Self Defense for Women

and Personal Safety Training

BTC offers Personal Safety training and seminars to many organisations and sections of the community including women, men, children, the elderly, those physically or mentally handicapped or disabled, as well as people from ESL backgrounds. Our personal safety courses include materials and training as below.

Whilst courses can be customised to suit specific groups and outcomes, a typical course is outlined below.

Course Objectives:

This course seeks to empower and teach participants the proactive habits of personal safety for all aspects of their life whether that be at school, work, home, shops, public transport, the city, street or park. Finally, it seeks as a last resort to arm participants with the skills to physically defend themselves.

Course Aim:

For course participants to acquire the knowledge and ability to avoid, prevent and defend in a confident, effective, and responsible way.

Course Content:

Mental

• Principles of awareness - situational analysis, environmental analysis.
• Victim selection - body language, indications of attack, assault prevention.
• Non violent responses - negotiate, escape and evade.
• Positive methods to reduce your vulnerability to violence , aggression or abuse
• The statistics of assault, attacker insights and case studies
• Self-defence and the law

Emotional

• Using fear as a source of positive energy
• Building self-esteem and confidence
• Stress management
• Fear elimination and proactive and empowering skills to manage it

Physical

• Practical, easy, and effective self-defence techniques not based on superior strength
• Target areas
• The weapons of your body
• Defensive positioning - defensive distancing to protect our personal space.
• Surprise and other defence assets
• Reaction time
• Scenario based defences: sitting, on the ground, in a car, on public transport, in crowds.
• Multiple attacker defence
• Weapon defence

Our friendly professional trainers can tailor programs to suit your needs to ensure a fun and informative experience. To find out more about our programs or to organise a seminar or workshop phone 1300 303 583 or email pst@mybtc.com.au