by Impact Inc. | Jul 8, 2026 | Blog Post
When IMPACT teaches kids’ classes, we sometimes teach them to tell a safe adult if something makes them uncomfortable. Here is what we tell them about what it means to be a safe adult: A safe adult is someone who helps you when you when you have a problem Who... by Impact Inc. | Aug 20, 2024 | Blog Post
Teaching IMPACT skills to a group of young men who don’t really know what they are getting themselves into can feel like a wobbly tight rope walk. Young men come into our classes being told messages that haven’t been serving their safety for most of their lives and we... by Impact Inc. | Apr 30, 2024 | Blog Post
Someone Tells You Not to “Walk Like a Victim”? When I started teaching self-defense more than 20 years ago, I was told about a study that supposedly explained how attackers choose their victims. Video tapes of people walking down a crowded street in New York City were...