self defense

Warrior Women Within: Women’s Self Defense Workshop

Sophia McDermott Drysdale Bodysports March 2020

Ladies, I am launching another 3 Stage Women's Self-Defense course Tuesday nights from March 17 - March 30 at Bodysport Fitness Center. I will be taking you through a journey on how to protect yourself from all situations, whether someone comes up from behind, or you are already pinned down on the ground. This information is soooo valuable and I want to share it with every woman so that they have the skills that could potentially save their lives. 

Book your spots. It's in 2 weeks!!! For family discounts please message me for the 20% discount code.

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The 1st stage is Defend & Deflect on Tuesday March 17 at 6.30pm - 8pm.
This workshops will be focusing on awareness, and blocking and framing to create structural shapes to block the attacker without using strength.

The 2nd stage is Fight & Flee on Tuesday March 24 at 6.30pm - 8pm.
This workshop will deal with more up close and confrontational situations such as head locks and bear hugs and  will include more focus on the ground aspect.

The 3rd stage is Lethal Ladies on Tueday March 31 at 6.30pm - 8pm.
This workout is the final stage and  will focus on attacking as a means to disarm your attacker so you can get away. I will be teaching techniques that can potentially cause some serious damage to the attacker.

Meet the incredibly gifted facilitators at my next Weekend Retreat!

My weekend Retreat is coming up in March in Las Vegas. There are so many amazing aspects to this retreat because my goal is to encompass health on all levels, body, mind and soul. 

I am bringing out two incredible facilitators to this retreat who will be sharing their skills and expertise to make this camp truly amazing. These ladies are available for one on one sessions during the retreat also!!!

Joan Awa, The incredibly gifted yoga coach for the retreat

Joan Awa, The incredibly gifted yoga coach for the retreat

Joan is an RYT 200 specializing in Ashtanga Vinyasa and she will be leading the morning sunrise yoga. She received her certification in Manila, Philippines from AV108 in 2017 and has been teaching since. After moving to Las Vegas in 2018, she focuses on teaching private guided meditations and yoga. 

Joan also started a spiritual lifestyle brand last year year offering tarot readings, guided meditation and spiritual packages catering to specific moon phases & seasons. You can follow her on Instagram @lunamidasastrid or visit www.lunamidasastrid.com for more information. 

Letty Snider is a special guest coming to speak to the ladies at the camp.

Letty Snider is a special guest coming to speak to the ladies at the camp.

Letty Snyder is a gifted intuitive, life coach, inspirational speaker, and spiritual healer. She works with children, teens, adults, couples, groups, and families. She is a special guest at the Weekend Retreat and will be doing a special empowerment healing workshop. Her positivity and amazing energy just radiates from her and she is such a joy to learn from. Please visit letty@lettyinspires.com for more information,

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My goal is to connect amazing and talented women so that we can collaborate, work together to create change and support each other. I am so blessed and honoured to have these two specialist be a part of my camp and to be sharing their wisdom among all the equally amazing ladies who are signed up for this retreat. 

It’s going to be amazing and I can’t wait. 

For more info on these camps click here:

Awareness is Prevention, The up and coming program to learn self defense and to see the red flags.

The course will be for women and girls.

The course will be for women and girls.

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I was honoured to spend some time today with the amazing Lena Walther who is an activist for sex trafficking prevention with the focus on protecting girls and children. 
Her website is here: https://aipnv.org/ 
We planning on putting on some self defense workshops geared towards developing awareness and prevention and basic self defense skills standing up and on the ground directed at the parents and daughters. Sex trafficking is rife around the world hugely prevalent in Las Vegas and It’s important to know that it’s not as cut and dry as it seems. There is loads of manipulation involved and if you aren’t aware of it, your child could be getting roped into one of these situations. Lena explained that a lot of the ‘seduction process’ is via social media. 
Awareness is the first step and knowing the ‘signs’. 

For those who would be interesting in finding out more about the future workshops plese email me at: sophia@sophiaFIT.com

2020 Weekend Retreat in Las Vegas!!!

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At the end of March I am teaching a Weekend Retreat and it is going to be amazing. Set around nature, the house is also close enough to visit the strip to enjoy all the bling that Las Vegas has to offer. The focus of my retreats is to recharge and heal and to get away from the daily grind. We will be enjoying good healthy food that is provided, workouts and no gi/self defense training as well as morning sunrise yoga. The evenings will be spent with various workshops including a guided meditation and a session with a very special guest motivational speaker, holistic facilitator and clairvoyant.

All the ladies attending will also be receiving a goodie bag from our amazing sponsors!!!

There are a few spaces left. For more info and to book your spot click here:

For any questions feel free to email me at: sophia@sophiaFIT.com

FightingFIT 3 stage course with Land Home and SophiaFIT starts tomorrow!

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Tomorrow my FightingFIT course starts at Ultimate Performance Athletix. Once a month every Tuesday I'll be taking you through some kick ass self defense techniques both standing up and on the ground. Each course will deal with more confrontational situations and as the course goes on you'll learn how not only to defend yourself, but to fight back also.

The stages are:

- Stage 1: Defend and Deflect which will be held on Tuesday October 29, 6.10 - 8pm.

This workshops will be focusing on awareness, and blocking and framing to create structural shapes to block the attacker without using strength. The focus will also be on maintain stance, base and balance and using your own body weight to your advantage. Moving to make angles to get the attacker off balance is also a focus so that you can create space and get away.

- Stage 2: Fight & Flee will be held on Tuesday November 12, 6.10 - 8pm.

This workshop will deal with more up close and confrontational situations such as head locks and bear hugs and will include more focus on the ground aspect. Equipped with the basics of framing, blocking and defending using structural strength from stage 1, The focus for stage 2 is on fighting back and reversing the situation to disarm the attacker. Sophia will show you some simple, extremely effective and empowering techniques that can 'turn the tables' to stop the attacker in his tracks.

- Stage 3: Lethal Ladies. which will be held on Tuesday December 10, 6.10 - 8pm.


This workout is the final stage and will focus on attacking as a means to disarm your attacker so you can get away. The best defense is a strong attack so the idea is to start fighting back right away but by using techniques that can potentially cause some serious damage. This workshop will deal with more situations on the ground and will feature choke holds and arm locks when pinned on your back.


For more info on the courses click this link on SophiaFIT website: https://www.sophiafit.com/fighting-fit-course
To view this quick video click here: https://youtu.be/01lM4Yu1Uss

To sign up click here: https://www.sophiafit.com/buy-fighting-fit-course/fightingfitwith-landhome

For those who would like to sign up for 2 courses or all 3 courses at once there is a discount code that will give you 20% off to type in at checkout is: FightingFIT20 which gives you 20% off. This is only applicable if you decide to purchase at least 2 workshops at once.

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There will be a raffle and the lucky 3 winners will receive a small gift package of Defense Soap products!! These are all natural soaps and lotions to keep you clean after you workout and train.

Sign up here!

The discount code to book 2 or more spots is SFSPECIAL20.