Fast Defence

Adrenal Response

We train you how to control the adrenal stress response that anyone gets in a confrontation, whether it is a small verbal engagement or a physical attack, and even to use this powerful emotional bio-chemical response as an incredible source of power!

Handling Adrenalin

From aggressive behaviour in the workplace to a mugging or violent attack on the street, the body is flooded with adrenaline during stressful situations. The biggest factor in self-protection is having the ability to channel the adrenaline and avoid ‘freezing up’. The object of all FAST courses is that the student should learn to experience and control difficult situations whilst under that adrenal stress.

Conditioning

Each course deals with the conditioning and reprogramming of the brain to work whilst under the effects of adrenal stress, we call this ‘aggression therapy’ . These effects can arise in a variety of places such as work, school, commuting or undertaking daily tasks – but building a resilience can help us control our own responses to them.

Practice

While assessing the psychology of the brain is the critical element, it needs to be backed up by the practical elements too. Practicing with group dynamics, techniques and the opportunity to try out the skills for real brings it all together.

Real Scenarios

Real life scenarios created by the instructors enable the attendees to experience the adrenaline rush, experience the effects for themselves and put into practice all the tools and strategies taught during the course – if you have a personal situation you want / need to explore, contact us to discuss & we will try to tailor training in a discreet & respectful manner.

Slow & Steady

The courses build a little at a time, so the attendee’s exposure to adrenal stress is increased as the course progresses. Until they finally face the Bulletman.

Bulletman

Most of our courses involve the Bulletman! It comprises of a specially designed suit worn by our Instructors enabling the students on the course to really test out what they have practised. The Bulletman can take full power strikes to the appropriate targets giving the attendee a truly unique opportunity – do not hold back!

The Bulletman is the closest thing you’ll ever get to a real, live attacker in a training environment. Unfortunately, most people think “it will never happen to me”, but that cannot (& should not) be relied upon – by attending theses course you will have the necessary tools to deal with the situation, should it arise, and stay safe.

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A lot of other self-defence groups have an inability to create a real-life situation as we have described above, therefore, their training can give the attendee a false sense of security, without the practical, physical experience.

We don’t teach a myriad of fine motor skills that cannot be accessed when under stress, instead we tap into an area of learning that stays & is stored in the part of your brain where all your emotional responses are kept, as such, this training stays with you for life; the same as all your other life-changing memories.

Results

Our FAST courses work because we teach the student to achieve these successes in controlled and increasingly aggressive and violent, stressful situations.

Although the instructors control the scenarios, the attendees have as real an experience as is possible, while effectively programming them to deal with the situation if it should happen. We pride ourselves in the knowledge that after you’ve completed our course you will have learnt a broad array of practical, useful skills & techniques.

The Self

• Avoid becoming a victim & thinking of the self as a victim
• Be less intimidated by aggressive people
• Total empowerment of self
• Assertive boundary setting
• How to operate in the ‘frog brain’ state

Your Opponent

• Seeing & interpreting body language
• Being aware & attentive to any environment
• Verbal de-escalation of situations
• Non-verbal communication – know your opponent & their intent before they do

Action

• Practise simple strategies
• Simple effective strikes for when you can’t avoid a physical conflict
• Evasion & escape
• How the law in the UK works