Giving people from minority groups the opportunity to build confidence in a safe and friendly environment

Unforchely many ‘self defence’ systems are not set up to support many groups of people, mostly because of the size of their classes and the structure of their courses. Although they may welcome all humans, there is a disconnect between welcoming people and the type of support and structure and content needed for them.

While many professionals still argue that 'self defence' is self defence regardless of age, gender, sexual preference, race & ethnicity etc. The evidence and statistics say differently

Teach simple and effective self-defence skills

There’s a balance between simple, effective and complicated. Many styles preach simplicity yet lack effectiveness, while others make things too complicated they become ineffective

We test all our skills and will show variations and explain the pros and cons to all (because they all have cons). Plus we will work hard to find what works for you as an individual.

The content is always guided by the members

Similar to the above value, the member's body type and attitude towards levels of aggression and the skills themselves will identify if a skill will work for that person or not (or might just need a little more time). Nevertheless, the content is guided by you. We also ask you what do you want to do/learn next? And always ask for honest feedback

We have a progressive process to learning and building confidence that is not currently seen in the self-defence industry

The self-defence industry is where the gyms were 20 yrs ago. Every woman thought if they touched a weight, they would turn into a bodybuilder, and no woman would step foot in the weight room

In the same way, the structure of modern self defence programmes does not accommodate people that do not know anything about fighting, yet on day one, they are expected to spar and probably with a man

in addition, it can take months before you get to learn that technique again as teaching class will keep changing from week to week

There are many more problems, but these are just three that we look at. We have a progressive way of learning and building confidence, one that lets you build on the previous session and leads to an opportunity to test

We focus our attention on anyone who has been negatively affected by Gender Based Violence (GBV)

Our programme considers everyone that has been affected by GBV. We have even created a programme for people who have been affected.

We also consider the many stages that an abuser would/could go throw before it becomes physically violent. Unlike many other self defence systems, we hold there's stages as being a primary problem we have to fix, which also means rewriting the rule book on what most people consider a self-defence strategy

‘94% of all violent attacks towards women are by a man, who they know’

We have broken them up into 4 stages, so each technique or collection of techniques has to fit in each stage.

Always delivering a personable approach to your learning experience

We keep our classes to a minimum number to offer the maxim level of support, we also offer extra training if you are struggling. We are also happy to meet for a coffee, either before your courses have started or mid the way. We also offer personal feedback as the coach is working with you directly