Lavoie-Filion

What if the people who were supposed to teach you how to defend yourself were the ones you needed protection from?

Sandrine was only a teenager when she started karate. Her excitement was short-lived, however, as what should have been a safe place for her to grow quickly became a place of fear, pain, harassment, betrayal, and abuse.

In this jaw-dropping story, Sandrine exposes some of the dojo’s best-kept secrets to reveal the abuse and how she was able to heal from it. This vulnerable and powerful story will give you a brand new perspective on abuse hidden in sports, and aims to help women heal from similar experiences.