Seminars
Peter Freedman “The Martial Arts Coach” can design a custom seminar for your group. Whether you are a College Campus, a Hospital, a Business or a Club, the seminar that is designed to fit your purpose and needs. Learn more about seminars for Military and Law Enforcement here.
Here is some information that tells you why you need a seminar and what we will provide.
Statistics from the US Bureau of justice show that
- While working or on duty, U.S. residents experienced 1.7 million violent victimizations including 1.3 million simple assaults, 325,000 aggravated assaults, 36,500 rapes and sexual assaults, 70,000 robberies, and 900 homicides.
- Workplace violence accounted for 18% of all violent crime.
- Police officers were victims of a nonfatal violent crime while they were working or on duty at a rate of 261 per 1,000 officers.
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs , personal safety is number four after self-actualization, esteem and love
The higher needs cannot be fulfilled until the lower needs are met. Most people wait until something bad happens before attempting to change or improve their situations. By preventing bad things happening, the negative impact can also be avoided. it is better to be prepared to face a violent situation.
The best self-defense is Proactive Self Defense. This is what The Martial Arts Coach teaches. It has been proven that in a situation where an aggressor might sustain an injury himself by initiating a violent attack…he avoids such actions altogether!
What are the benefits of self defense training?
- People who are capable of protecting themselves are more confident. Self defense training helps to build confidence, increase self-esteem, and a greater sense of leadership presence. Confident people tend to be more able to overcome obstacles in their lives.
- People who feel safer are less prone to the debilitating effects of stress, which is the number one factor in many illnesses and a leading cause of on-the-job accidents. The increased confidence, coupled with an increased sense of calm, can mean a long-term cost savings for an employer. Less stress means less stress-related illnesses, less lost time due to illness, fewer accidents, and higher productivity. Without the burden of stress-related paralysis, people are more energetic, quick-thinking, and relaxed.
- Self-defense training improves creative problem solving skills. This type of training can develop and/or improve problem-solving abilities, creativity, and “outside the box” thinking. People learn to think “strategically”, providing the ability to identify symptoms and root causes of problems and determine both corrective and preventive actions.
- People may experience a greater sense of happiness and peace of mind. Individuals who have a confident, positive outlook on life are less likely to be threatened by change, become defensive with others, or lash out at others verbally, physically, or emotionally when things don’t go smoothly.
Some Other Benefits of Self Defense Training
Besides the obvious enhancement of personal safety, this type of training, if properly structured and implemented, offers many benefits that can elevate the quality of life on both a personal and professional level. Here is a partial list of obvious benefits:
- Develops a greater sense of balance and fine motor skills
- Increased self confidence and self-control
- Creates a new level of respect for others
- Promotes a higher level of mental ,emotional , environmental and physical awareness in everyday work and social lives & interactions
- Learn to recognize, handle and manage fear in all aspects of life
- Develop the most powerful weapon available – your mind!
- Overcome complacency and bad habits that can make you a prime target for victimization
- Learn to apply prevention and avoidance strategies that are consistent with your individual lifestyle
- Learn to “check” your ego and let go of your pride
- Learn training methods and strategies that can be practiced after completing the program that will enable you to maintain higher levels of personal safety and health.
A quality self defense training program should include two major subject areas:
- Awareness (mental, emotional, environmental and physical) Training, and
- Physical Skills (simple, practical, realistic, effective methods and skills) Training.
A comprehensive Awareness training program covers mental, emotional, environmental and physical awareness.
- Mental awareness – knowing what is going on around you. This type of awareness is necessary in order for us to be able to proficiently use the other types of awareness. It provides you with the ability to interpret and analyze input from your emotional, environmental and physical awareness. Mental awareness helps us make quicker and better decisions for actions.
- Emotional awareness – this is two part: It involves:
- Knowing and understanding your own emotional state so that you hopefully learn to control the outward symptoms of emotions like fear, nervousness, etc. If a person has an appearance of confidence and of being in control, they are less likely to be a target of random violence. You may be afraid, but if you don’t look afraid (because you recognize the feelings and take control of (eliminate) the outward symptoms), then you won’t “look like a victim.”
