De-escalation training

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BLOG VIDEO 1: ANYBODY CAN LEARN SELF DEFENCE

Phil Thompson is the founder and International Director of Protect. He is the author of two influential books on self-defence, a keynote speaker and highly regarded self-protection expert. Phil leads courses, presentations, and seminars and instructs a diverse range of clients in Protect programmes all over New Zealand and further abroad.

BLOG VIDEO 2 : CONCERNS OF THE WORKPLACE

BLOG VIDEO 3 : PROTECT SAFETY RECORD

BLOG VIDEO 4 : OVER 2 DECADES OF RESEARCH & FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE

The height of physical self defence strategy

Protect Self Defence Team

Oct 10, 20191 min read

The height of physical self defence strategy

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Protect Self Defence Team

Oct 8, 20191 min read

Fail...Forward

Making mistakes is an unavoidable and integral part of self protection and self defence training.

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Protect Self Defence Team

Oct 2, 20191 min read

Hopium: Powerful Self-Defence Drug

Personal Safety, Self defence, and Communication skills add positive value to every aspect of your life. It is an investment which pays!

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Protect Self Defence Team

Oct 1, 20191 min read

Anger: An ingredient for dumb decisions

Self Defence: Learning to control stress responses, including anger, is vital. It makes you more efficient, more effective...

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Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 30, 20191 min read

Quantum Leap: What do you do?

You're the girl on the right. What self defence, de-escalation, communication strategies or tactics do you deploy immediately ?

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Don't treat people how you want to be treated...

Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 25, 20191 min read

Don't treat people how you want to be treated...

The de-escalation stage of self defence is vital for every organisation as it is a skill which will be used literally every day.

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Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 25, 20191 min read

Who learned it from whom?

Two Bears fighting looks a lot like two humans in an ego-based fight. Self defence is natural across all species apparently.

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Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 18, 20193 min read

"Self-defence starts with the self"...

"Of all of the protective strategies we have to stay safe from violence,pretending the threat doesn't exist has to be the worst of them all"

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Can learning self defence be fun and effective at the same time?

Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 15, 20191 min read

Can learning self defence be fun and effective at the same time?

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Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 11, 20191 min read

What would you do?

When something specific, like overtly filming, is antagonizing someone in a situation like this and is the focal point of aggression...

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Phil's Crazy faces: What do they have to do with keeping you safe?

Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 10, 20191 min read

Phil's Crazy faces: What do they have to do with keeping you safe?

"Of all of the protective strategies out there, denying the threat even exists has to be the worst of all." Self defence starts with you...

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Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 8, 20191 min read

Are you a 'road-rager'?

Road rage...A great barometer for self-control, patience, self-regulation. Self defence starts with the self...

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Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 6, 20191 min read

The Positive 'Ripple Effect' in action

We say violence creates ripples, like dropping a stone in a pond, which touch all of the shores around it. Protect self-defence.

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Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 5, 20192 min read

Stop pulling punches on bullying

Calling the behaviour ‘bullying’ is minimisation, which is one form of denial. Self defence is about early intervention and action...

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We evolve, or we...Dissolve. ITKD leading the way...

Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 4, 20191 min read

We evolve, or we...Dissolve. ITKD leading the way...

A few of the pics from the recent tour with Master Paul McPhail for the ITKD Instructor’s Update Course throughout NZ.

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Confrontation Management: How to get it VERY wrong

Protect Self Defence Team

Sep 2, 20191 min read

Confrontation Management: How to get it VERY wrong

Social Violence is so predictable (most of it). Do you have the skills to deal with this type of situation or similar?

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Protect Self Defence Team

Aug 31, 20191 min read

"It's like a magic bullet"

"I learned more about empathy in two hours than I have in my whole life. I never realised it's value and how far it can get us..."

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Protect Self Defence Team

Aug 30, 20191 min read

Playing to their weaknesses...

The 'Passive Stance' is in fact an act of truly active psychology, excellent for situations that could be possible to de-escalate...

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Protect Self Defence Team

Aug 28, 20191 min read

Is violence right sometimes?

Violence is right sometimes, but only as an absolute last resort, not a first. The legal, moral and ethical considerations are vital.

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Protect Self Defence Team

Aug 28, 20192 min read

Would you want YOU to watch your back?

"Fortunately, or unfortunately, we take ourselves with us wherever we go"

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ARTICLES

Articles and Videos

The Protect Self Defence Team Video Blogs:

The Protect Self Defence Team Video Blogs:

BLOG VIDEO 1: ANYBODY CAN LEARN SELF DEFENCE

BLOG VIDEO 2 : CONCERNS OF THE WORKPLACE

BLOG VIDEO 3 : PROTECT SAFETY RECORD

BLOG VIDEO 4 : OVER 2 DECADES OF RESEARCH & FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE

The Protect Self Defence Team Article Blogs: