AVADE® Training – Personal Safety and Self-Defense

In this very interactive one day seminar/workshop, participants will learn how to effectively create, develop, and enhance their personal safety and ability to defend themselves with skills, habits and actions. This course involves individual and group interactive exercises which will increase the retention and application of the material taught. This course also offers a hands-on component of escape based self-defense techniques which can be tailored to your particular needs.

This one day course involves scenario based exercises, group interaction and discussion. Participants will increase their awareness of their environments and understand how time, distance, escape planning and fundamentals of personal self-defense can keep them safe wherever they go.

This workshop provides proven instructional techniques to enhance learning and retention of the material taught.

- All participants will receive an workbook and certificate of completion. Self-Defense DVD and the book “Be Safe Not Sorry” are additional to the cost of the One Day seminar. Please inquire about additional cost.

Call us today to schedule or enroll in an AVADE® Seminar – for you or your organization. Toll Free: 1.866.773.7763

On-Site Training is available. Please call for price and availability.

Seminar Outline

• Awareness
  • What is Awareness
  • Levels of Awareness
  • The Amazing Mind
  • Categories of the Human Mind
  • Constant Communication
  • Impressing the Non-Conscious Mind
  • Mental Movies
  • Pre-Play and Re-Play
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Vigilance
  • Using your Vigilance
  • Hypervigilance
  • Trust Your Intuition
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Messengers of Intuition
  • Stop-Look-Listen
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Avoidance
  • The Best Defense
  • What is a Predator
  • Predator-Prey Adaptation
  • Predator and Prey Characteristics
  • The Power-of-Intention
  • Hard Target vs. Easy Target
  • Developing Presence
  • The Law of Cause and Effect
  • Developing Avoidance
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Interpersonal Communication
  • IPC the Dynamic Process
  • IPC Involves
  • Differentia
  • Three Elements of Face-to-Face Communication
  • Developing IPC
  • The Assault Cycle
  • Signs and Symptoms
  • QTIP
  • Developing Interpersonal Communications Skills
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Defense of Self and Others
  • What is Self-Defense
  •  Types of Assault
  • Lawful Use of Defense
  • Civilian Levels of Defense
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Managing Your Stress
  • What is Stress?
  • Types of Stress
  • Fight-Flight Response
  • Conscious Breathing and Thinking
  • Ten Steps for Managing Your Stress
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Time & Distance
  • Time
  • Distance
  • Measurements of Time
  • OODA Loop
  • Weapons and Time/Distance
  • The-Art-of-Distraction
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Escape Planning
  • Developing Escape Plan
  • Scenarios Exercise
  • Exits
  • Active Shooter
  • Surviving an Active Shooter Incident
  • Relationship Escape Plans
  • Developing Escape Plans
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Environmental Factors
  • Your Environments
  • Environmental Safety Tips
    • Home Safety
    • Advanced Home
    • Unknown Person at your door
    • Telephone Safety
    • Vacation Home
    • Key Safety
    • Outdoor Activities
    • Vehicle Safety
    • Parking Lot Safety
    • ATM Safety
    • Public Transportation
    • Work Safety
    • Travel Safety
    • Overseas Travel
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Personal Self-Discipline
  • What is Discipline?
  • Twelve Steps to Personal Self-Discipline
    • Train
    • Goals = Habits
    • Balance
    • PAVE
    • Meditate
    • Belief Systems
    • Leaders Read
    • Mission
    • Authenticity
    • Inspiration
    • Motivation
    • Optimism
  • Identifying Limiting and Successful Habits
• Written Test and Course Evaluation