Violence Starts in the Mind — So Does Survival.
This book teaches you how to think like a protector, spot danger early, and stay one step ahead when it counts most.
Your Family’s Safety Begins in Your Mind.
Learn how awareness, intuition, and mindset make the difference between victim and survivor.
About the Author
Discover the essential guide to street awareness and personal survival — designed for women, men, teenagers, frontline staff, and lone workers. In today’s increasingly unpredictable world, marked by rising knife crime, sudden violence, and growing threats to personal safety, mastering situational awareness, conflict management, and physical intervention has never been more vital.
Authored by a seasoned professional with over 15 years of real-world experience as a casino security officer and bouncer, this guide offers practical, experience-based insights on preventing, managing, and surviving violent encounters. Learn how to recognise danger early, defuse tense situations before they escalate, and protect yourself and others when no other option remains.
The author has also patrolled New York City’s subways in the Bronx alongside the legendary Guardian Angels — the original vigilante crime-fighters who protect the city’s most dangerous areas.
A registered Physical Intervention Trainer and fully qualified Conflict Management Trainer, the author has worked in the security industry for over fifteen years and has trained hundreds of people to handle real-life conflict situations. His expertise draws directly from frontline experience in mental health facilities, nightclub security, and surveillance operations for one of the UK’s largest casinos.
Qualifications and Accreditations:
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Level 3 Trainer in Conflict Management
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Level 3 Trainer in Physical Intervention
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Level 3 Trainer in First Aid
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CPD Training in Personal Safety Awareness
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CPD Training in Situational Awareness
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CPD Training in Knives and Edged Weapon Awareness
Hard Target
The Art of Psychological Self Protection
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Absolutely the most valuable course my daughter and I have ever done. David was a complete professional and offered loads of practical stay safe advice as well as physical self protection. The self defence tuition is very hands on, and we were both exhausted afterwards but we both felt it was exactly what was needed. To defend yourself effectively you need to understand what it would be like to be restrained and to be able to free yourself from such holds. Fantastic value for money, very reasonably priced for such a valuable service. Both myself and my daughter (aged 19, who is going off backpacking alone for most of 2019) feel so much more empowered after David’s lesson. I wish we had done it years ago. A must for woman and young girls, especially those going travelling. We’ll definitely be back for another refresher lesson in the summer Thank you!
I attended a self defence class after an incident at work made me realise my lack of confidence in a conflict situation and how vulnerable I would be if faced with an assailant .
The training started with videos that reinforced the importance of avoiding conflict and how to improve your situational awareness.
David made me feel safe and comfortable throughout the class and is clearly very knowledgeable teaching self defence.
The movements I have learned through repetition were surprisingly easy to master and left me feeling exhilarated and empowered.
I would highly recommend this class to all women and hope my son who is regularly out all hours of the night would attend this as well.
5 star rating from me
We cannot rate David highly enough. We have used his services for one to one self defence training and he is amazing. He is incredibly patient and is a very good teacher. We feel that we could not have picked anyone more experienced or better to help our situation. We highly recommend him. We only wish that we had found him a long time ago and it might of avoided the situation we have found ourselves in.
David’s teaching style is straight to the point with scenarios made as life-like as possible. David is a very dedicated teacher who is clearly passionate about self-defence and imparting his knowledge and experience onto his students. In one session I picked up some very helpful tips and moves which hopefully I’ll never need, but feel more self-assured knowing I’m now more practised in them.