- Knowing and understanding the emotional state of those with whom you are interacting. If you learn to recognize the outward symptoms of another person’s emotional state, then you will be able to interact with them in a more positive way. For example, if you see that someone you are having a discussion with is getting angry, then you can begin to take the actions necessary to defuse the conflict.
- Environmental awareness – knowing and understanding the physical environment you are functioning in, at all times. Are you in a dark alley, a high crime area, amongst a rowdy crowd, in a room with one exit, etc? Comprehending and evaluating these, and many more, environmental “situations” could help you make better decisions about what actions to take should a personal safety issue arise.
- Knowing and understanding your own physical abilities and capabilities – what kind of physical shape are you in? Could you outrun an assailant? Do you have experience in physically defending yourself?
- Knowing and understanding the physical abilities and capabilities of those with whom you are interacting. Mental awareness will help you evaluate a given situation. Does the aggressor appear to be in good physical condition or is he out of shape? Would you want to try to out run him or fight him? Is he right handed or left handed – you would want to stay away from his strong side. These are just a few of the many concepts that should be included in a physical awareness training program.
A good physical skills program teaches recognition & avoidance, verbal conflict resolution, exit methods and physical self defense techniques.
- If you are able to recognize and avoid conflict, you may never need to use physical self defense techniques.
- If you are able to verbally defuse a conflict situation, physical self defense may be unnecessary.
- Using proper “exit” methods to leave a volatile situation is critical to maintaining high levels of personal safety.
- Physical self defense training, while being the last choice for action, is necessary to elicit the greatest levels of confidence from a person. It also provides that person with a higher level of potential success if it becomes necessary to use physical counter force for defense. The general physical skills that should be taught include:
- Evasion movements – how to move away from an attacker
- Re-Direction techniques – some people call these blocking techniques, but I prefer to use the term “re-direction” because you are being taught to make sure an aggressor is unable to easily grab or strike you.
- Striking techniques – including how (execute strikes properly to maximize power, speed and accuracy), what (learn about all the parts of the body that can be used as a weapon to strike with) and where (target areas for the various strikes).
- Loosening/Escape techniques – how to get out of and move away from different types of grabs and holds.
- Self defense against weapons
- Ground fighting – what if an assailant gets you to the ground?
- Environmental-specific considerations – in what environment (small room, elevator, airplane cabin, car, etc) might you need to perform self defense actions.
- How to exit after physical self defense actions – don’t just turn and run.
- Recognize what you carry everyday that could be used as “weapons” for self defense and how to use these objects.
I am a detective for a Massachusetts police department and have known Sensei Freedman for over 20 years. It is my privilege to have known Sensei Freedman as a person and to have been a student of his during this time.I have never experienced the type of training, skill or energy that Sensei Freedman possesses. Sensei Freedman trains the entire person, i.e. powers of observation, ability to sense the energy of others, recognizing and reacting to perceived threats and attack, etc. There is no rote memorization or endless repetition of routines that are supposed to apply to everyone. Sensei Freedman’s trainings are based on an understanding of body movement and anatomy. Based on this foundation, the student is able to understand and implement tactics that Really Work in a short time. So many law enforcement encounters with uncooperative subjects end up in a “pig pile,” with everyone jumping in to try and subdue a subject. What often happens is that the suspect and officers end up needlessly injured. Sensei Freedman will train you to subdue a suspect safely with a simple lock or hold that puts the officer in immediate control of the suspect and incident.
I have had many academy law enforcement “defensive tactics,” trainings, and I can tell you without reservation that they pale in comparison to Sensei Freedman. Sensei Freedman understands the risks faced by law enforcement and will train you for real life response to real life situations. As a police officer or civilian, Sensei Freedman can save your life.
Detective Meredith K. Lobur
Southborough Police Department
Southborough, MA 01772
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