"Never, ever, ever delegate responsibility for your own safety."Rory Miller

It is better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight than to die.  the very essence of self-defense is a thin list of things that might get you out alive when you are already screwed.-  From “Meditations on Violence”

In this seminar, there will be a combination of physical and mental practice, lectures and physical training.

In addition to Krav Maga fighting skills, we will cover:

1. The legal and ethical aspects of force

2. Violence and crime dynamics

3. Avoidance and de-escalation
4. Conditioned response to ambushes
5. Breaking the freeze
6. The fight itself
7. The medical, legal and emotional aftermath

Instructors:

John Whitman  is a 4th-degree black belt and defensive tactics instructor in Krav Maga, the official hand-to-hand combat system of the Israeli military, has trained in protective services and defensive tactics in both the United States and in Israel, and has served as an instructor of U.S. law enforcement agencies and military anti-terrorist units. John has trained most of the Certified Krav Maga Instructors in the United States.

John served as President of Krav Maga WorldWide, founded the Krav Maga Alliance, and is the author of numerous books and projects, including the "Complete Krav Maga".

Rory Miller teaches people who have already trained in martial arts how to apply their skills to real conflict.

Teaching officers- people who might need it- the simple, practical skills they need to stay alive or the equally simple and practical skills they need to restrain a threat without getting hurt.

Rory Miller has been studying martial arts since 1981. Though he started in competitive martial sports, earning college varsities in judo and fencing, he found his martial “home” in the early Tokugawa-era battlefield system of Sosuishi-ryu kumi uchi (jujutsu). He is a veteran corrections officer and with hundreds of unarmed encounters has thoroughly examined the gulf that exists between training and application.

In addition to jujutsu and self-defense, Sgt. Miller teaches and designs courses in Use of Force policy and decision making; Police Defensive Tactics; Confrontational Simulations; and leads and trains his agency’s Corrections Tactical Team.