Carisa Gaylardo is a certified fitness professional and stretch therapist at Lifetime Fitness in Garden City, New York. Throughout her career in physical education, she has received awards for her outstanding coaching, high sales in personal training and nutrition, and achieving the highest retention of clients when training and educating at UFC Gym in New Hyde Park. Additionally, Carisa Gaylardo organized women's self-defense seminars at the Young Leadership Academy for Women in Astoria, Queens. Below are the benefits of taking self-defense sessions:

1. Self-defense classes help women to build confidence in their ability to confront an attacker and protect themselves. In a 2005 study commissioned by the National Institute of Justice, researchers discovered that women who resisted their attackers had a higher chance of preventing serious injury.

2. Women who take self-defense classes become more aware of their surroundings and become better at detecting the warning signs of a potential assault. Even when surprised, women are trained to react instinctively to protect themselves.

3. Practicing self-defense requires motivation and dedication. So being committed to learning and perfecting defense abilities helps women to build self-discipline and, therefore, can increase their self-respect.