Focus is third-party close quarter protection.
Review Situational Awareness
- Pre-attack indicators and body language
• How predators select victims
• Environmental awareness (parking lots, gas stations, hallways, workspaces)
• Maintaining distance and managing unknown contacts
Close-Quarter Defensive Skills
• Defensive stance and balance retention
• Breaking grips and creating space to exit- Escape from chokes, bear hugs etc
• Using improvised tools (keys, bags, pens)
- practice with drills
Third-Party Protection
Assessing when to intervene safely
• Removing a child or vulnerable person from danger
• Shielding techniques and positioning
• Calling for help and coordinating with bystanders
- practice with drills
Stress-Response Training
• Managing adrenaline and tunnel vision
• Decision-making under pressure
• Confidence-building drills
• Using verbal commands effectively
Learning Outcomes
Participants will leave with the ability to:
• Recognize and avoid threats early
• Defend themselves effectively in small, confined spaces
• Break free from common attacks
• Protect a child or another person during danger
• Increase confidence, reaction time, and situational awareness
Audience
• Women of all ages (no experience required)
• Parents wanting child-defense/abduction-prevention skills
• College students, workplace teams, church groups
• Anyone wanting practical, realistic personal-protection abilities