Minneapolis/Saint Paul, MN
Men & Women's Self-Defense
- Stay Safe
- Stay Alive
- Stay Out of Prison!
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High Gear for scenario training
Make the training real: YOU... get to hit ME!
YES YOU CAN!
You don't need to be a black belt to defend yourself!
Yes, more training is better, but stopping a threat and escaping is not the same as training for an MMA fight!
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Event Details
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MOST course transactions (including unarmed classes) ...
Wednesdays 7-8 pm. SUMMER 2025! June 11th - August 27th
Fox-Fu: Mixed Martial Art of Self-Defense for men, women, & teens 15+ (IKCA Kenpo is optional)
Location: Rhapsody & Rhythm Dance Studio in Bloomington, MN As a bonus you can learn to dance! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100048869937122
Event Details
Wednesdays 7-8 pm. SUMMER 2025! June 11th - August 27th
Fox-Fu: Mixed Martial Art of Self-Defense for men, women, & teens 15+ (IKCA Kenpo is optional)
NEW FOR SUMMER 2025!
What is Fox-Fu?
This is a mixed martial arts class that is a blend of practical self-defense skills from select martial ...
Location: Rhapsody & Rhythm Dance Studio in Bloomington, MN As a bonus you can learn to dance! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100048869937122
5 Tuesdays 7-8:30 pm. April 1 - 29
UNARMED Self-Defense & Safety 7 hour series (teens, women, & men)
Location: Riverview Baptist Church (West St. Paul)
Event Details
5 Tuesdays 7-8:30 pm. April 1 - 29
UNARMED Self-Defense & Safety 7 hour series (teens, women, & men)
This is a mix of both education and physical skills. The education is the more important part. Learn the legal and moral aspects of self-de...
Location: Riverview Baptist Church (West St. Paul)
NEXT DATE TBD Saturday. 9:30-5:30 class & defensive skill practice. LIVE FIRE: Sunday from 1-3 pm
Permit to Carry
Location: Riverview Baptist Church (West St. Paul) LIVE FIRE: Metro Gun Club (Blaine):
Event Details
NEXT DATE TBD Saturday. 9:30-5:30 class & defensive skill practice. LIVE FIRE: Sunday from 1-3 pm
Permit to Carry
Greater value due to the unique training others don't offer.
COST: $75 reservation holder (Non-refundable).
Total suggested donation is up t...
Location: Riverview Baptist Church (West St. Paul) LIVE FIRE: Metro Gun Club (Blaine):
Saturday Next Date TBD
Defensive Pistol (Skills only)
1 pm
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4:30 pm
Metro Gun Club in Blaine, MN
Event Details
Saturday Next Date TBD
Defensive Pistol (Skills only)
Perfect for those who already have a Permit to Carry, but never learned actual defensive shooting skills.
Close range, UNSIGHTED (Instinctiv...
1 pm
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4:30 pm
Metro Gun Club in Blaine, MN
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Discover the Skills and Techniques of Practical Self Defense
Custom Unarmed Self-Defense & Safety courses
Like a Women's Self-Defense course, but for Men, Women, & Teens 15+ Suggested course models: 2 sessions (3.5 hours each = 7 hours total) or 5-6 sessions (1.5 hours each = 7.5 - 9 hours total) for a better learning experience. Single event workshops can be arranged from 1 - 8 hours.
Host your own Personal Preparedness Party!
Invite your family, friends, and co-workers. We only need an average size living room with floor space. Garages, and other spaces can work also, and outdoors in the summer. Order pizza, sit and eat through the educational portion and a pepper spray lesson. Customized to the topics you want to learn! Suggested 2-3 hours. -Please note: No physical self-defense skills can be taught in a residential setting.
Church/Places of Worship & Business Safety and Security Consulting
Thinking about a personal safety seminar for your staff? Lunch & Learn event? Realizing you need a threat & risk assessment? Need to develop a safety and security team for your place of worship? Want law enforcement type scenario training? Call me to get the right training!
Countering The Mass Shooter Threat for Places of Worship & Businesses
Curriculum is professionally certified training through the United States Concealed Carry Asso. (USCCA). Call me!
