Programme Comparison
So your thinking about levelling up your skillset and confidence by joining us on our programme
But you have seen we run a few different programmes and flicking between the pages is a little time consuming and your not so sure about booking in a coffee and a chat just yet
in this blog post, we will outline all our programmes so you can clearly see the difference between one and the other
So what programmes are we running?
Rounds (Including our Student Rounds)
Our New Online Programme Essentials Programme for that click the link
If you want to read about what you will learn, please check out this page on What you will learn. it will give you a little more context of how it all works
Price comparisons
Usually, the first question on peoples minds is cost
so to make it a little easier to compare and see what programmes might best suit you there’s a nice little image below
Its key to note though
that in the past people compared the price to a fitness camp or gym
Thats kind of like comparing Chollate with Cheese
the only comparison is they both are tasty, and both begin with the letter C
With fitness you can learn out home, in fact, it’s so easy to implement into your life, just going outside for a run will do the job
However, learning self defence is a little more complicated particularly if you were to learn without a coach, here’s something you would need to be aware of if you were to do that
Awareness of your own body (most people do not) an example of this is if I said, do a palm strike to the face, and pivot your back foot. 9 times out of 10 the hand that’s meant to be in someone's face isn’t even angled at the thing you was meant to be heating. to ad to this 9 out of 10, the back foot isn’t pivoted
It’s nothing to worry about at the beginning and it’s very normal to do this. this is why having a coach can really help out, even with the simplest stricks to learn
Have an understanding of space and angles and having them tested under apparate stress, again if you were to learn self defence from youtube you are lacking relevant ways of getting feedback to help you achieve your goal of learning a new skill
To help with the confusion, we developed the Fitness Defence Programme to primarily diffract fitness from our main self defence programme the Rounds
The Fitness Defence programme was originally developed because one or two of our self defence students wanted to get in a bit of fitness and implanted some of their new skills in a fitness context
It’s like an Access Course
The course is more like an actual course you might sign up to at uni or college etc
There's an inrolment date
Progressive learning Content
A learning outcome and objectives
A 'test' (don't freak, it's not that bad :D )
Feedback
Reassessing to help you continue your development and all filters into the funnel that is confidence and competence building
Check out this little infographic to help with understanding the cycle of confidence and competence
The programmes are designed to be like an access course to the world of martial arts and to give you some essential self defences skills, strategy and tactics for the unforeseen
and in the proses, fuel you with practical and functional confitents
witch is pretty awesome in itself as you can see my the above image
There be another blog coming explaining the learning process and the Hierarchy of competence
Comparisons Image
Here's a simplified image for compartment
The Fitness Factor and Learning Factors enables you to quickly see what packages is right for you
0 is non at all and 5 equals intensive
Below’s image simplifies was previously mentioned above image
Round
ok so now you have some idea of what we do, how about having a little look at what a Round might look like?
Each Round has a primary focus
every 4 weeks the primary focus shifts and rotates, normally based on the previses round and your feedback
In the example below the primary focus was wrist grab escapes
The Round also included some secondary focus’s
striking, distance management, footwork and other grab escapes
So what's a Bout?
It's basically 4 Rounds or 4, 4 week training blocks
this would mean you get to have at least 4 primary focus skills
each Round simply builds of the last and round rotate the primary focus, there’s quite a bit more than the above image but it’s just to give you an idea
basically, Bout gradually turns you into Buffy the vampire slayer #Justsaying
It’s also like a loyalty programme or a VIP programme, by doing it the value is staked higher and you’ll gain asses to in house workshops and intensives for free
Below is a 'lose' visual of what a Bout might look like
Some people choose to continue there self defence development with us and work their way through the Hand Level system, which by the time you have compleated the first Round you would have achieved Level 1. After your first about, you would be almost ready for level 2 and so on. While do another blog on this at a later date, but for now check out What You’ll Learn here for an idea on the level system
Number of Topics
Here’s a list of the types of things you could be learning in a round, although the list isn’t exclusive and may include other elements
You’ll learn key principles and concepts
How to manage distance
Theory
Striking, where and how to do it effectively
Holds and clinches
Escapes from standing grabs or strangles
Gound defence, including sticking and escapes
Learn to disrupt balance for takedowns etc
Blunt and sharp object defence
Submissions and chokeholds
Using Hoodies as a defensive weapon
This can also include learning some different ways of doing things, this includes some styles such as bits from
Jeet Kune Do (Brue Lees style)
Boxing/Kickboxing/Thai boxing
Krav Maga
Judo and Ju Jitsu
Workshops and Intensive Courses
The Intensive courses give you an overview and a good idea of what to do in a range of situations lasting for around 5hrs. However, the workshops are a focused session on a key theme, for example, we run one called the rape defence workshop, workshops can be heard towards the group’s needs and can cover a range of topics. They run from 1 hr to 3 hrs long, for groups or originations training or team days.
There normally held on a specific date a few times a year
Join the waiting list or contact us if you want us to hold one for you, Intensive or Workshops
Check out What You’ll Learn far more of an idea on the overall development and level system if you wanted to become effective at all this stuff
Check out some of our blogs
Women’s self-protection tips for Brighton and Hove
7 Common Women’s Self Defence Myths
