Self-Defense Training
For companies, schools and private bookings.
Practical Safety Skills for Real-World Risk
Self-defense isn’t about fighting. It’s about never needing to fight.
Most unsafe situations don’t start with violence. They start with hesitation, misread signals, blurred boundaries, and fear overriding judgment. Under pressure, people default to what feels safest to their nervous system: freezing, complying, avoiding, or hoping the moment passes.
Our self-defense training teaches people how to identify risk early, read boundary testing, manage the fear response, and take simple actions that reduce vulnerability before situations escalate.
When avoidance isn’t possible, we teach natural, simple, and effective techniques that work regardless of age, size, strength, or fitness level.
How our approach is different:
We don’t teach flashy moves or bravado. We teach what actually works when it matters.
Most self-defense training focuses on techniques. We teach the conditions that determine whether a person can use them at all.
You’ll learn to recognise what threat looks like before it becomes obvious, understand how fear narrows thinking and slows reaction, spot how boundaries get tested before physical contact, and act early, clearly, and proportionately.
Physical techniques are taught as a last layer, once awareness, boundaries, and decision-making are in place.
Our training is grounded in real-world experience from gender-based violence response, anti-bullying intervention, and high-threat environments. We understand fear, shutdown, compliance, and threat patterns at a behavioural level, not a theoretical one.
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Company Self-Defense Seminars & Workshops
Keep Your Team Safe, Confident, and Empowered
Show your employees you care with a dynamic, interactive self-defense seminar. This isn’t just about physical techniques, it’s about building confidence, awareness, and a stronger, more resilient team.
How This Seminar Benefits Your Company:
Empowered Employees: Give your staff practical self-defense skills and strategies to prevent dangerous situations.
Increased Confidence: Employees who feel secure are more engaged, productive, and self-assured.
Stronger Team Bonds: Interactive exercises promote communication, trust, and problem-solving skills.
What the Seminar Covers:
- Sharpened Situational Awareness: Learn to identify potential threats and avoid becoming a target.
- Why Body Language Matters: Understand the power of nonverbal communication in staying safe and learn to project assertive confidence.
- Everyday Defense: Discover how to use common objects for self-protection in unexpected situations.
- De-Escalation Techniques: Learn strategies to diffuse tense situations and avoid confrontation.
- Scenario Simulations: We’ll run through a few scenarios and talk about how to apply what we teach effectively.
- Expert-Led Instruction: Experienced instructors guide participants through practical physical techniques that anyone can use regardless of age, size, strength or fitness level and answer all questions.
This isn’t just a seminar, it’s an investment in your company’s greatest asset – its people.
Available Options:
The Whole Shebang – our full 3-hour training session where participants learn and practice physical techniques
Educational Talk & Demo – a 1 hour talk and technique demonstration by instructors
Virtual Workshop – a 1 hour talk and technique demonstration by instructors hosted online.
For More Details:
Email: ann@flagacademy.co.za
Whatsapp: 078 458 5338
High School Self-Defense
Practical Safety Skills for Teens
Teenagers face unique risks in today’s world, from street safety to online dangers. Our high school self-defense program teaches students how to recognise, avoid, and respond to potential threats.
Key Topics Covered:
- Situational Awareness: How to assess your surroundings and spot danger
- Body Language & Confidence: Understanding nonverbal cues
- What Attackers Look For: Understanding how criminals select their victims and how to ensure you’re not one.
- Social Media & Online Safety: How to protect yourself from cyberbullying and online predators
- Everyday Defense: How to escape grabs, use everyday objects as weapons, and handle unwanted attention
- De-escalation Strategies: How to talk your way out of a dangerous situation
- Basic Self-Defense Techniques: Easy-to-remember moves that work in real life
Program Details:
Duration: 1 hour interactive workshops
Location: We come to your school (Durban & nationwide upon request)
Group Size: Maximum of 80 students per workshop
For More Details:
Email: ann@flagacademy.co.za
Whatsapp: 078 458 5338
Primary school self-defense
Age-appropriate safety skills for real-world situations.
We offer two programs for primary schools:
KICCK (Kids in Crisis Can Kick) – Grades 1-7
Early safety skills: recognising unsafe situations, trusting instincts, stranger awareness, code words, and age-appropriate responses.
Personal Safety & Predator Awareness – Grades 4-7
Body safety, boundaries, grooming awareness, online safety, and practical tools to trust themselves and get to safety.
Delivery: 45 minutes to 1 hour, delivered on-site at schools
Private Self-Defense Sessions
Private self-defense training for friends, families, and couples.
Tailored sessions designed for personal bookings. Learn threat recognition, fear response management, boundaries under pressure, de-escalation, and realistic physical skills in a supportive, hands-on environment.
Duration: 1.5-3 hours
Location: Your venue (Hillcrest & surrounds)
Watch the video for a sneak peak at our company seminars
You can’t control the world, but you can control how you prepare for it. Safety is a skill, and everyone deserves to learn it.