding communities in a unified voice to discuss a wide range of issues that bear ultimate importance to women of all ages, from health matters to legal concerns to domestic violence.

Ms. Boyer's topic was, appropriately, Self Confidence & Inner Strength, and was well received both by the general public and the organizers of the 3^rd annual event.

Latin American Citizens’ Annual Women’s Conference

WPDC Executive Director Radio Interview

Ms. Myrna Boyer accepted an invitation from Radio KAMA (97.5 AM) talk show host, Israel (Gallo) Tenna to speak on issues of violence against women and the work of the Women's Personal Defense Center. Sifu Boyer broached subjects such as domestic violence, the role of mindset in the matter of personal defense, teens and dating violence, and proper training for women of all ages. The program aired on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 in the 3-5 p.m. time slot.

KAMA Radio Interview

KAMA Radio Interview (in Spanish)

Download KAMA Radio Interview (in Spanish)
(right-click on the link above to download a 43mb mp3 file of the interview to your computer's hard drive—select "Save Target As" [Internet Explorer] or "Save Link As" [Firefox])

Special Feature

August 19th, 2008 KDBC4 News Sunrise El Paso, TX, featured a segment of its program on Women's Personal Defense with Myrna Boyer.

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KDBC4 News Sunrise

THE MIND AS A WEAPON
Gaining The Edge in Personal Defense

Personal safety begins with a self-assured mental attitude. This is true for anyone who is to practice defense effectively, but it is particularly important for the woman who seeks to exercise active prevention and dynamic personal safety.

Updated and revised Sept. 8, '08.
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WHY YOU SHOULD TRAIN
A Message From Myrna Boyer
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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. Source: Commonwealth Fund survey, 1998 Females accounted for 39% of the hospital emergency department visits for violence-related injuries in 1994 but 84% of the persons treated for injuries inflicted by intimates.
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RULES FOR SELF DEFENSE

Our Women's Personal Defense Center^SM has been training women of all ages and from all backgrounds in the skill of self defense for over two years as a part of its community service programs. We have trained hundreds of women in simple, but effective, techniques that not only save lives but, more importantly, transform their mind-set from one of potential victim to one of authoritative conviction in their own ability to secure their personal safety..
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