Female Co-Instructors Are Essential:

It is imperative the “padded assailant” is used under the guidance of a trained female instructor who is trained in the system and is familiar with the equipment. Students first learn the correct feeling of delivering various types of decisive blows that would incapacitate (and have incapacitated real rapists). Incapacitation means that the assailant can no longer be an immediate threat. Teaching without a female instructor can be emotionally and physically dangerous to the students but also physically dangerous to the male instructor wearing the suit.

The female instructor is a crucial element of coaching women during full contact fighting. If a female instructor is unavailable, no fighting should even be attempted. Model Mugging is more than learning how to fight. It is about preserving and protecting life through self-empowerment.

Model Mugging is a system based on extensive research involving multiple disciplines and professions. The course takes each student on a journey that effectively and powerfully develops her skills. The “padded assailant” is the core tool used in the system, but it is the progression in the training process that is critical and makes Model Mugging the most advanced women’s self-defense program in the world. The female instructor is the role model for the students to work toward developing self-mastery and empowerment.