DC IMPACT Self Defense

Specialties

Since 1988 we have taught the art of self defense and discipline to students of all ages. Whether your goal is peak physical condition or a sharp focused mind, we will get you there. Call today!

History

Established in 1989.

DC IMPACT Self Defense began in 1989 with a 25-​hour Women’ s Basics course designed to meet the need for short-​term but highly effective self-​defense training. Previously, women could only acquire this level of skill through years of martial arts. Even then, they could be left unprepared for the language and circumstances of real attacks. Further, they did not learn the day-​to-​day strategies to confidently handle abusers, unwanted attention, and the sometimes subtle indignities that females could be subjected to. Even focused self-​defense courses could leave them wondering if they could handle a «real» attack. Scenario-​based adrenaline training answered this need. The scenarios were unpredictable, just as is any attack. Verbal skills were honed, and we found that most graduates of the program were able to avoid violence through greater awareness, projection of confidence, and verbal strategies. Later, we added men’s and teen programs, and workshops for groups.

Meet the Manager

Carol M.

Manager

Our Director: Carol Middleton, 7^th degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, has studied various defensive systems since 1968. She is a tactical master in CDT low force compliance and control techniques and Last Resort Tactics and a certified KIDPOWER instructor. As Director of D.C. IMPACT Self Defense, she has taught full-​force padded assailant programs since 1989, and was President of IMPACT International Inc. for 9 years. She also founded and directs the D.C. Self Defense Karate Association since and Krav Maga DC. Carol has taught men, women and children nationally and internationally, including conducting the first training of self defense instructors across the former Soviet Union in 1993, teaching in Austria, England and Canada, and training the I’m Worth Defending – Africa team in Kenya. Carol has been on dozens of radio and television programs including the Today Show, Good Morning America, Maury Povich, Diane Rehm, and CNN.