ABOUT US

WE ARE DEDICATED TO STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN!

Teaching you to neutralize threats.

FOUNDER AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR: ELLIOTT DERZAPH

Elliott has been instructing Self-Defense for over 11 years. His extensive background includes boxing, wrestling, Judo, Kung-Fu, Tae-Kwon-Do, Karate, Ju-Jitsu, and Aikido (which he currently has continued studying since 2005).

• Elliott's specialized techniques are simple and easy to use.
• Learn to become your own Defender!

OUR INSTRUCTORS

Include men and women. Instructors have varied belts in a variety of martial arts, street fighting, and other fighting forms. All instructors have been fingerprinted per the State of California under the Live Scan Service.

• "Life-long training has taught us that size does not matter in self-defense through awareness, training, and focus does." Elliott Derzaph

CHOOSE THE POWER TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD NOW!

Ensure your personal safety and eliminate risk. Strengthen your mind and body. Do you want to feel and be safer? Quick thinking and acting can save your life.

It is better to be trained than vulnerable. Our program is about fighting knowledge and survival. Women will learn how to utilize their own internal power to develop autonomy, confidence, and empowerment through our self-defense workshops.

INNER CAPACITY BUILDING. 

In our self-defense workshops, women will build a new sense of confidence with the ability to protect themselves in critical and dangerous circumstances. Here at Conscious Defense, we train women to unleash their inner emotional strength, physical strength, and their ability to protect themselves.

OUR PHILOSOPHY - OUR THINKING

We started this program as a service to women, based on our understanding that women move differently through public space and are often less able to experience freedom and self-expression without fear for their safety. We believe that women are fully capable of self-defense and equally deserving of all life has to offer without fear. The ignorance and stupidity of some men should not be allowed to prevent women from realizing their full potential or from feeling safe in private or public spaces! 

It is our sincere belief that women should experience true equality with men. We are tired of seeing the negative impact on women due to fear, constant vigilance, and the threat of harm. All mothers, sisters, and daughters deserve gender-balanced environments. Enough is enough! We have seen too many women abused physically, emotionally, and sexually! With training the insanity can end for women.
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• Conscious Defense has trained women in the United States, Canada, and Trinidad & Tobago

Founder associations.

National Organization for Women (NOW.org member)

League of Women Voters (LWV.org member)

National Council of Jewish Women (NCJWLA.org- volunteer to stop "Human Trafficking")
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCALA.org - volunteer Lead Instructor)
IDEA Health & Fitness Association (IDEAFIT.com - Professional Member)

• ​​WE TEACH SELF-DEFENSE TO WOMEN IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA & SURROUNDING AREAS. (Currently have trained in Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Malibu, Marina del Rey, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, and Culver City)
• Conscious Defense is a self-protection program transforming and protecting women's lives.​ You can have... SELF-PROTECTION FOREVER!