For three years, the 13-year-old has been taking jiu-jitsu classes at the Carmel Youth Center with Michael Blackburn, who teaches at the center, per ABC7. The teen applied what she learned in her ...

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — A 13-year-old girl, fighting off an attacker using self-defense she learned in Jiu-jitsu classes. Carmel police are still looking for the man responsible.

Sensei Michael Blackburn has been teaching the young warrior jiu-jitsu for the past three years.© KSBW 8 Police released a sketch of the suspect but still don't have any leads.© KSBW 8 ...

For three years, she has been attending jiu-jitsu classes with Sensei Michael Blackburn at the Carmel Youth Center. She took what she learned in class into real life to escape her attacker.

For three years, she has been attending Blackburn’s jiu-jitsu classes at the Carmel Youth Center. “Halfway home, a gentleman was standing in between two cars, and he stepped out to punch her in the ...

For Blackburn, he said that although it is heartbreaking to know his student was put in this situation, he is grateful she knew how to defend herself. “I told her we were proud of her, and she ...

For Blackburn, he said that although it is heartbreaking to know his student was put in this situation, he is grateful she knew how to defend herself. “I told her we were proud of her, and she ...