ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that autonomy and integrity are centrally a matter of protecting the self and that martial arts training enhances confidence in one's ability to protect oneself; hence, martial arts training is a source of improved possibility for autonomy and integrity. It aims that martial arts training allows people to stand for what matters morally. Until violence against women is eradicated or at least diminished significantly, martial arts training prove an opportune route to withstanding its challenges to integrity and autonomy. Since both autonomy and integrity are central components of moral life, martial arts training expand women's ability to live their lives as moral persons. History is shaped by persons standing for their commitments, those who display autonomy and integrity despite threatening circumstances. Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and more recently, Aung San Suu Kyi have taken public stands for great commitments that matter politically, nationally and internationally.
