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# Protect yourself with yourself
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/protect-yourself-with-yourself/
- Published: 2003-04-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:06:20.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Santa Monica Police Department is offering free, self defense classes to any adults who live, work or attend school in Santa Monica.

The SMPD Defensive Tactics Team will teach an abbreviated version of the Krav Maga system of self defense, which is taught to all officers and non-sworn personnel.

Krav Maga is easy to learn regardless of age, gender or physical fitness, police say. It is a system of self-defense, which teaches people to use their personal body weapons and intuitive reactions rather than relying on strength.

The four-hour class will be offered on Sat., May 17, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Registration is open until May 7, or until the classes are full.

For more information or to register for a class, call the SMPD’s community relations unit at (310) 458-8474.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 29, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042903.pdf?ref=smdp.com)