CPR-AED-First Aid... Learn Life Saving Skills!
American Red Cross Certified Training
American Red Cross Certified Training
American Red Cross Certified Training
EVERYONE should learn basic First Aid and CPR!
We are most likely going to care for ill or injured friends or family.
CPR/AED/First Aid certification with the American Red Cross is good for 2 years.
Contact me for arranging this blended learning (online lessons followed by about 2 hours in-person skill practice.
INSTRUCTOR TRAINING: Inquire on how to become an Instructor.
Effective Techniques
American Red Cross Certified Training
American Red Cross Certified Training
TRAINING SAVES LIVES!
With this training, you'll learn proven techniques that are effective in real-life situations. You'll gain confidence in your ability to care for others in a medical emergency, when minutes matter!
SIRT Laser Training Pistols & POM Pepper Spray
Options to consider...
To Purchase POM Pepper Sprays
POM Pepper Spray (1/2 oz Personal size) Prices here: purchase in person
Tax Included: $13 for one $25 for two ($12.50 each add.)
Defense sprays are not for every situation, but they can be effective. Especially good option for less than lethal situations (for those who carry a firearm). Legal in most places. No special license or skills required. Learn the pros and cons, along with simple application and realistic expectations.
An inert training spray (water) is used for lessons to safely demonstrate/facilitate training with no chemical irritant.
POM Pepper Spray (2 oz, MK3) Prices here: purchase in person
Tax Included: $16 for one $30 for two ($15 each add.)
Professional or personal use.
Greater capability & longer distance.
Perfect for a car, entryway, or purse.
No Inert trainer is available for this model.
Purchase your own SIRT training pistols! DISCOUNTED through me!
Pays for itself very quickly by saving on ammo!
Shot Indicating Resetting Trigger (SIRT) training pistols are safe, realistic, training aids that fit standard holsters and save you a TON OF MONEY in expensive ammunition!
Draw and fire from concealment, and practice other defensive skills, safely in your home. Perfect your trigger control. Just add the necessary live fire practice at a gun rangeto perfect your skills while using less ammo!
Save money if you order through me.
Info on SIRT pistols:
About FDT
Been There... Done That!
Offerings & Training Locations
Offerings & Training Locations
Training Manager & Consultant for a major US Security Company.
Over 22 years experience
in physical security.
Bachelors Degree in Emergency & Disaster Management.
Emergency Management for the US Navy and local government.
Real World Training and Education in the science of self-defense!
These courses are based on the realities of at
Training Manager & Consultant for a major US Security Company.
Over 22 years experience
in physical security.
Bachelors Degree in Emergency & Disaster Management.
Emergency Management for the US Navy and local government.
Real World Training and Education in the science of self-defense!
These courses are based on the realities of attacks and the science behind the psychological and physiological human responses to emergency situations, threats, and violence.
Over 30 years training and experience in a wide variety of martial arts, fighting systems, firearms, defense spray, TASER, and other weapons.
PPCT Law Enforcement & Security Defensive Tactics Instructor
- Studied Tony Blauer SPEAR System
(Not a certified Instructor yet)
Tony Blauer High Gear padded suit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-RjztYCuE
- American/Chinese Kenpo (IKCA)
- Kali (Filipino Martial Arts), Silat, & Muay Thai
Plus Tae Kwon Do, Japanese Karate, Small-Circle Ju-Jitsu, Judo, and experience in other systems including Krav Maga, Ninjutsu and time spent with the Guardian Angels in Stockholm, Sweden!
Certified USCCA & NRA Firearms Instructor.
Certified by both the Red Cross & the American Heart Association
CPR/AED & First Aid Instructor.
Trained by the US Navy, Front Sight, Suarez International, and other reputable instructors. Originally taught MN Permit to Carry under the late Darrell Mulroy (Plus P Technology) and then Pistol Craft http://www.pistolcraft.net/
Offerings & Training Locations
Offerings & Training Locations
Offerings & Training Locations
OFFERINGS
(For Men, Women, & Teens age 15+)
Public Speaking Engagements,
Business Lunch & Learn.
