📌 Course Overview
The course equips educators, administrators, and security personnel with real-world skills to confidently and safely manage aggressive or disruptive behavior in school environments.
Participants will gain hands-on training in verbal de-escalation, safe control techniques, and legal best practices to protect both students and staff.

⏳ Duration: 6–8 hours
💲 Cost: $205 per student (group rates available)

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🎯 Course Goals

• 🛡️ Strengthen overall safety for students and educators

• 🤝 Teach control methods that minimize injury risk

• 💪 Provide techniques that don’t rely on size or strength

• 🚀 Build confidence in applying defensive strategies

• 📈 Improve retention of safety concepts and skills

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👥 Who Should Attend

• K–12 Teachers (General & Special Education)

• Counselors & Instructional Assistants

• Administrators

• Security Personnel

• Martial Arts Instructors

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📚 Key Topics

• Aggression & the Sympathetic Nervous System – Understanding stress responses during high-tension incidents

• Development & Training Protocols – Building effective safety instruction methods

• Adolescent Escort Controls – Safely guiding and restraining students when necessary

• Separation Techniques – Breaking up fights without injury

• Physical Aggression Management – Defending against larger or stronger individuals

• Weapon Disarming (Last Resort) – Safely neutralizing threats involving weapons

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💡 You Will Learn

 

• 🗣️ Verbal de-escalation strategies

• 👐 Safe physical control and restraint methods

• 🥋 Defensive tactics and evasion maneuvers

• 🏫 Proactive classroom safety planning

• ⚖️ Legal and ethical considerations for use of force

This is NOT an NRA course.

This dynamic, scenario-driven training equips employees across all industries with the critical skills and confidence to respond effectively during an active shooter or violent incident. Each session is tailored to your organization’s layout, staffing, and operational environment to ensure practical, real-world readiness.

💡 Course Highlights

• 🧠 Empower your staff with proven life-saving strategies and situational awareness skills.

• 👥 Designed specifically for non–law enforcement personnel, focusing on decision-making and coordination under pressure.

• 🏢 Delivered onsite, customized to your organization’s space and emergency protocols.

• 🎯 Emphasizes prevention, preparation, and immediate response actions in active threat scenarios.

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📘 Training Options

1️⃣ Overview & Interactive Workshop

• Duration: 4–6 hours

• Includes classroom instruction and live scenario demonstrations

• Ideal for initial awareness and response readiness

2️⃣ Comprehensive “Soup-to-Nuts” Course

• Duration: Four 4-hour interactive sessions

• Provides in-depth, hands-on application of emergency planning and response

• Covers leadership roles, evacuation coordination, and incident command structure

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🧩 Curriculum Topics Include:

• Situational Awareness & Threat Recognition

• Directing Traffic and Coordinating Movement

• Establishing and Maintaining 911 Contact

• Managing Escape Routes and Safe Zones

• Implementing “Run. Hide. Fight.” Principles Effectively

• Post-Incident Recovery & Team Debriefing

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📍 Available For:

Offices • Churches • Schools • Warehouses • Corporate Campuses

 

Book your training today and receive a complimentary on-site safety assessment!

This is NOT an NRA course.
Our Defensive Tactics System is a practical subject-control program that addresses the most common types of resistance you’ll encounter. The curriculum teaches a clear use-of-force continuum so you’ll know the appropriate force level for each level of resistance and how to apply it safely and effectively.

Course Goals 🎯

• Improve survivability in close-quarters and combat-stress situations.

• Explain the physiological and psychological effects of survival stress.

• Teach instructional methods that speed skill acquisition, build confidence, and improve real-world application of physical techniques.

What you’ll study 📚

• Use of Force & Human Factors — legal/ethical considerations and decision making.

• Psychology of Survival Training — motivation, neural basis of learning, and stimulus-response principles.

• Resistance & Control Principles — common resistance types, how to control resistive behavior, reactionary gap, and tactical positioning.

• Escort Position & Joint-Lock Control — practical subject control and escort methods.

• Pressure-Point Control Tactics — targeted techniques for pain-compliance and control.

• Defensive Counterstrikes — striking fundamentals, timing, and recovery.

• Fluid Shockwave Principle — system approach to striking, blocking, and chaining techniques.

• …and more — scenario drills, stress inoculation, and progressive training to integrate skills under pressure.

Learning outcomes ✅

After this course you will be able to:

• Assess resistance and apply an appropriate, proportionate response.

• Execute fundamental control holds, counterstrikes, and pressure-point tactics with increased speed and accuracy.

• Maintain tactical positioning and manage the reactionary gap under stress.

• Teach and coach basic survival techniques to others using proven instructional methods.

Who should attend

Law-enforcement, security professionals, corporate security teams, and civilians seeking practical, non-firearms defensive tactics.

What to bring

Athletic clothing, sturdy shoes, water, and a readiness to train physically and mentally.

 

Register for your course now — [click here].

Empowering women through practical protection and confidence.

Formerly known as “Street-Wise,” this Signature Program of A.S.C.E.N.D is designed to meet the unique needs of women when control, awareness, and assault-prevention skills are essential. The course emphasizes real-world strategies that reduce the likelihood of assault through effective, easy-to-apply counter techniques — without relying on size or strength.

🔹 What Makes This Program Different

Unlike traditional martial arts or self-defense classes, this is a hands-on, interactive seminar rooted in executive-level protection training.
We focus on the psychological, physiological, and practical aspects of personal safety — empowering women to recognize, prevent, and avoid threats before they escalate.

“Defense is reaction. Protection is prevention.”
We train your body 🧠 and your mind 💪.

🔸 The ASCEND Difference

While many instructors teach impressive self-defense moves, we specialize in self-protection — the proactive mindset and skills that help you avoid danger altogether.
Our approach is based on executive and asset protection methods used to safeguard high-level officials — practical, proven, and highly effective for everyday life.

👩‍💼 Recommended For:

• Women of all ages and backgrounds

• Professionals working in potentially unsafe environments

• Those seeking to overcome fear or a passive mindset

• Anyone looking to build genuine confidence and situational awareness

⏱ Course Options:

• 1.5-Hour Seminar – Quick, high-impact awareness and techniques

• 3.5-Hour Seminar – Expanded instruction with practical drills

• 6-Session Full Course – Comprehensive training and application

 

Advanced and refresher courses are also available.
👉 Register now and take control of your safety today!

(This is NOT an NRA-certified course)

This 4-hour, non-shooting classroom seminar is designed to educate participants on the fundamentals of safe firearm handling and storage within the home. Whether you are a new gun owner or simply want to increase your household safety awareness, this session provides the essential knowledge to keep you and your loved ones safe.

🔍 What You’ll Learn:

• ✅ Safe Firearm Handling: Core rules for responsible and consistent safety habits.

• 🚫 Primary Causes of Firearm Accidents: How to recognize and prevent the most common mistakes.

• ⚙️ Firearm Parts & Operation: Understand how handguns, rifles, and shotguns function.

• 🔄 Loading & Unloading Procedures: Step-by-step guidance to handle firearms confidently and safely.

• 💥 Types of Ammunition: Learn the differences and how to select and store the correct ammunition.

• 🔒 Safe Storage Practices: Explore effective home storage solutions to prevent unauthorized access.

🕓 Course Duration:

4 hours (classroom only, no live-fire exercises)

🎯 Who Should Attend:

• New firearm owners

• Families seeking safety education

• Anyone interested in responsible firearm ownership

 

📅 Register now to reserve your seat! Click here to enroll