SAFE Defence is our benchmark scenario based self defence program. The acronym SAFE stands for Situational Awareness For Empowerment and the course goes far beyond mere self-defence training. We do this by teaching life skills that can be used every day to prevent becoming involved in violent and aggressive situations. Almost everyone has daily situations where the ability to be confident, assertive and in control is important. In fact, many students say the program dramatically changed their lives by giving them the confidence to attain important goals, become leaders at school or work, but most of all, stand up for themselves when needed.

SAFE Defence programs are based on teaching students to deal with the adrenal stress survival response. Without training, this response causes most people to freeze or flail. With this training students transform adrenaline and fear into incredible power!

Some of the topics covered include:

• Basic Awareness and Prevention Skills
• Survival Stress and its Effects
• Stopping Threats Using Clear Verbal Communication
• Physical Defence Scenarios

The program uses scenarios that teach students to recognise potential problems before they arise and then to establish clear and assertive verbal boundaries to stop the attack. According to experts, these skills alone can stop over 95% of situations before they become physically violent. The SAFE Defence programs are very successful because they teach students how NOT to play the victim role that gets many people into trouble.

This program is highly customisable and has spawned the following programs:

• SAFE Defence for Children;
• Ed SAFE - for the education sector;
• Health SAFE - for the health care sector; and
  
• Elder SAFE - for societies elder assets.