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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
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The height of physical self defence strategy
The height of physical self defence strategy
Protect Self Defence Team
Oct 10, 20191 min read
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Fail...Forward
Making mistakes is an unavoidable and integral part of self protection and self defence training.
Protect Self Defence Team
Oct 8, 20191 min read
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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!
Protect Self Defence Team
Oct 2, 20191 min read
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Anger: An ingredient for dumb decisions
Self Defence: Learning to control stress responses, including anger, is vital. It makes you more efficient, more effective...
Protect Self Defence Team
Oct 1, 20191 min read
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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 ?
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 30, 20191 min read
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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.
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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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.
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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"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"
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 18, 20193 min read
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Can learning self defence be fun and effective at the same time?
Can learning self defence be fun and effective at the same time?
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 15, 20191 min read
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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...
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 11, 20191 min read
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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...
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 10, 20191 min read
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Are you a 'road-rager'?
Road rage...A great barometer for self-control, patience, self-regulation. Self defence starts with the self...
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 8, 20191 min read
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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.
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 6, 20191 min read
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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...
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 5, 20192 min read
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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.
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 4, 20191 min read
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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?
Protect Self Defence Team
Sep 2, 20191 min read
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"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..."
Protect Self Defence Team
Aug 31, 20191 min read
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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...
Protect Self Defence Team
Aug 30, 20191 min read
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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.
Protect Self Defence Team
Aug 28, 20191 min read
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Would you want YOU to watch your back?
"Fortunately, or unfortunately, we take ourselves with us wherever we go"
Protect Self Defence Team
Aug 28, 20192 min read
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