Our Teaching Approach

Training is provided in a fun and relaxed environment where you can quickly learn simple skills to help protect yourself, friends, family, and the wider community.

We are experienced and passionate about our training methods and adapt them as the local environment and world changes around us. 

Our classes provide a principles-based training approach for all ages, abilities and communities, and are based on four pillars which we believe are the foundations to violence prevention and self-protection.

 We provide a mixture of physical and non-physical training, with a primary focus on violence prevention. This is because many confrontations can be de-escalated successfully if you have the skills to do so. You will also learn how to manage physical conflict quickly and effectively to protect yourself, or escape, when physical violence cannot be avoided.

All of our training is focused on what you can do within the state law, and for in-person training you will be encouraged to take part in various types and levels of scenario-based training depending on your experience, confidence and preference. These will be as close to realistic as possible making sure the scenarios are run with your full consent, within your boundaries, and where safety is the priority, both mentally and physically.

We won't teach you hundreds of techniques, just the basic ones that are aligned to your natural responses, individual size, strengths, impairments, abilities and personal preferences. 

 
You will also gain a solid understanding of the psychology of violent encounters, and will learn the power of intuition, and the gift of fear.  

We will help you manage egos and stress responses to various situations, as different situations require different responses. "Context is king". 

There are no gradings, belts or competitions, just simple skills you can use to keep you and others safe. But we will celebrate your progress and learning along the way, you can be sure of that.