This 2 1/2 hour self-defense seminar will focus on awareness, evasion, escape, and self-defense. With this voucher, you will pay only $420.00 for up to 14 people. Location TBD.

Become more in tune with your surroundings, avoid conflict before it can happen, escape in the event that conflict does happen, and if all else fails, defend with simple, precise strikes! 

Instructor Thom Schuchaskie in an expert in primitive Survival Skills from the Tracker School, a black belt instructor in Kruzada Kali Escrima in single and double sticks, has been studying Aikido, Japanese self-defense for over a decade, and is a Purple Belt at the Renzo Gracie Academy in NYC where he has been training for 13 years. 

Instructor Joy Schiavo has been studying Filipino Martial Arts for over 10 years and is a 1st Degree Black Belts for Kuntaw Kali Kruzada, the FIRST female black belt the system has produced. When she is not teaching, she is busy raising a wonderful daughter to be a confident, independent, and productive member of society. 

Awareness: develop and refine the "mental maps" that alert us to confrontation. Learn survival skills that will awaken your senses to potential danger. 

Evasion: Make sound decisions to avoid confrontations and situations. 

Escape: Learn methods of escape in the event someone does grab hold of you, and more importantly, to be comfortable in any situation. 

Defend: Learn simple effective strikes using open hand, elbows, knees, and improvised weapons to stun your opponent.