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Wen-Do Women’s Self Defence
  • March 11, 2014

Wen-Do, an Empowering Space for Women

By Sana Fatani (Centennial College) The Eden of women’s self defence in Toronto is Wen-Do. It’s a curriculum dreamed up in 1972 by Ned and Anne Paige, who had a background in martial arts and wanted to create a custom set…

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  • November 8, 2012

Women at Nellie’s attend Wen-Do Workshop

By Nellie’s Last week, the women at Nellie’s attended the first of two Wen-Do Workshops, taught by a certified Wendoka. Wen-Do is a form of Women’s Self-Defence that teaches women how to fight back and how to survive.…

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Crisis Line

If you are in crisis, if you are scared or if you are in a dangerous or volatile situation, please consider calling:

The Assaulted Women’s Helpline
1-866-863-0511 or 416-863-0511

The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape Crisis Line
416-597-8808

Testimonial

“I’ll be honest. I came into the course with a negative point of view. I thought it would be a waste of time and that I wouldn’t get anything new from a civilian-run, women-run, self-defence course. I enrolled in this course with a prejudice towards the very gender I am a part of. I can’t tell anyone, even myself, how wrong I was. Yes, I am a soldier, but I am a woman first. There was something this course gave me that made me feel proud to be a female. It was empowering. It provided me with a whole new sense of self-defence geared specifically for my female body. I extend my sincerest gratitude to those who make Wen-Do possible for all women.”

A corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces

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