WOMEN’S self defence classes IN london
Our service is critical for today’s women & girls…
The Safety Box® run a number of programs specific for women and girls through our protection courses arm of the business which include:
Anti Rape Defence for Women & Teens
The Safety Box Domestic Violence and Abuse Workshop
FAST (Fear Adrenaline Stress Training)
Women’s Assertiveness Training Series
Women’s Personal Protection Program
Safeguarding Young Women (6th form to University Transition)
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT FROM OTHER BREAKAWAY DEFENCE ENTERPRISES?
We recognise that breakaway techniques are essential manoeuvres to break away from a potentially violent person without harming him or her, however what if they lash out and hit you and pick something up to use as a weapon? The Safety Box has worked with real offenders in Her Majesty and Prison Probation service and have a deep understanding of how people have been attacked in the past. All of our techniques have been developed with this knowledge and insight; we also utilise Gross Motor Functional movement for all our blocking series and weapon assisted attacks.
WHY WE USE GROSS MOTOR FUNCTIONAL BASED SELF DEFENCE
The Safety Box uses gross motor functional blocking within all of our programs, which makes us different from many other providers. The reason for this is that during an attack the heart rate rapidly increases. Once the heart rate reaches over 145 beats per minute our complex motor skills (writing, small movements, martial arts skills) immediately begin to deteriorate.
When the heart exceeds 175 beats per minute adrenaline in the body is secreted at a rate that prohibits logical thought. Peripheral vision is lost, hearing excludes everything. Not only that, but tunnel vision and vascular constriction sets in as a natural way to reduce bleeding from any wounds you're about to suffer. Traditional martial art trained complex moves are very difficult to pull off and after combat freezing, begging for your life or the bladder emptying, the only movements you have left is gross motor skills; namely. Running, Large Circular Movements, Wide and Big movements with your arms, or charging, kicking or curling up.
WE TRAIN PEOPLE'S BODIES HOW TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY
The Safety Box Self Defence program is also designed to aid people on how to defend themselves effectively against a knife, how women can protect themselves and also how to avoid gun cross fire. We take safeguarding very seriously and train participants at a very real level of physical conflict using both rubber and blunt metallic knifes. We take a realistic, multi-sensory, practical and strategic approach to deal with the instinctual gross-motor body movement when in a state of adrenaline secretion.
We train people's bodies how to respond appropriately under a fear or anger induced stress conditions, simulated in a competitive scenario. Our training methods have been used in real life by both military personnel and highly trained combat experts.
Statistics:
According to Home Office statistics:
In the UK, 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse and 1 in 5 sexual assault during her lifetime.
The Crime Survey of England and Wales estimates 20% of women have experienced some type of sexual assault since the age of 16, equivalent to an estimated 3.4 million female victims.
5 in 6 victims (83%) did not report their experiences to the police.
An estimated 3.1% of women aged 16-59 experienced sexual assault in the last year.
Approximately 2 million adults experienced domestic abuse last year.
Support services for women who have fled violence, such as refugees, are in crisis also after cuts to funding amounting to 65% since 2010.
Our programs teach women and girls how to avoid unwelcome attention from an adult or teenage predators. Within our FAST initiative, Anti Rape Defence for Women, Personal Protection Program, they use full force defensive strikes and physical contact to fight off an adult predator.
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
Our programs are specifically designed to teach the correct reactions in an unexpected crisis situation and when faced with a real violent aggressor. We train people how to defend themselves effectively.
The courses run as follows:
1.5 Introduction into Women’s Self Defence
3 hour Hour Personal Safety & Self Defence Workshop
Half Day (4 Hours) Personal Protection and Knife Defence Program
4 Week Self Defence Program (2 hours a week)
6 Week Personal Protection Program (2 hours a week)
GROSS MOTOR SELF DEFENCE & KNIFE PREVENTION PROGRAM (MAIN MODULES)
This program can be taught in 3 hours (excluding some topics) or as a day booking.
Avoidance, Awareness and Prevention
Spotting potential danger
Building Awareness Strategies
The effects of adrenaline, the brain and stress
Verbal de-escalation techniques
Understand the importance of non-verbal communication
Undertake a Dynamic Risk Assessment
Body Language and Body Posture in attack prevention
Verbal Defence & The Law
Reactionary Distancing, Strangles & Lock Escapes
Understanding Domestic Violence & where to find help
Using Body Weight in Personal Protection
Safety against Stalkers
Avoiding Street Robberies and Phone Snatching
Gross Motor-functional Movement Blocking (Utilising SAFE Simple, Adaptable, Fast and Effective)
Controlling the attackers knife hand
The knife lines of attack (Danger Zones)
Blocking against a knife
• Intro Defending against a knife attack level 1. (Static)
• Intro Defending against a knife attack level 2. (Slashes)
• Intro Defending against knife attacks level 3. (Rear hand grip, forward hand grip Thrusts)
Ground Activity
• Break-falls
• Intro Throws and Take Downs
• Rape Defence (Floor and Wall)
Testing
• Dynamic Stress Simulation Drill
End of Workshop.
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Other skills taught include:
Using safety checklist, knowing names, address, phone numbers.
Home Safety skills
Abduction awareness – basic skills to detect and avoid abduction
Target Hardening (how not to look like a victim)
How to physically break away and escape the grasp of a would be abductor
Knife and weapon defence
Rape and assault avoidance
Stalkers and Online Predators
Safety on the Streets and Walking at night
At The Safety Box we have identified the most common threats to women and girls safety and every single role-play scenario has been taken from a police report of an actual event so they are acutely relevant. The Safety Box F.A.S.T defence courses shows participants how the body reacts under severe, adrenaline fuelled encounters and then how to turn that reaction into a positive outcome.
The defences are practiced full-on against our padded ‘Bulletmen’. Simplicity is the key to all our skills. If it isn't simple, you'll probably not be able to utilise it under pressure
Safety awareness advice and tips for women
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