LGBTQ+ Safety & Self-Defense Workshop, 7th Edition

Schedule

Sun Nov 09 2025 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

FOUR Elements Fitness | Oakland, CA

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Free safety & self-self-defense training for LGBTQ+people. No experience necessary. Ages 10+ welcome.
About this Event

Tuff Love Self-defense & Bay Area Superheroes present:

LGBTQ+ Safety & Self-Defense Workshop, 6th Edition

Tuff Love Self-Defense, Four Elements Fitness and Bay Area Superheroes are proud to offer another edition of FREE safety and self-defense training. Make some new friends, learn skills to keep yourself and your community safe, and leave feeling more confident and empowered!

We Protect Us.

During this two-hour interactive training, you’ll learn how to protect yourself in a safe, supportive and empowered environment. This event will teach awareness and safety strategies to avoid assaults before they happen. You’ll also learn effective physical techniques addressing the most common attack situations: being pushed or pulled, cornered, rushed at or grab. Rather than relying on strength, you will learn principles of leverage, timing and energy efficiency to defend against a stronger assailant. Regardless of your age, size, strength or physical ability, you can learn the techniques of safety and self-defense while gaining an increased sense of personal confidence and empowerment. While perpetrators of violence hold sole responsibility for the decision to assault someone, individuals can take effective steps to increase their own safety. Learning what our minds, voices, and bodies can do, recognizing that we are worth defending, and giving ourselves permission to stay safe emotionally and physically is a powerful and transformative experience.

Class includes warm-up exercises, discussion of safety principles, and instruction in specific self-defense techniques. No experience necessary and no equipment required.

TRAINING INFORMATION:

WHEN: Sunday, November 9, 2025, 12pm-2pm

WHERE: Four Elements Fitness Gym, 322 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612

COST: Free, donation optional

WHO CAN ATTEND: LGBTQ+ people ages 10+. No experience necessary.

*This event is for adults and children accompanied by a guardian. If you are under 18 and plan to attend without a guardian, please contact us at [email protected] to make arrangements.

MUST SIGN WAIVER: All participants must sign a waiver to participate. To sign a waiver, click .

WHAT TO WEAR: Comfortable yoga clothing. Wearing a mask during class is strongly encouraged.

CANCELATION: This training is first come, first serve, and has high enrollment demand with a limited number of registrations, we ask that you please cancel your registration through Eventbrite by Saturday, November 8, 2025 if you are unable to attend. We will give your slot to the next person on the waiting list.

NOTES: Before starting any exercise program, it is recommended that you consult your physician. You agree that you are voluntarily participating in this on-line training entirely at your own risk and assume all risks of injury, illness, or death. You agree to hold the creators of this on-line training program and all instructors harmless. When you register for the class you are assuming the risks associated with any and all activities and/or exercises in which you are participating.

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FOUR Elements Fitness, 322 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, United States

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