Self-defense classes help Asian and Pacific Islander women feel safer in New York

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Inside a community room in Brooklyn on a rainy day in May, seven women pair off for a series of drills. They practice backing toward the building's exits, as if moving away from an attacker. They yell "stop!" over and over.

source https://www.npr.org/2022/05/31/1101265311/self-defense-classes-help-asian-and-pacific-islander-women-feel-safer-in-new-yor