Proper training doesn’t need to take months or weeks.
You can have extremely effective training within a full day, as long as you
know what to look for, so let me provide you with some tips.
Most importantly, a self defence course should be about lifting your
belief system – an event where you discover and prove to yourself what you are
capable of. Ask the provider how their training will definitely lift your
capability. Ask also what the training covers. Proper training will cover all
the elements of self defence: Avoidance, Defusion, Physical response and Post
event issues including the law.
Though the training has to be
“real” that doesn’t mean forsaking safety, both physically and emotionally. You
have to be assured that you will be safe and have full control while you are
training.
Ask about the types of physical
techniques taught. Techniques which are so complicated that can’t be remembered
in a week are useless. I’d have serious doubts if words such as: Wrist/arm
locks, blocks, pressure points and throws were used to describe the techniques.
Importantly, do some research on
the Instructor. Try to determine that they will be someone who’ll make it a
great days training for you.
Darcy Mellsop
Protect Self Defence NZ
