Flatbush Fists | Part Three | Fight Like A Girl

When Annie Ellman was introduced to karate in the 1970s, she immediately saw its potential as a tool for female empowerment. After meeting Nadia Telsey – a rare female instructor in a dojo run by Sensei Gerald Organe – Annie eventually co-founded Brooklyn Women’s Martial arts, to create a safe space for women to discuss issues of sexual violence and learn self defense. Today, Annie continues to work with women and gender non-conforming people in the borough, imparting the generational wisdom, strength, and resilience she found in the art form so many decades ago.

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