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Are you a sports instructor, martial arts teacher or trainer and want to enrich your path with teaching women’s self-defense?
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ABOUT US
Francesco Tessoni Rudmann
In 1999 He began the practice of Kung-Fu at the School of 3-time World Champion Grandmaster Shin Dae Woung (8th Dan) until in 2011, after numerous retreats at Chen Gi In Temple, he obtained the Instructor Diploma directly from Master Shin there. After another 5 years, he obtained his black belt 2nd Dan from UISP.
In 2014, together with other instructors, he founded the A.S.D. Kung Fu Club Genova, where Kung-Fu for adults, young people and children, Tai-chi are taught, and training on Personal Defence with UISP was started, proposing the women’s self-defence course, for which the instructors obtained the official Diploma in 2015, continuing with numerous refresher courses on Personal Defence.
Since 2017 he has been starting private lessons and teaching at high schools in Genoa.
In 2020 he obtained ASPP qualification while continuing group courses in women’s self-defense, at local gyms. In the following years begins teaching as 81/08 trainer and 45001 Auditor.
In 2024, given the growing criticality of increasingly topical issues, “Self-Defense Counseling” and “Women’s Self-Defense Counseling” were born .
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Staff
Dr Alessia Secreto
Co-Founder and Managing partner of Women’s Self-Defence Consultancy, with a degree in pedagogy and years of experience in social work and social security, she has worked with complex educational contexts. Today, she takes care of the content design of our courses, from the definition of activities to supervision and communication.
Dr Marta Mereghetti
Our training seminars benefit from the co-presence of Dr Marta Mereghetti, Clinical and Legal Psychologist, specialised in psychological diagnosis and support for individual well-being. She carries out training activities and collaborates as a consultant with the Court of Milan and the Police Headquarters Mobile Squad.
Dr Edoardo Mattiello
Our partner for the certification of companies to UNI ISO 31030 (Travel Risk Management), he coordinates the ‘Quintum Scutum’ team of consultants and trainers, working in Italy and abroad in emergency management and security provider audits, HEAT and self-protection training, international accident prevention regulations and event plans. He is a trainer partner of Consulenze Autodifesa, certified UNI PdR 124 and UNI 10459
Sonia Zappitelli
After a career in the HR world, she is now a Business Consultant specialised in Welfare and Gender Equality, accredited UNI PdR 125:2022 and ISO 30415:2021. She is the founder of the company ‘La Luna del Grano’ (our partner), the first Italian platform for Back to Work for mothers and fathers and able to support companies and parents in the post-leave period through inclusive and strategic paths.
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Ambassador
We have a highly qualified team of professionals and self-defence instructors, available to move around the territory.
Ambassadors act as spokespersons for our mission, representing us and spreading our philosophy and values in every context, creating a network and expanding the opportunity to respond quickly to the needs of different realities.
Cristian Pallamidesi
An expert in self-defence, conflict management and safety, he leads team-building, prevention and safety courses after a long experience with institutions, schools and associations protecting children and women. He is a certified Calix Academy instructor, 5th Dang of Qwan Ki Do and MIUR expert in bullying and cyberbullying.
Letizia Dionisi
A graduate in Motor Sciences, she is a black belt in Karate (a discipline she has practised for over 10 years), a fitness instructor and personal trainer. Since 2024, she is also qualified as an Instructor in Counselling-Feminine Self-Defence, having thus expanded the skills relating to personal well-being and safety that previously characterised her path.
Giovanni Racanati
Lecturer with over 20 years of experience in self-defence, specialising in female anti-aggression, an area in which he trains in defensive techniques. He has attended courses on gender-based violence and feminicide and trains women in the use of defence tools by promoting safety, awareness and empowerment through seminars and courses.
Lorenzo Migliorelli
Alongside a long experience in occupational safety (as RLS), he teaches self-defence integrating it with martial arts, safety and protection with a lot of activity towards the world of schools. A black belt in Aikido, he is also the author of the book ‘My Self-Defence’, presented as a national preview at the Overtime Festival in Macerata in 2024 for its third edition.
“Unbreakable Femininity: self-defense counseling for women’s empowerment.”
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