๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ โ ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
One of the biggest blind spots I see in the violence prevention and self-defence industry?
Instructors teaching from their level of passion and commitment, not from their students' reality.
Many instructors expect people to train for years, build muscle memory, and master dozens of techniques (a topic for another post). When students lose interest or drop out, they become frustrated.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก: ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
They're not looking to become high-level self-defence practitioners.
๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ซ โ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
They aim to understand violence, prevent it whenever possible, and respond to it when necessary.
They want practical, effective violence prevention, conflict resolution, and physical skills they can understand, apply, and carry with them in a short amount of time.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ โ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐.
One that many instructors overlook.
And if you're willing to adapt your teaching and expectations, it's also a massive opportunity.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ.
Violence prevention.
Conflict resolution.
Realistic physical skills.
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฃ๐จ.
We don't water things down.
We make them digestible.
So people can walk out of a session feeling more aware, more prepared, and more confident. And so instructors can finally feel aligned with the students they're actually attracting, not just the students they wish they had.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ "๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ," ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ.
You can teach what you can do โ or you can teach what they need.
The instructors who understand this shift will lead the future of self-defence.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ?
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Keep SAFE!
Chris Roberts
www.safeinternational.biz
