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A group of women who've been taking a self-defense class put their skills to the test during their graduation, where they had to fight their way out of a simulated sexual assault.

If you want to protect yourself from a potential attacker, it's not enough to just learn about safety. To fight through your fear, you have to physically train.

One self defense program here in La Crosse has a very specific purpose: teaching women how to terminate a sexual assault. And every woman in this class has a story.