Peoples support of Ukrainian refugees is amazing however I do hope that care is being taken. Unfortunately, from the work I do I know how evil and disgusting some people can be. I would hate to ...
More infoYour people may still need personal safety training – trust me. This is what I hear – Most of our people work from home now either in full or a few days a week. The risks we used to ...
More infoI was pleased, although I’m not sure that is the correct term to use, to see he gave up his watch without a fight. that goes against most peoples instincts but fighting back to save a possession ...
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There are so many reasons that self-defence training is not the right choice for businesses looking to improve the safety of their staff. I am a strong advocate of situational awareness and risk ...
More infoIf anyone was in doubt that terrorists would strike again this should make you think again. I just wrote an article for Tactics Institute for Security and Counter Terrorism on lone wolf ...
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Do you know how to stay safe. Do you have a knowledge of awareness and how to identify, assess and manage personal risk or do you just hope that you and your employees will be ok. Hope is not a ...
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Who has people that travel on business and dont know this? A fairly typical business trip hotel, its my room from last night. Look at that door. No spy hole and no secondary lock. Anyone with ...
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Spiked drinks have yet again been in the news. A number of substances can be used so don’t assume that these drugs are not readily available. Rohypnol, GHB and ketamine are probably the most ...
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What risks do your people take on their way to work every day. I sometimes feel that whoever designs railway pedestrian walkways has no concept of their security or safety other than falling on ...
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On top of the world. Well not quite - its no Everest but it felt good and what a view across the English countryside.I spend most of my time either in front of a pc screen, running situational awareness workshops, coaching self defence or martial arts.
Getting away for our wedding anniversary and enjoying some down time has been amazing. Batteries are now recharged.
#situationalawareness #workshops #coaching #recharge
Tip of the week - How you get in and out of your car can leave you vulnerable to assault or robbery.In my 3 step system transitions are always considered but they are what most people forget or brush over.
That change between two known states is a time of significant risk.
With one leg inside and one outside of the car and the persons thoughts already moving onto the next part of their day they are more vulnerable than they need be.
Instead of this which is the normal method most adopt try sitting 1st with both legs facing out and then swinging both into the vehicle together.
It allows your alertness and situational awareness to remain active and enables you to employ both legs to kick off any assailant with you getting trapped half in the vehicle.
#situationalawareness #people #assault #safety
Another geat day teaching realistic self defence and situational awareness.This time at the Felixstowe Martial Arts Centre with Chris Bragg
#selfdefense #situationalawareness #training #felixstowe #suffolk #tonywillis #safety #security #wellbeing
2 years ago at Go Noisey. Great training drills from someone who actually cares people are getting the training they need.How on earth can that be 2 years ago.
#training #firearms #training #security #situationalawareness #counterterrorism #safety #tonywillis
To slow my friend you already are dead from first shoot
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Tip of the day - Lock your car door.When you stop at the lights or in traffic if your central locking is off then anyone can gain access to you or anyone else in your car.
Imagine being stuck in traffic with a young child in the back when someone suddenly opens the rear door and takes them.
Imagine pulling up at the lights and someone opening the door and getting in the passenger seat holding a knife pointing at you.
Imagine when you cut someone up while driving and in their rage they get out with a hammer.
Forget the old stories of requiring the doors to be open following an accident. Modern locks, central locing and crumple zones all helped make that no where near as important as your security.
This is all part of situational awareness and keeping you, colleagues and family safe.
#security #training #situationalawareness
In Brazil you don't have to stop at a red light at night if the road is clear. I was in a taxi once and the driver would always approach red lights slowly so no need to stop. Maybe same in some other countries?
Attending a training course today but its scheduled for friends over the water, EST not BST (time) so took the opportunity to boost the brain and body beforehand.Walking is for me a great way of escaping life giving me time to regenerate.
Even with the tide out I find nature a great healer of mind and body.
#training #learning #wellbeing
When was the last time you carried out a security risk assesment or terrorism risk assesment for your business#security #business #riskassessment
Have you recently updated your organisations terrorism risk assesment?If not and you would like to understand your potential risks then get in touch.
There is also lots of free useful advice and information provided by the Met Police
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Situational awareness training ensures your people know how to stay safe.This kind of training fits perfectly in the corporate environment and is often much more suitable than self defence training.
Although I provide both I find self defence training works best when people have regular sessions over a period of time. People underestimate the ability of most violent people to be good at what they do, deliver violence at an intensity you have never witnessed before.
Never underestimate your opponent.
#people #staysafe #training
I'd like to talk to you about self-defence, and situational awareness. As you can see, around me, is one of my martial arts academies where I teach people sports such as MMA, Boxing and MuayThai kickboxing as well as self-defence and edged weapons training primarily for security staff or contractors.
Most of the people who approach me from the corporate sector ask for a self-defence workshop and I have a background in corporate, so I understand, a normal working day understand, working from home, working in the office, travelling on business.
However, what they are really after is ensuring the safety of their people and making their people aware of what's going on around them.
The easiest way to do that and probably the most effective for the majority of people is something we describe as situational awareness. It's understanding your environment, who's around you and the risks that are likely to be there.
How to identify, manage, and plan what's going to be around and, how you can overcome that. Also understanding the transitions between each.
In a workshop by explaining issues I have come across I get people to bring their stories to the group because I don't think I've run a workshop where people haven't had experiences that fit perfectly within the context of the training.
Often people who are in the room and work with each other every day are not aware of the issues that person has had. It could be during their work life, a previous career or outside of the working environment, but bringing those into the discussion makes it relevant to people and they can see themselves in that situation.
That is what makes it relevant to them.
That is far better than just being lectured to, which is the most boring thing in the world What I am after is getting people involved and then showing them the tool set that they can use time and time again, to understand and manage their risks. It's called situational awareness. It's probably what most people would think of as avoiding conflict, avoiding confrontation and to me, that's key.
Self-defence is when all of that has gone wrong. But the attackers often have years and years of experience and they are experts in what they do. So it is much better if you can avoid that conflict and confrontation, and you've got all of this that you could do beforehand. And that I believe is the the key to situational awareness.
#people #security #hr #conflictmanagement