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Sunday, June 1, 2025
9am - 4pm
King Tiger Martial Arts
3300 Holland Road #1110,
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Advanced Personal Protection Course - Perfect for anyone 13 years and older
Prepare to leave this six-hour intensive course with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to navigate real-world self-defense situations. Divided into two focused parts, this program will equip you with practical tools for personal protection, emphasizing the seamless integration of everyday carry (EDC) items, situational awareness, and effective self-defense strategies. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or new to personal protection, this course will ensure you walk away ready to handle threats with confidence.
Capabilities You’ll Leave With:
· Everyday Carry Integration: You’ll become proficient in effectively using common EDC items—such as knives, flashlights, and firearms—during high-pressure scenarios. The skills you gain will enable you to blend these tools with empty-hand tactics, giving you multiple options to protect yourself.
· Heightened Situational Awareness: You’ll develop a proactive mindset that will allow you to quickly recognize potential threats. Through targeted drills and practical exercises, your ability to observe and respond to your environment will be sharpened, enhancing your safety awareness in everyday situations.
· Legal Understanding: Understanding when and how to use force is vital for self-defense. You’ll gain a solid foundation in the laws surrounding personal protection, ensuring that any actions you take in defense of yourself are both legally sound and reasonable.
· Conflict De-Escalation Skills: Before physical confrontation even occurs, you’ll learn effective verbal and non-verbal techniques to de-escalate a potential threat. You’ll master low-level control tactics, giving you tools to peacefully resolve conflicts and manage non-assaultive situations in a way that’s socially appropriate.
· Practical Grappling and Defensive Tactics: You’ll be trained in self-defense grappling techniques tailored for street encounters. This includes integrating strikes, weapons, and environmental factors (such as confined spaces or parking lots), ensuring you're prepared for a variety of real-world situations.
· Defensive Strategies in Confined Spaces: Whether you’re in a vehicle, against a wall, or seated in a chair, you’ll learn how to defend yourself in challenging environments. These strategies will focus on adaptability and are designed to prioritize de-escalation, with physical confrontation being a last resort.
Confidence You’ll Gain:
By the end of the course, you’ll have the tools, mindset, and confidence to handle dangerous situations, knowing when to use force and when to de-escalate. You’ll be equipped to act decisively in high-stress moments, blending physical techniques with mental preparedness. Most importantly, you’ll leave the course not only with practical self-defense strategies but also with the confidence to protect yourself and those around you in a wide variety of situations.
Join us for this transformative experience and take your personal protection skills to the next level. Whether you're facing a real-world threat or simply enhancing your awareness and skills, you’ll leave with the ability to respond effectively and with confidence.
Alan Baker is a globally renowned martial arts and self-defense expert. Boasting an impressive training journey spanning over 43 years, Sifu Baker has garnered unparalleled expertise in martial arts. He has achieved advanced standing in over 20 martial arts systems, including disciplines like Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Zu Wei Shu Kung Fu, Muay Thai Boxing, and Pekiti-Tirsia-SMF Kali. Throughout his illustrious career, Sifu Baker has had the privilege of training under the tutelage of esteemed masters such as Guro Dan Inosanto, Ajarn Chai Sirisute, Sifu Francis Fong, Sensei Erik Paulson, Master Pedro Sauer, Sijo Dana Miller, Ajarn Greg Nelson, Master Bob Byrd, Professor James Cravens, and Tuhon Tim Waid, solidifying his reputation as a highly accomplished martial artist.
Sifu Baker has impacted thousands internationally through Baker Defensive Tactics (BDT), formally AMAC Tactical Group. He has taught countermeasures and cutting-edge defensive tactics, firearms, & edged-weapon programs to Fortune 500 corporate security teams, law enforcement departments, and SWAT teams. He has been privileged to work with the Department of Defense, & other specialized government & military groups like the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.