Raise a Strong, Confident Girl Who Knows How to Protect Herself
The Girls Who Fight® Program helps girls age 6–14 develop Character, Confidence and Strength while mastering self defense skills that last a lifetime.
Book Her Free Intro Class
✔ Learn real self defense from kickboxing and Jiu Jitsu
✔ Gain confidence, character and leadership
✔ Beginner friendly, fun classes with a positive all-girl group
⭐ 260+ 5-Star Reviews
Self Defense Skills
Your daughter will learn effective self defense techniques that work in real life:
✔ Self Defense Jiu Jitsu
Escape grabs, chokes, and pins—even against bigger opponents—using leverage and technique.
✔ Muay Thai Kickboxing
Develop powerful strikes, movement, and defense while building strength, speed and coordination.
🥊 1,500+ Girls Transformed
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The Girls Who Fight
Self Defense & Leadership Program
Weekly classes that build skills and character step-by-step from beginner to Black Belt.
Street Smarts Skills
She'll learn the skills to avoid danger before it gets physical:
✔ Bully Prevention
✔ Boundary Setting
✔ Peer Pressure Defense
✔ Situatuonal Awareness
✔ Recognize Danger Signs
She'll walk with such confidence and awareness that she's never seen as an easy target.
🥋 Female Black Belt Instructor
Leadership Skills
Through structured character development and leadership training, your daughter builds:
✔ Discipline ✔ Ownership
✔ Focus ✔ Integrity
✔ Resilience ✔ Respect
From the classroom to the boardroom– she'll carry inner strength with her everywhere she goes.
"This isn't just a self defense class– it's a program that builds resilience, integrity and grit in young girls"
–Stephanie Hess
Trusted by Hundreds of Families To Empower Their Daughters in Highland Village, TX
Meet Your Instructor
Jiu Jitsu Black Belt, MMA Champion, 16+ Years Experience
Girls Who Fight is led by Gemma Sheehan, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt and former MMA fighter with over 16 years of experience an a decade coaching girls self defense.
In 2017, she stepped away from competition to pursue a new mission: helping girls and women build the confidence that comes from knowing you can protect yourself.
A Program Designed To Help Your Daughter Thrive in Martial Arts
✔ Join a positive community of girls who encourage each other
✔ Become a confident girl who resists peer pressure and stands up for herself
✔ Follow a structured curriculum focused on self defense and character development
✔ Start with other white belt girls in fun beginner classes
✔ Progress to advanced jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and self defense as you work towards your black belt!
Training Pillars
"This program has quite literally changed my life"
Mixed Martial Arts Training
Give your daughter priceless strength, wits, and courage that she’ll take with her everywhere she goes for the rest of her life
The most valuable benefit of Girls Who Fight Camp is the knowledge and character that our girls gain and take with them everywhere they go. Our program teaches girls how to become an effective protector through the three GWF self defense pillars: Deter, Detect, and Defend!
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Physical Self Defense Skills
Confidence, Anti-Bullying, Self Defense
If there's anything girls need today it's confidence, awareness, and the ability to defend themselves from bullies and predators. Our fun, empowering program combines self defense and martial arts, bully-proofing and street smarts, and the undeniable confidence building that comes along with gaining these life changing skills.
Confidence Every Girl Deserves
Girls often start out with low confidence, people pleasing habits or negative mindsets, but in just weeks parents watch their daughter:
✔ Stand upright
✔ Use her voice confidently
✔ Switch "I can't" to "I can"
✔ Take ownership and initiative at home and school
✔ Become more respectful
✔ Thrive in a new positive peer group
It's a transformation that lasts for life.
It all starts with her first free intro class!
