Women's Self Defense!  At Team 1 I teach three main Focus Groups of students:  Personal Security, Small Group Instructors, and Professional Instructors. 
  • Personal Security teaches you a proven system of Women's Self Defense.  You will build confidence in your everyday life, recognizing potential danger in daily situations, and learning to manage those situations with an acceptable outcome.  You will  learn easy to learn and easy to apply movements designed to fit a number of different applications.  Learning less with multiple applications is the secret to dealing with stressful physical situations.  The less you have to think the better reaction you're going to have.
  • Small Group Instructor certifies you to teach small groups of 2-10 persons.  Having completed the Personal Security Course two times, now you will learn the elements that make each technique work.  You will learn tips to make your public speaking ability improve and how to create exciting demonstrations to keep your students positive.   Pass on what you have learned with confidence by learning assessment criteria and evaluating group dynamics to maintain consistency of instruction within your student group.
  • Professional Instructor certifies you to teach groups of 12 persons and up.  You will learn how to make professional presentations at public speaking engagements and how to build your own program.  You must have completed the Small Group Instructor Certification and have taught 4 completed courses on your own.  
Whichever focus you decide to fit into is great because it helps me coach you in the goals you're looking to achieve in your chosen program. Don't hesitate to move from focus to focus depending on where you are in your life and career. Goals change as life changes. So be flexible. The system I teach is based on the highest percentage moves for the most common positions found in today's self defense situations.   It is designed to give you a solid foundation so you can have the chance to master these moves and make them a part of your natural response. Through this class you will learn:    
  • Situational Awareness
  • OODA Loop uses in Self Defense 
  • Distance Management
  • Stand Up Striking Combinations
  • Escapes from Holds
  • Escapes from Chokes
  • Basic Knife Defense and Offense 
  • Ground Defense
  • Ground Offense Moves
Class Schedule

 Adult (Co-Ed) Ages 13 and up

Tues / Thurs          7:15 pm
Fri   Open Mat      7:15 pm 


Meet your coach
Mr. steve

Mr. Steve  is the Head Coach/ Owner of the Team 1 Training Center.  He has been doing Martial Arts since he was 8 years old earning ranking belts in Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, and Capoeria.  He has extensive experience as a Professional Combat Athlete in Mixed Martial Arts (5yrs) and Boxing (2yrs).  He also has experience in Wrestling, Russian Military Sambo, Praying Mantis and Hungar Style Chinese Boxing, Kyokushin Karate, Mu Du Kwan and Hapkido.  He has coached for the last 24 years in Mixed Martial Arts at the amature and Professional Levels.  He has coached Local, State, Regional and National Champions in Jiu-jitsu in that time.  Additionally, Coach Steve served as a Civilian Consultant for the U.S. Army Fort Jackson Combatives Program from 2010-2013 and taught Women's Self Defense for six years at the University of South Carolina as an Adjunct Professor averaging 3 classes of Self Defense per Semester!

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