Self Protection & Personal Security

SMAC Self Protection provides an informal yet serious opportunity for anyone interested in learning HOW they can stay safe in an ever threatening world. Most importantly, learn how you and your family can avoid conflict, reduce the risk of becoming a victim, and keep safe at home, school, and work.

Dubai and the Emirates are not without crime and when we travel abroad for business or pleasure it's all too easy to become complacent with our own and our family's safety and security. SMAC Self Protection programmes are based on the reality of crime and terrorism - not the misconception that flashy jumping high flying spinning round back kicks are going to stop a determined aggressor when the time comes.

For the beginner, simple and effective techniques are taught that can be learnt quickly and easily by everybody, repetition is then the key to developing muscle memory and your reflexive instinct. Self defense, in comparison to traditional martial arts training, focuses on simple gross motor skills that can be executed effectively to stop an attacker even under high levels of duress. If it comes to a physical confrontation, you need to strike aggressively at vulnerable targets and make your escape to safety as quickly as possible. No ego and no macho Hollywood BS that could get you killed or worse, just the simple reality that we want to live to see another day.

For the more advanced, we offer an opportunity to take what you already know and practice and adapt it to the real world. We do not train for sport or competition. We do not train to go head first into a street fight (though if we were unable to avoid it our intention would of course be to win). Our objective is to develop the finer skills of self protection so that the threat can be avoided in the first place.

Concepts of crime prevention and personal situational awareness are regularly discussed to re-enforce our primary teaching - identify the threat early and take action to AVOID what could be a life-threatening or otherwise serious confrontation.

SMAC Self Protection programmes can bring your traditional martial arts and existing combat skills into real world perspective where there is no honour, no gloves, no referee's whistle and no soft mat to fall on.

To be very clear, SMAC Self Protection is about taking responsibility for our own and others safety and security and the concepts taught are not only the physical self defense techniques but also the tactical and strategic aspects of combat, personal risk management, the psychology of fear, understanding the physiological responses of our bodies in a threat situation, as well as techniques used by professional close protection teams to keep their clients safe. Home, office, travel, and other security related topics are always up for discussion too.

The SMAC Self Protection training group practice every week. Please refer to our group training schedule for more information.