Toughness is the force within us that allows us to persevere in the face of adversity. Whether it's setting healthy boundaries, following our intuition, mastering a new movement, keeping calm in a challenging sparring session, or escaping an assailant, toughness allows us to push beyond our perceived limitations.
Martial arts is more than a set of techniques; it is a mindset that begins with a belief that we are worth training and defending. This mindset is rooted in self love, respect and caring for ourselves and others. The love we have for ourselves pushes us to fight to reach our training and safety goals, but it also reminds us to treat ourselves and our training partners with compassion and care.
Martial arts is more than a set of techniques; it is a mindset that begins with a belief that we are worth training and defending. This mindset is rooted in self love, respect and caring for ourselves and others. The love we have for ourselves pushes us to fight to reach our training and safety goals, but it also reminds us to treat ourselves and our training partners with compassion and care.
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Tuff Love Fitness is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing accessible and affordable self-defense, martial arts, and fitness training for people in Oakland and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area. We were founded by a team of four female martial artists with the goal of promoting martial arts for populations that may be underserved by many traditional martial arts programs: women, the LGBTQ+ and POC communities and assault survivors.
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Mollii is the first Laotian female black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) under 9x World Champion Leticia Ribeiro with 13 years of training in BJJ. She is the founder of the Sweaty Betties, one of the first groups in the country to offer free, weekly BJJ training to women. In 2010, she organized one of the largest women's grappling camps in the country featuring several World Champion instructors, drawing attendees from all over the world.
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Your donation supports free self-defense, martial arts and fitness classes to underserved communities!. Fund a movement that is committed to challenging and ending violence against girls and women through martial arts. Help us get to our communities. We do work with low income, girls, women of color, LGBTQ, helping them get involved in self-defense, martial arts and fitness when they wouldn't otherwise have the means.
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In 2017, a small group of female martial artists started Tuff Love Self-Defense (formerly known as "Women's and Girls Self-Defense") in Oakland, California because we wanted to develop programs that were accessible to women outside of the martial arts community. The foundation and content in our programs were based in martial arts principles, especially Brazillian jiu-jitsu.
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