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Aalborg Denmark: Instructional Foundations in Women's Self Defence

NOTE the course fee of 455.00 USD includes lunch for the 3 days of the in-person course. You may decline this option and reduce the course cost by using the coupon:NOLUNCHDK when you pay for the course. 28-30 March, 2025. Aalborg Denmark. The Level 1 Instructional Foundations Course is 2 courses in 1. It is both a masterclass in women's self-defense & an instructor development course. The course covers a sweeping range of content with over 8 hours of online material prerequisite to three days in person. The course covers: in-depth threat assessment, environmental & interpersonal awareness, managing socio-cultural norms impacting decision-making, legal & ethical considerations, introduction to trauma management, psycho-social impact of training before/after a violent experience, integrated teaching using both principle & technical instruction, research based teaching methodologies for rapid skill acquisition & retention, simple & tested, easy to learn & teach (principle-based) skills specific to women; particularly focusing on the common threats initiated by an individual known to her. All material is research based, data driven and presented from a core philosophy...you have the right to take up space on the planet & are already working from a place of strength.  

$455.00 USD

Edmonton (Alberta) Canada Level 1 Instructional Foundation in Women's Self-Defense

May 2nd - 4th, 2025. Edmonton (Alberta) Canada. The Level 1 Instructional Foundations Course is 2 courses in 1. It is both a masterclass in women's self-defense & an instructor development course. The course covers a sweeping range of content with over 8 hours of online material prerequisite to three days in person. The course covers: in-depth threat assessment, environmental & interpersonal awareness, managing socio-cultural norms impacting decision-making, legal & ethical considerations, introduction to trauma management, psycho-social impact of training before/after a violent experience, integrated teaching using both principle & technical instruction, research based teaching methodologies for rapid skill acquisition & retention, simple & tested, easy to learn & teach (principle-based) skills specific to women; particularly focusing on the common threats initiated by an individual known to her. All material is research based, data driven and presented from a core philosophy...you have the right to take up space on the planet & are already working from a place of strength.  

$425.00 USD

Level 2 Instructional Foundations in WSD

June 20th-22nd, 2025 United States, Northern Virginia (DC Metro Area) Friday - Sunday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm each day Prerequisites Required: Completed the Level 1 Course in the past 4 years, submitted the 4 letters of recommendation required to become an Endorsed Colleague. Join us of the next steps in changing how women's personal safety is offered to our communities. With a deep review of the physical components from Level 1, new skills & applications for training, deep discussions on Trauma, Boundary Management, research driven teaching technologies, workshop, course, program curriculum development, and much more including online pre-course units as well. Click through to hear what past Level 2 participants have shared about their experience. Credentialed, Active Licensed instructors may audit the course. We ask for a donation of between 50.00 and 100.00 USD to the fund of your choice to help cover the expenses of your participation.  Past Level 2 participants who are not licensed instructors may participate again in the level 2 course for a 50% discount.  Whether auditing or using the course for review toward licensure, please email our CEO ([email protected]) for specific enrollment instructions.  

$375.00 USD

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Endorsed Colleague Resource Library & Credentialing

Welcome to the Level One professional library in service to our Endorsed Colleagues and Licensed Instructors. It is here you will pay/renew your annual professional fees and access anything we can offer that provides support.

$135.00 USD every year
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Licensed Instructor Resource Library & Credentialing ~ US Based

This is your access point for your annual licensing dues & access to the resource libraries. This renews annually (you will receive a reminder prior to renewal).

$90.00 USD every year
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Online Courses

Imposter Syndrome: managing failure & closing skill gaps.

  Course access remains open for 45 days for all persons unable to attend the LIVE session. 500Rising professionals, the recording of the closed session will post within a week of the Live session to your resource library whereas the public session recording will post within 24 hours of the live session here within the course curriculum.   Part 1: Imposter syndrome and closing skill gaps The confidence gap, imposter syndrome Skill gaps  Closing skill gaps Mapping Prioritising - build your personal “syllabus" Most essential skills- Next most needed skills- How to choose: Start from goal - your own definition of success... Accepting, managing + recovering from failure Don’t pretend you know things that you don’t v. Do it with confidence “Act like you know what you are doing”  Thoughts on relationship between being listened to as if what you say has value, and confidence/speaking with confidence What messages do women need to hear vs men (on average). How does this affect women in organisations tailored for men.  Awareness of all the things you don’t know. Permission to get it wrong. Failure as part of the process -  Fail fast, fail small. Safety nets. Fail to an extent that you can reasonably recover from. Recovering from failure Big picture v. snap shot   Part 2: Discussion - For Self-Defense & Martial Art instructors, how to find and assess training and education that fits your needs, and tackling challenges in bringing it back to your system and community  

$37.50 USD
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"Cracking the Code: The Secrets of Effective Human Interaction through Conflict Communication"

Next to not being there at all, an effective de-escalation strategy is the highest order win in personal safety. There are good conflict management systems developed by various research groups. In particular, we recommend the Society of Friends program in mediation. But when it comes to a down & dirty, incredibly generalizable, daily application (tested) conflict management approach, this is it. With this course you get nearly 10 hours of "ConCom" material. The expanded and updated presentations by Dr. Tammy Yard-McCracken & the original presentation from which the book was written by Rory Miller (you get that one for free!)  This award winning material has been utilized in part and in full across the globe for corporate, law enforcement (& other force professional organizations), and civilian groups. It is a key component for any self-defense program understanding de-escalation is an essential, critical skill. 

$75.00 USD
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