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Why is “Martial Arts” not effective for Realtor Protection

Rob Andress
Rob Andress
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Why is “Martial Arts ” not effective for Realtor Protection

We’re seeing “Self Defence” Seminars for Realtors being put on by Martial Artists on a regular basis.  One of the major issues here is what is “SELF DEFENCE”?  is it learning to fight?  Is it learning pain compliance techniques that hopefully will stop an attack?  How long do the seminars last? 2 hours, 3 hours? … it really doesn’t matter.   Martial Arts is not self defence.  Most martial arts today have been taken down to a sport level in order to be palatable for today’s consumer to enjoy and learn how to better themselves, that’s what martial arts is today.  There is no or very little high violent training in martial arts, martial arts involves high finight movements that unless  you have years of training, you will forget the moment you leave the door of your “Self Defence Seminar”.  The worst part of it all,  it brings a false sense of empowerment to people who when faced with a high violent encounter think they can defend themselves and get hurt or worse killed. 

Self Defence or True Pure & Applied Self Defence Training is not about fighting, it’s about using a specific set of techniques and beliefs to remove yourself from high violent encounters.  It’s about learning awareness and mindfulness, it should include the understanding of violence and the types of violence Realtors face when doing their jobs.  It also needs to include what types of people that attack Realtors and why Realtors get attacked.

Violence against Realtors happens, we’ve heard the stories from the Realtors themselves, trying to learn complicated defensive tactics within a couple of hours is not an effective way to stay safe.  If you’re considering a Realtors Self Protection Workshop contact us to find out why PURE & APPLIED Self Defence is the only effective training “untrained fighters” and Realtors should ever have….

NOT TO MENTION that our  Realtor Self Protection & Strategies to Avoid Violence had been developed for Realtors to ensure they get home.  

Contact Street Safe Self Defence Training to book this highly specialized Realtor Training Workshop or contact SAFE International

Rob Andress
About the Author
Rob Andress

Rob Andress is a Canadian violence prevention specialist and co-founder, with Beth Andress, of Street Safe Self Defence Training Company. For more than two decades he has taught reality-based, behaviour-focused safety: how to spot the warning signs of violence early, make sound decisions under pressure and, when avoidance is no longer possible, respond effectively.

Street Safe has trained more than 32,000 students across Canada, including violence prevention in more than 70 high schools and over 8,000 REALTORS®. Rob works with municipalities, by-law officers, security and law enforcement teams, healthcare organizations, women and youth, and Inuit and Indigenous communities, including a specialized program for Inuit women in Nunavik.

Rob holds SAS and SAS-AP certifications in situational awareness [spell out], along with certifications in threat assessment, de-escalation and force de-escalation, A.L.I.V.E. active threat survival, trauma-informed practice, family dynamics of violence, date rape and drink spiking prevention, and close-quarter combatives.

His guiding principle: "Stop the Before, So the After Never Happens."

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