Greetings and Welcome to August!

Viva La Fiesta!!!! Enjoy the month of festivities and events in Santa Barbara. Be safe out there and have fun. Get to training this month and burn all that indulging off with our combat cardio classes or any of our Krav Maga classes, or both! With the recent tragedy at the Gilroy Garlic festival, Active Shooter occurrences are becoming too common and to real too ignore. SB Krav Magaself defense center will be running a ACTIVE SHOOTER DEFENSE seminar on Wednesday, August 28th. 6p-8p $35 per attendee. How to respond: 1.Run/ 2.Hide/ 3.Fight

Women’s Self-Defense Seminar. This seminar will take place Saturday August 24th 10am-11:30am. (ages 12 and up) Sign Up Today!

For many ladies, walking into a self-defense studio can be very intimidating. The women’s self-defense seminars are a great introduction for women of all ages and levels of experience to learn life-saving skills while building a sense of camaraderie with other women that understand the everyday realities of why self-defense training is self-care.

“SB Krav Maga Beach Day 2019″ at the end of July was a beautiful day with a lot of food, games, and SBKM members

stopping by throughout the day to say hello. Thank you to those who contributed and participated in growing our SBKM community through this event. Be sure to check out our video on our social media pages. Summer is flying by and another round of SBKM Teen and Adult belt testing is right around the corner. Save the date and plan accordingly to make sure you’re ready!
The next testing date for all adult belts and stripes will be Saturday September 7th 8am to finish. Teen belt testing will take place Wednesday, September 11th 4pm-6pm. All curriculum is located online on the SBKM website with all instructors available for private lessons.
Back-to-School season is here and the transition to higher grades can be tough for some, as youth exposed to bullying can increase dramatically from elementary school to Junior High and into high school. Research shows that bullying peaks in the 5th, 6th and 7th grades. The goal of the program is to minimize the effects of predatory behavior. This will be accomplished through role playing, small group discussions and empathy training. Focusing on Awareness, Avoidance and assertiveness. SBKM will be hosting a 4-day Anti-Bullying seminar Monday Sept, 23rd -Thursday Sept, 26th 5pm-6pm for preteens at $100 each and $75 for each additional sibling. Students will be taught how to address multiple scenarios common in school settings where physical violence may occur, and self-defense becomes the last resort. Give your kids the gift of safety and self-care and the confidence, that they may walk in peace. Keep an eye out for the flyer and be sure to pass it along to your friends and fellow parents at upcoming “back to school” nights and orientations!