Self Defense Instruction, Classes, Training, and Seminars

The Self Defense Company (SDC) has various interactive training opportunities in addition to remote training programs. Courses are tailored to meet a specific need, and can be taught individually or collectively. SDC Instructors undergo hundreds of hours of training certification and testing to ensure the highest level of proficiency and professionalism.

In addition, all professional instructors submit to a mandatory criminal background check to maintain the highest level of safety possible.

The following is the list of current Self Defense Company Training Programs and Seminars. Again, courses are tailored to meet a specific need, and can be taught individually or collectively.

For more information about Self Defense Company programs and instructor availability contact training@theselfdefenseco.com

The Self Defense Company Training Courses

Each program corresponds to a module in The Self Defense Training System (SDTS) and other Self Defense Company programs.

• Escape and Evasion

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 5 and 60 Minute Self Defense)
  Discover methods and tactics designed to avoid and escape even the most determined attacker. Includes non-lethal technologies, threat identification, situation avoidance, escape and evasion techniques and emergency communication procedure. Learn defensive tactics for standing, ground and common assaults. This is a must know self defense.

• Essential Self Defense

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 1)
  When escape is not an option; these tactics will enable you to function in a high stress environment, channel adrenaline and use your strongest natural weapons against every attacker’s universal weaknesses.

• Advanced Methods of Striking

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 2)
  This course will show you how to turn any durable surface of your body into a weapon of mass destruction. This will maximize your effectiveness from any position: standing, grappling and even on the ground.

• Defense Against Grabs and Holds

  (60 minutes -- SDTS Module 4)
  In this course see how easy it is to defend against any assault with only a handful of simple techniques. Discover how any situation can be broken down to a common denominator, allowing your mind and body to react instinctively and effectively.

• Ground Fighting

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 3)
  What you see on TV and in the dojo doesn’t prepare you for what happens in the real world. Learn how to survive and win any fight that goes to the ground without a complicated submission, choke or arm bar. You will see how vulnerable an attacker becomes when they try to mount, pin or submit you. Learn how to maneuver in the prone position (the most overlooked situation in all self defense!) where your attacker is standing while you’re on the ground.

• Weapons Defensive Tactics

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 8)
  Like assaults, defending against a weapon attack can be broken down into common denominator factors. Once you understand this simple concept, you only need a handful of proven techniques to survive. This course covers defense against hand gun, long gun, edged weapons and impact weapons. You will discover how to use your environment to create effective diversions to turn the tables on even the most ruthless assailant.

• Weapons Offensive Tactics

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 9)
  This course shows you how to properly use edged and impact weapons including a retractable baton. Discover lesser known concealment methods and proper weapon deployment as you learn to combined these tactics with proven empty hand methods of The Self Defense Training System.

• Methods of Arrest and Removal

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 10 and Guardian Defensive Tactic)
  The most effective techniques for arresting, controlling and removing compliant, non compliant and combative subjects. Proper and effective escalation of force and method to control the situation immediately.

• Weapon Retention

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 9 and Guardian Defensive Tactics)
  Learn exactly what to do before your weapon becomes a liability. The tactics you will learn are from the interview (standing), front assault, rear assault and ground. All methods include both hand gun and long gun.

• Family Safe

  (60 minutes -- SDTS Module 5 and Family Safe Program)
  Train as a unit, act as a community. Criminals and child predators are smart; they know what to look for and how to separate your child from you or the group. Once isolated, your children have virtually no chance of survival. The Family Sale Program develops strategies against predators that will discourage the most determined and cunning assailant. It creates boundaries that once breached, will trigger your family to go into action. The course also includes home invasion strategies and gives you a blue print for safety.

• Women’s Self Defense

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 5 and 60 Minute Self Defense)
  You don’t need to be a self defense expert to avoid and survive an attempted rape or abduction. Statistics show that almost 80% of women are assaulted by someone they know. In this program for women only, you will discover how to identify threats and react effectively to escape and survive from a much larger assailant. You will also see how to properly use and train weapons (the great equalizer) that will ensure your safety while your healthy, injured, or pregnant.

• Senior Safe

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 5, Module 9 and 60 Minute Self Defense)
  Senior citizens are a desirable target for criminals. This program trains seniors to avoid potentially dangerous situations and how to use technology to escape and survive. You also learn some last resort tactics and how to convert a cane or a walker into an incredibly effective weapon.

• Kid Safe

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 5 and 60 Minute Self Defense)
  Growing up these days is tougher than ever. Children are exposed to higher levels of violence than ever before. Most kids lead normal lives, unfortunately, some children don’t and are predisposed towards violence. This program will teach your child how to escape larger and determined child predator. A bully that is a year or two older than your child may be twice their size. The Kid Safe Program teaches your child how to spot danger, escape and survive by using techniques that limit body weight, keeping your child mobile, aware and safe.

• Student Safe

  (90 minutes -- SDTS Module 5 and 60 Minute Self Defense)
  When kids get older, they become independent. They also feel they are immortal. This is a deadly combination. That’s why it’s no surprise that the teenagers to early twenties years experience the highest level of crime and are most vulnerable. This program prepares students to spot danger before it happens. They will learn strategy that will enable them to survive a dangerous situation. They become in tune with their instincts and know how to avoid a situation before they get in over their heads and if they do find themselves backed in a corner, they will know how to tactically survive.

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