Personal Safety is an issue women think of often. Our experiences may have conditioned us to be vigilant in assessing our environment and situation. But no matter how vigilant, one still must be prepared.

Training is available. You can learn simple, effective methods of personal safety skills in a fun and supportive atmosphere.

Not karate. Not martial arts. No belt ranks. No trophies. Just simple skills. Any woman can learn to defend herself no matter her ability or experience. Knowledge is your best defense.

Your survival begins and ends with you. You have an absolute right to defend yourself.

Subtle Warrior offers instruction in personal defense. Training will prepare you to take control of your own personal safety. Programs are informative, offering simple, effective skills for personal safety, and can be done almost anywhere! Mobile, On-site training serving Northeastern Nevada and beyond.

Catering to schedules and comfort levels, participants learn awareness, verbal self defense, strategies, and tactics.

Education is empowering. Educate yourself with information on strategies for your personal safety. There is no better time for you to learn the self-reliance you've been wanting. Depend on yourself to defend yourself, learn what to do in a threatening or violent situation.

Subtle:
fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand; delicate or faint and mysterious; requiring mental acuteness, penetration, or discernment; characterized by mental acuteness or penetration; cunning, wily, or crafty; insidious in operation; skillful, clever, or ingenious. 
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Subtle Warrior's program is based on the realization that there is a vital need for a simple, effective process for women to learn how to protect themselves with out the formalities and rituals of traditional karate. 

With beginnings in a traditional / classical system of Martial Arts, Lisa's study was an eighteen year journey with her core instructor. The style was rooted in Kyokushinkai. A uniform, or Gi, and belt ranks were required. Classes were up to three hours long and commands were given in Japanese. The formal classes consisted of lecture in history, anatomy, meditation and all around general knowledge of the martial arts and of the systems that existed, not just those that comprised our own style. Physical training was harsh, or as some of us fondly refer to as 'old school'. Protective pads were not required and contact as controlled, but strong. Training included specialty classes in Japanese calligraphy or Kanji Kana, and advanced classes included weaponry.

For the last ten years Lisa has trained and worked with various people throughout the country. Self Defense and Defensive Tactics training continues at Modern Warrior in Long Island, NY. Other subjects of training include Zen, Chinese Medicine Principles, and Tai Chi Chu'an.

After operating the Wells Branch of the Twin Jade Cat Martial Tradition for a decade the formal school closed and a new goal and identity emerged. Throughout the years of development, the business went through a few name changes as a specific goal evolved. The focus became that of women's self defense. Subtle Warrior is a direct result of years of experience learning and teaching. 

Developing personal safety skills in order to become a mentally keen person, whose tactics are not obvious and yet are precisely skillful.

The Subtle Warrior.