Last Saturday Coaches Karina and Elias visited our friends at Studio Fit Chicago to teach a women’s self-defense seminar. The tax-deductible donations made by attendees for the seminar go to support our kids Jiu-Jitsu program here in beautiful Pilsen!

The Studio Fit Chicago community was enthusiastic about the learning, asked great questions, trained hard, and were generous with their donations! It isn’t too late to pitch in and donate yourself if you’re just reading this. If you’d like to learn more about the work we do with our kids program, and where funds are going to this year, as well as consider making a tax-deductible donation, Click Here!

During the seminar we covered together standing strong to defend ourselves against shoves and punches, how to safely fall and stand-up, breaking the arm of an attacker who has us pinned on our backs, and more! Attendees also had fun kneeing and kicking the stuffing out of us and our pads the technical and powerful way, and we look forward to the opportunity to return to Studio Fit Chicago in the future for more seminars.

Studio Fit Chicago has a special place in Foundation Chicago’s heart and story. In the year prior to us moving to Pilsen Studio Fit Chicago opened their doors to us to house our programs.

Our time at Studio Fit Chicago was a time of great growth and fun, and we were honored to be the first program with men in it to even be allowed inside their women’s only studio. Studio Fit Chicago’s thoughtful, wholistic, and caring approach was and is a great fit for what we try to do here at Foundation Chicago and it was so nice to be able to be back in their vibrant studio on Armitage last week.