Soul Punch Self Defense
About Soul Punch and Warrior Healing Arts
Welcome to Soul Punch Self Defense, where women’s empowerment meets action and community. Whether you’ve come here seeking to reclaim your power, protect yourself, or strengthen your presence in the world, you’ve taken a bold first step—and we commend you for showing up.
The Soul Punch Mission
Soul Punch was founded by Gloria Marcott, a tactical trailblazer with 18 years in law enforcement and over two decades of experience in women’s self-defense. Since launching in 1992, Gloria has trained over 10,000 women, empowering them with her distilled, high-impact curriculum. Her epic vision is to train #1million women to train #5million more women and girls—creating a ripple effect of safety, awareness, and empowerment across the globe. At its core, Soul Punch is about more than just physical defense; it’s about transforming how you walk through the world.
How Warrior Healing Arts and Soul Punch Converge
As the founder of Warrior Healing Arts, I’ve dedicated my life to helping people defend their well-being and embrace balance through a fusion of martial arts, mindfulness, and holistic health practices. With over a decade of martial arts experience, I’ve witnessed firsthand how these disciplines empower individuals - providing fitness, mental clarity, spirituality, and a sense of community.
Partnering with Gloria and Soul Punch was a natural evolution of this work. The intersection of our missions—empowering women to reclaim their strength and defend their sacred spaces—is where the magic happens. Warrior Healing Arts brings a unique blend of mindfulness and embodiment practices to the Soul Punch experience, helping participants integrate their newfound skills on a deeper level.
The Two-Hour Soul Punch Self Defense Seminar
This seminar integrates tactical skills with inner strength, helping women reclaim their voices, command presence, and boundaries. Every skill you learn here—from situational awareness to physical techniques—adds to your ability to protect and honor yourself and your community.
Come see why over 10,000 women have trained with Soul Punch Self-Defense!
This two-hour workshop is designed for any woman who wants to feel:
Safer
Stronger
More Confident
During the seminar, participants will learn:
Foundational Safety and Self-Defense Skills
Soul DefendHER™ 2.0 Training
Empowerment Techniques
And much, much more!
This isn’t about learning how to fight; it’s about understanding how to survive. Soul Punch provides real-world self-defense training based on actual attack dynamics, with one goal: to complete the class feeling equipped with the skills to survive a sudden, unexpected, physical attack or attempted abduction.
Here’s what makes our training unique:
Layered Safety Strategies: Learn tactics that build on each other to create a robust defense.
Leverage-Based Movements: Use natural leverage to manipulate and break down the body.
Offsetting Size Disparities: Gain techniques to neutralize attackers regardless of strength or size.
Real-World Focus: Training grounded in practical, actionable skills that make a difference.
By the end of the session, you’ll transition from thinking about safety to absolutely knowing your skill level and capability.
Why We’re Here
Like many women, I’ve faced the pervasive challenges of harassment, coercion, and violence. These experiences led me to martial arts and a commitment to transform not just myself but also the lives of others. This is not just about defense; it’s about creating a world where women move through life with confidence, self-awareness, and unapologetic power.
Whether you’re here because of something you’ve experienced or because you want to take charge of your safety, this work is about reclaiming your power. Together, through Soul Punch and Warrior Healing Arts, we’re creating a safer, stronger future for ourselves and generations to come.
This site is independently operated by a Certified Soul Punch™ Trainer.
Not an official franchise or location of Soul Punch™.
IIntroducing the Plegium® Smart Pepper Spray
Soul Punch is proud to offer the Plegium® Smart Pepper Spray—a cutting-edge self-defense device that delivers powerful protection and instant connectivity when every second counts. Designed in Sweden and trusted worldwide, this sleek, high-tech spray turns a moment of danger into a call for help.
With one press, the Plegium® Smart Pepper Spray deploys a potent pepper spray stream while automatically activating a blinding strobe light and a piercing 130 dB alarm to disorient attackers and alert bystanders.
But what truly sets it apart? Bluetooth integration with the Plegium® app, which instantly sends your GPS location and an emergency alert to your designated contacts—giving you the power of a private dispatch system in the palm of your hand. Your location is shared in real time, so help can find you faster.
Compact, intuitive, and designed for high-stress situations, the Plegium® Smart Pepper Spray is more than just a defense tool—it’s an extension of your awareness and training, reinforcing the safety mindset cultivated in the Soul Punch Self-Defense Seminar.
More about Soul Punch founder Gloria Marcott
Gloria Marcott is on a passionate mission to uplift, empower, and train a global community of #1millionwomen. With a remarkable background that combines over two decades of Women’s Self-Defense training expertise and an illustrious 18-year career in Law Enforcement, Gloria is a force for change.
She is the CEO of Soul Punch Self-Defense and the creator of the #1millionwomen trained movement which she established to radically redefine the safety equation for women and girls.
Through Soul Punch, Gloria will equip you with tools, knowledge, and confidence and her promise to you is that you will leave commanding more of your power and safety.
Gloria has collaborated with both corporate and private clients, graced the stage as a keynote speaker for countless groups, and garnered recognition from major media outlets such as Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, and local media. Her insights have been featured in prestigious publications like In Style, Glamour, and Elite Daily, while her captivating interviews have enriched many podcasts.
“HERE TO HELP #1MILLIONWOMEN COMMAND YOUR POWER AND SAFETY”