MISSION: TO EMPOWER THE LESSER-PRIVILEGED GIRLS WITH FREE MARTIAL-ARTS TRAINING.

Duration: Long-term. Starting 9th January, we will be doing these classes twice a week, hopefully, forever, and hopefully at many places. We hope, that with your efforts, this can turn into a movement and bring about some change in the current state of affairs of this country.

Venue: Versova Beach

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

- Motivate your house help, cook, whoever, to send their daughters, younger sisters whoever, or drag them along to attend the sessions.
- If you are willing to volunteer for the fee, great, (even Rs 50 is awesome), if not, NO PROBLEM. The main task here, is to get them out of the houses and attend anyhow.
- Volunteer
- Share with people in Andheri
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HOW IT BEGAN

"Last night, I saw something, that made me feel absolutely sick within. Of course, it's about the countless issues in society today, rapes, molestation, eve teasing, sexual abuse, the list is endless. 
I could't sleep properly till I came up with an idea; the prelude of which is as follows.
I have always been a little scared driving alone post 11 pm even in a city which is apparently the safest one in India- Mumbai. I carry a pepper spray at all times, keep the car locked, windows rolled up, and never stop or slow down for anybody. Then somehow I started attending Sir Alex Fernandes's Kung-fu class. I cannot bash up people, I still don't take panga with anyone, still keep my car locked and carry the spray. But something has changed.
The other day, there were 3 bikes with 2 boys each who were literally peeping into my car and giggling away. I did not like the look on their faces. This was at 10:30 pm, in quite a bustling area, Shastri Nagar, the road with Kokilaben; the roads were not vacant. And yet, the boys kept following me. I slowed down to let them pass, they slowed with me. I stared, they laughed. I moved faster, they moved with me. I stopped, they stopped. 
In the next moment, I found myself shouting at them with the window almost rolled down, and in the next second, they were gone.
I'm not saying that's the wisest thing to do, coz immediately after, I too, took another route and made a few phone calls. But, what I'm saying is this. When THEY know you have courage, they too are scared. I think the one thing that we need at this point is COURAGE. To stand up, to make some noise, to tell people to shut up."

- Ishita Sharma