Regent Square Instructors to Teach Self Defense Class for Women Runners

Women runners interested in learning about self defense can do so for free this weekend.

A women's self defense seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, June 9, at the Winchester Thurston Soccer/Fields Hockey field on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside.

It's organized by Steve DeMasco’s Shaolin Studios in Regent Square and True Runner of Shadyside. Women will learn how to be aware of her surroundings and how to break out of different holds or use kicks and punches to escape an attacker. 

Shaolin Studios instructors Steve and Lisa Nakamura will show participants how to make contact with their kicks and punches on bags.

To sign up, call True Runner at 412-683-2468. Class is capped at 30 participants.