Breakaway and Self Defence Training
Disengagement and breakaway training is aimed at anyone who’s at risk of physical assault while at work and is ideal for lone workers
The techniques it focuses on can be used in any setting, both professional and personal
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Breakaway and Self Defence Training Course
Breakaway and Self Defence Training At Your Venue Anywhere In The UK
Who’s it aimed at?
Disengagement and breakaway training is aimed at anyone who’s at risk of physical assault while at work and is ideal for lone workers. The techniques it focuses on can be used in any setting, both professional and personal.
Entry requirements
Delegates who take part in the training must have the physical capability to be able to undertake physical skills training.
Course Outcomes
By the end of the breakaway element, delegates will be able to:
Investigate ‘reasonable force’
Explore the requirements of the Human Rights Act 1998 and how they apply to breakaways
Examine the requirements of health and safety statute and associated regulations and show how they apply to breakaways
Identify and describe the relevant Acts of Parliament and other government regulations in relation to breakaways from vulnerable individuals and groups
Understand the law in relation to the use of physical force for personal defence and the defence of others
Explain the concepts of ‘reasonable force’, ‘necessity’ and ‘proportionality’
Explain how legislation and guidance, relating to disengagement, impacts upon work with young people and vulnerable adults
Demonstrate the appropriate and effective physical skills for breaking away and defending against a violent assault
Demonstrate methods to protect themselves and others from blows
Demonstrate how to disengage from grabs and holds
Know how to deal with clothing grabs
Understand how to escape from strangles and chokes
Demonstrate a method to rescue a person from a strangle hold
Know how to get up from the floor safely
Understand which techniques should not be used and why
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Course Objectives
The training covers:
The law in relation to the use of physical force to defend themselves and others
Demonstrating appropriate and effective physical skills for physical skills breaking away and defending against a violent assault
Distance and stance
Wrist grab – straight (both arms)
Wrist grab – cross arms
Wrist grab – both arms
Defences against punches/slaps
Defences against front strangle
Defences against front strangle against a wall
Defences against front strangle against a floor
Specific defences against:
Front collar grab
Front strangle
Front hair grab
An explanation of why some techniques should not be used
Course Feedback
“Very enjoyable session. Trainer encouraged discussion and participation and made it relevant to our work environment”
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