(Safety/Security & Emergency Preparedness topics)
World Traveled and experienced speaking to large audiences, small groups, young and old, and high level officials.
- UNARMED SKILLS
- PEPPER SPRAY LESSONS
- PERMIT to CARRY
- DEFENSIVE PISTOL SKIL
OFFERINGS
(For Men, Women, & Teens age 15+)
Public Speaking Engagements,
Business Lunch & Learn.
(Safety/Security & Emergency Preparedness topics)
World Traveled and experienced speaking to large audiences, small groups, young and old, and high level officials.
- UNARMED SKILLS
- PEPPER SPRAY LESSONS
- PERMIT to CARRY
- DEFENSIVE PISTOL SKILLS
- IMPROVISED WEAPONS
- WEAPONS DISARMS
- Security Consulting for Small Businesses, Churches, & Other Places of Worship.
- Countering The Mass Shooter Threat
- PRIVATE COACHING
These are for two kinds of people:
#1 The average person who has no other training. Stay safer, alive, and out of prison!
#2 Professionals or martial artists who realize they need proven skills that "bridge the gap" with real world violence between a startle/flinch response and their complex motor skill training.
This is not tournament fighting...
I train you to survive a sudden attack which gives you the chance to escape and/or transition to use your other skills.
Not all martial arts training is the same.
I CAN BRING IT TO YOU!
I can customize the educational topic or physical training to your specific needs.
Space can be rented at established studios, gun ranges, and other facilities, or hosted at your own home, business, public park, church or place of worship.
My Philosophy
Offerings & Training Locations
My Philosophy
BE PREPARED
- Boy Scout Motto
FACT #1:
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A BLACK BELT.
You're don't need to train in MMA to be capable of defending yourself.
FACT #2:
Some martial arts & firearms training is NOT street effective!
Some keep a tradition alive, some focus on sport application. There is a difference in the focus or application. A lack of r
BE PREPARED
- Boy Scout Motto
FACT #1:
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A BLACK BELT.
You're don't need to train in MMA to be capable of defending yourself.
FACT #2:
Some martial arts & firearms training is NOT street effective!
Some keep a tradition alive, some focus on sport application. There is a difference in the focus or application. A lack of realistic scenario training.
FACT #3:
YES YOU CAN!
Untrained people do foil attacks.
Don't expect to "Wing It"... learning, realistic, street effective skills will give you a definite edge and increase confidence and your chance of a better outcome.
FACT #4:
We don't need to be paranoid, but we should be prudent.
Take reasonable steps to mitigate threats and hazards. Like learning Fist Aid or how to use a fire extinguisher, we hope to never use them, but we should have the tools and skills for the unplanned moment that you need them most desperately!
"Failing to prepare/plan, is preparing/planning to fail"
- Anonymous
Reviews
Please contact us if you cannot find an answer to your question.
I got a two-fer with Brent and I was blessed to have him one-on-one!
We spent the first hour and a half on hand-to-hand techniques & weapon disarms. Brent's knowledge and ability was impressive to say the least, and his primary concern is 21st century reality when it comes to fighting.
I have a limited hand-to-hand background, but he was able to quickly & effectively teach me some great tools to put in my bag for various "eventualities." This was the 'bonus' of the night.
On to the range...
The objective was to build confidence & ability in shooting in extreme low light without use of a flashlight, and without the use of sights out to 21'. Brent had me shoot a few sighted rounds to get a baseline, and we went to work starting at extreme close contact distances, with the pistol down at the side (as if it had just cleared the holster). At each distance he had me shoot slow and rapid fire, one and two handed.
We ran through various drills with the pistol at different presentations (sternum height close in & fully extended, chest height, chin height, etc, concentrating on shooting through the centerline (which, despite my not having any formal training on point shooting, I was pleased to find that I had dialed in pretty good), shooting to center-of-mass as well as head. low- and no-light scenarios, bursts, reloads, malfunction drills. By the end of the night I was grouping well all the way out to 21' with rapid fire, in the dark.
In a word, AWESOME!
For those within striking distance of Minneapolis/St. Paul, I cannot recommend Brent's services highly enough!
Steve,
Lutheran Pastor
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Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 12 - 5 pm
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