22 Mar Team Self-Defense NYC in Action
Thrilled to see how many community members are taking advantage of free self-defense classes taught by the amazing Sammy Yuen team! ...
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26 Jan CBSNews: Self-defense classes teach older Asian Americans how to fight back as hate crimes increase
They've been taunted and had close calls, but a group of Asian American seniors had never formally learned how to physically defend themselves. After someone told his father to go back to China, Sammy Yuen, who has been trained in martial arts, started teaching self-defense classes...
06 Jan The City: 2021 Saw Another Surge of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in Subway
The number of anti-Asian incidents reported in the subway jumped last year, NYPD data shows, accounting for more than one third of all bias crimes in the system. Through the end of November — the latest figures provided by the Hate Crime Task Force — 30...
23 Dec New York Post: Badass senior citizens learn self-defense
While the NYC native of Chinese descent always felt safe living in Manhattan, life here has changed radically since the pandemic first overwhelmed the city in March of 2020, which prompted unprecedented — and unwarranted — violence against Asian citizens due to COVID-19 having originated...
08 Dec Pix11: Self-defense class offered to seniors amid rise of racially motivated assaults
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan — 71-year-old Mary Yuen said she was afraid to walk the streets after a number of vicious anti-Asian attacks in the city. But instead of living in fear, she decided to empower herself and take a free self-defense class on the...
01 Dec University Settlement: Free Self-Defense Class Offered to Empower New Yorkers Against Racially-Biased Attacks
Responding to the rise in unprovoked violent assaults on Asian New Yorkers and other minority groups, the free classes seek to empower participants with the skills needed to protect themselves if attacked. The classes will primarily be geared toward older people, who are often targets...
28 Sep CNN: Asian American lawmakers want DOJ to speed up action on hate crimes law
Two Democratic lawmakers are urging the Justice Department to swiftly implement a federal law aimed at countering the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Rep. Grace Meng of New...
09 Sep Our Streets
We are proud to call New York City home. It’s where we are raising our two beautiful children. It's where we go to work. It’s where we attend church. It’s where we enjoy many of the City’s amazing cultural institutions and patronize it’s wide variety of...