I discovered Krav Maga after years of working with women experiencing homelessness. The vast majority of them have been sexually assaulted at least once in their lives. Many have even been sex trafficked. Over the years as the experiences they’ve shared with me have piled up in my mind I’ve grown afraid. I do social work. I want to see the good in everyone not fear them but the fear and lack of any sense of safety persist. My coworkers tell me this is vicarious trauma but having a label for it doesn’t make me feel any safer for myself or my children. So I come here to watch people defend themselves and wonder if learning how to effectively defend myself is really necessary or even possible. It’s still very gratifying to watch it here though. Thank you for doing what you do.