Listen to full interview on Global news at: https://globalnews.ca/video/4186083/mma-gold-medalist-fighting-for-female-empowerment-in-south-africa
Thu, May 3: Empowering girls through self-defense training - Girls Who Fight is not about promoting violence, but giving girls as young as seven years old a fighting chance at defending themselves if under attack. MMA fighter Gemma Sheehan says she realized she could pass on real world skills to others after taking home gold at the Pan Am Games. Minna Rhee tells us more. Video clips from weekly class at Undisputed MMA and Fitness in Scarborough. Gemma shows Minna the different types of self-defense techniques she teaches in her workshops, without eye-gouging or groin kicking like other self-defense training, and shares her news about travelling to South Africa to volunteer teaching self-defense.