Avoid getting into a fight
Theses courses emphasize how to escape criminal attacks, as opposed to “fighting it” out with an attacker. Each course has a brief verbal introduction and proceeds directly to role-playing scenarios that allow people to maintain control in gradual manageable stages so they feel comfortable to participate in a non-threatening atmosphere.
Escaping before contact
Escaping before contact emphasizes learning to control the pre-contact phase with a well-rehearsed response in the moments before it turns physical should you be confronted by a threatening person. F.B.I. statistics report that 70 – 80% of assaults can be stopped by good verbal boundaries alone.
This course presents how to:
- Test for honest or dishonest intentions.
- Respond (not react) when approached.
- Employ a protective posture.
- Escalate your responses.
- Convince them you are not vulnerable.
- Stop someone who quickly steps in on you.
- Recognize signs of impending attack, and much more.
(This course has no physical contact).
Escaping physical attacks
Escaping physical attacks presents how to use a pen or pointed object to keep an attacker off you, or get them off you, to create a point of escape.
This course presents how to:
- Access a pointed instrument.
- Hold pointed instruments.
- Jabbing actions.
- Targeting an attacker.
- Preventing grabs.
- Releasing grabs.
- Initiating an escape, and more.
(This course has light physical contact).
Escaping knife attacks
Escaping knife attacks presents how to use a pen or pointed object to protect yourself and escape from a knife attack.
This course presents how to:
- Recognize when someone is pulling a knife.
- Access an instrument.
- Jabbing and Striking actions.
- Countering a slash or thrust attack.
- Alternative targeting and escaping, and more.
(This course has light physical contact).
Escaping by attacking
Escaping by attacking presents how to set up and execute a first strike for times when you need to hit an aggressor first, especially in situations when you are outsized or outnumbered, it can be unwise to forfeit the initiative.
To maximize your effect, you will learn how to:
- Use sophisticated distractions.
- Strike from the natural hand positions of negotiation.
- How to cover and recover if he attacks when you are not ready.
(This course has light physical contact).
