Tuff Love Fitness

Tuff Love Fitness is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing accessible and affordable self-defense, martial arts, and fitness training for people in Oakland and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area. We were founded by a team of female martial artists with the goal of promoting martial arts for populations that may be underserved by many traditional martial arts programs: women, the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, and assault survivors. Tuff Love offers several programs: Tuff Love Self-Defense provides free self-defense and safety training for women and girls. Our Sweaty Betties program is a free women's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class and open mat, taught by women for women and girls, regardless of their school affiliation. Four Elements Fitness Gym is a full service martial arts school that provides affordable training opportunities for women, LGBTQ+ students, people of color, kids, and other groups who may lack access to martial arts and fitness instruction. Four Elements Fitness is the home base for many of our programs. Tuff Love's mission is to promote individual and community wellness through principles of martial arts and self-defense.