About
Soft Skills
We provide practical self-defence training for businesses, schools and the community. Self-defence isn’t just about countering violence with violence so we teach the ‘soft skills’ (psychological) as well as the ‘hard skills’ (physical) for self-protection. Soft skills include Situational Awareness and De-Escalation Techniques, essential to avoiding conflict. You have to be aware of The Law, Reasonable Force and Intent, if you want to defend yourself lawfully.
Hard Skills
Hard skills include Escapes, Weapons, Pre-Emptive Strikes and Defensive Strikes; vital in dealing with an assault. Our syllabus for ‘hard skills’ originate from several martial arts including Karate, Boxing Jujitsu and Muay Thai. All of the striking and defensive techniques in our workshops are practical, easy to remember and have been ‘pressure tested’ for effectiveness in real life scenarios.
Knife Awareness
Weapons are increasingly used in violent assaults so we teach our clients how to choose the best option to defend themselves. We also teach how to use ‘improvised’ weapons for self-protection and how to do so lawfully. We understand how our bodies react under the threat of violence and help our clients to cope with fear of conflict and hormonal responses to fight, flight or freeze. Our training methods teach how to remain calm under pressure and so choose the right course of action.
Talk to us
For any self-defence enquiries, please contact Stephen O’Brien by email: stephen@loughtonselfdefence.co.uk or call 07758 341 584