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At 13 years of age, Dallas Jessup earned her black belt in tae kwon do. Now 18, she has spent the last four years teaching young girls all over the world how to defend themselves.
Jessup, of Vancouver, Wash., founded Just Yell Fire in 2005. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to teaching basic street-fighting skills to teenage girls to fend off attackers and avoid a possible abduction or sexual assault.
“The idea is to get about five seconds to get away from a bad...

ALBION–Renowned women’s self-defense expert Dallas Jessup will appear at Albion High School at noon Monday to present her self-defense program.
Jessup, an expert martial artist, will show the audience the five most-dangerous situations teenagers encounter and 10 effective methods of defense.
At 14, Jessup founded Just Yell Fire, a Web site to instruct young girls on how to defend against sexual assault.
Jessup also made a film titled “Just Yell Fire,”...