January 2020 – The Self Defense Company

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Where to buy a training dummy

At the end of the day, the BOB is your best bang for your buck and with some easy and cheap modifications it’s going to work well for you. Your…

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Should I Purchase a Gun for Self Defense?

Hello Mr. Ross,   My name is Steve and I am a 60 year old resident of Northern California.   A Residential General Contractor, Carpenter by trade, and although I…

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Why Don’t You Teach Men Self Defense?

This was a response to an email about Instructor Bry Galanski teaching in Frankenmuth, MI. “Another woman that appears to be chiefly, if not entirely, concerned with helping women. From what…

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Webinar – Self Defense BEFORE Self Defense

Self Defense Company Founder Damian Ross and Head of Instructor Development George Hutchings give you what you need to do before self defense…the self defense before the “self defense”. This…

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Self Defense Training System Review – Boxer Weighs in

Meet Serge Moussa – boxer from Lebanon. He loves his craft, and continues to train and teach – but when it comes to self defense, he chose The Self Defense…

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Ground and Pound Drill

Self Defense Company Instructor shows a SDTS Combatives Ground and Pound Drill with a little twist…  

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Gun Disarm

Self Defense Company Instructor Mario Karam demonstrates a gun disarm (using a “live” weapon). Note the weapon is not loaded, but using a real firearm adds another level of stress…

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Family Combatives

Self defense is always the weaker against the the stronger…no matter how strong you are.  Size, fitness, athleticism and strength will give you the advantage and allow for a greater…

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Carl Says “Are Combat Sports Effective?”

Carl Cestari Post on Self Defense Forums circa 2005 in response to people commenting that combat sports like wrestling, boxing, judo, MMA and BJJ were not effective AT ALL in…

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Carl Says “Hard Training”

Context: This is a post from Carl Cestari on a self defense forum around 2006. It was in respond to some threads – but underneath it all, is the link…

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Fronting – The First Step in Self Defense

“Fronting” is the dodge to get in close to you. The frontal assault, as opposed to the ambush. Fronting can be either a direct confrontation (intimidation) or it can make…

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Catholic Self Defense

Got anyone’s interest? Catholic in definition as universal or “broad minded”. I could pull out STACKS of manuals, syllabuses, films, and related research material that cover an ENTIRE range of…

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