Assaults can end up on the ground! What would you do if you found yourself on the ground with an armed attacker on top of you? In this FAST Defense Ground Fighting course you will take the next step in learning that fear is an incredible source of power. Using simple techniques combined with the adrenaline rush, students learn how to effectively escape armed assaults that end up on the ground. Learn to escape gun, knife, and stick assaults from the ground using FULL-FORCE strikes to vital areas on the attacker.

What You Will Learn…
Dealing with worst case scenarios such as:
-Fighting off a mounted attacker with a gun to the head
-Fighting off a mounted attacker with a knife to the throat
-Fighting off a mounted attacker thrusting a knife
-Fighting off a mounted attacker swinging a stick
-Fighting from the guard position against an armed attacker

DATE: Saturday June 4, 2016
TIME: 3pm to 6pm
WHERE: ATA Excellence Martial Arts
Kendallville, IN
COST: $50 per person

Safety experts agree the single most important step toward ensuring your personal safety is making the conscious decision to…

You stand a much better chance of preventing criminal attack if you develop a safety plan before you need it. That is why the National Rifle Association is offering the Refuse To Be A Victim® crime prevention seminar.

This seminar teaches easy-to-understand methods you can use to increase awareness and prevent criminal confrontation. In just three hours, you will get the tools you need to develop your own personal safety strategy,
including information about:


● The Psychology of the Criminal Mind
● Home & Phone Security
● Automobile & Travel Security
● Personal & Technological Security
● Self-Defense Devices and Training Options
● And more!

DATE: Saturday July 23rd
TIME: 11:00am - 2:00pm
LOCATION: Parkview Warsaw YMCA  Warsaw, Indiana
COST: $30.00 per person

*Pre-registration is required, spaces are limited!

Stop Assault FAST (FAST Defense Basics)

Award Winning personal safety, self-defense, and empowerment program offered in Indiana for women, men, and teens. Featuring the ABC’s of self-defense including: Awareness, Boundary-Setting, and Core Confidence

The full toolkit of the ABC's of FAST Defense:

-How to recognize the warning signs of attack and avoid threatening situations before they become dangerous
-How to avoid attackers by not looking like a victim
-How to use the power of your voice and body language (most confrontations and assaults can be stopped by a strong voice, good eye contact and body carriage)
-How to find and utilize the power of fear, not be paralyzed by it
-And when all else fails, to protect yourself and your loved ones with simple and effective FULL FORCE techniques to the attacker's vulnerable areas

WHEN: Sunday June 6th- 2016 - 2pm-5pm
WHERE: Warsaw Parkview YMCA- Warsaw, Indiana
COST: $59 per person

Suitable for women, men, and teens ages 13 and older. No previous training or experience necessary.

Pre-registration required. Space is limited.

Group discount for groups of 4 or more.

FREE Women's Self-Defense / Rape Prevention

April is nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

In support of this I am offering a FREE 3-hour Women's Self-Defense / Rape Prevention workshop as a service to the community.

Learn simple but effective self-defense skills to help protect yourself from potential assault!

In this 3-hour “hands-on” course, participants will learn:

-The 4 Steps of Personal Safety
-Mentally preparing for violence
-How and when to escape
-Verbal self-defense
-Effective attack-stopping targets
-Simple strikes
-Escaping grabs and holds
-Escaping ground attacks
-and more...

DATE: Saturday April 30
TIME: 11am-2pm
LOCATION:
Parkview Warsaw YMCA
Warsaw, Indiana
COST: FREE

Suitable for ages 13 and older.
Space is limited! Pre-registration required!

Self-Defense for Knife Attacks

This simple course is designed to teach participants how to successfully deal with edged weapons assaults... Defend against knives, shanks, broken bottles, and similar weapon attacks! Through the concept of "transference" learn how to use the very same movements to successfully
deal with gun and club attacks as well as unarmed attackers. This unique program is based on simple gross-motor skills that are easy to learn, easy to retain, and easy to use under the stress of a real assault. No fancy or complex martial arts techniques, only effective life-saving skills! This course covers the same material that is taught to law enforcement and security personnel. Suitable for Women, Men, and Teens ages 15 and older.

Topics include:
 
-Mental preparation
-Body positioning
-Creating distance
-Weapon interception
-Effective strikes
-Finishing tactics
-and more…
 
*We will also briefly discuss how to effectively deploy a firearm (for those that carry a handgun for personal protection).
 
When- Saturday March 26
Time- 11am-2pm
Where-
Parkview Warsaw YMCA
Warsaw, Indiana
Cost- $50 (group discounts available)
Space is limited! Pre-registration required!

Fundamentals of Self-Defense

This 3-hour “hands-on” course will provide you with the essential skills that can be used to protect yourself and others.  No complex martial arts moves or complicated personal safety gadgets, only life-saving skills that have been shown to work more often than not. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your safety and become a hard target! Suitable for Women, Men, and Teens ages 15 and older.

Learn:
-How to mentally prepare for crime and violence
-How to harness and use adrenaline to your advantage
-How to increase awareness with exercises that can be done anywhere
-How to set and defend personal boundaries
-How to verbally de-escalate or deter a potential assailant
-How, When, and Where to strike for maximum effect
-How to use everyday items for self-defense
-How to practice at home with a partner
-and more…

When- Saturday January 30
Time- 11am-2pm
Where-
Parkview Warsaw YMCA
Warsaw, Indiana
Cost- $50 (group discounts available)
Space is limited! Pre-registration required!

You have learned to effectively use your handgun in self-defense. Now make sure you can keep an assailant from taking it away and using it against you or someone else. This course covers simple but effective skills that will assist you in maintaining control of your handgun in and out of the holster.

LEARN:
●The importance of Mind-Set and how to develop it
●Choosing appropriate holsters for increased retention
●Retention skills for inside the holster
●Retention skills for outside the holster
●Applying retention skills to other weapons (knife, pepper spray, etc)
●Experience FAST Defense adrenal response drills and technology


DATE: Saturday June 28, 2014

TIME: 10am -1pm

LOCATION:
Eagle Creek Firearms
306 Argonne Rd
Warsaw, IN 46580

COST: $40.00


Space is limited! Pre-registration Required!

Call Eagle Creek Firearms (574) 267-2372 or stop by the store to reserve your spot!

http://personalsafetyunlimited.net/seminars.html

This Course Could Save Your Life!!!

In this FAST Weapons Defense Course you will take the next step in learning that fear is an incredible source of power! Although there is never a guarantee, the fact is that people who are trained correctly and determined to fight for their lives usually prevail against armed attackers. Much of this training involves overcoming many of our beliefs and fears concerning weapons as depicted by movies, press, and horror stories of assaults from victims who simply didn’t know better. Students will then practice simple proven techniques and apply them FULL-FORCE against a padded attacker!

Learn simple but effective defenses against:

-Knife to the throat
-Gun to the head
-Rear threats with both knives and guns
-Rear choke attack with a knife

WHEN: Saturday June 21, 2014 - 10am to 1pm
WHERE: Kosciusko Community YMCA
COST: $50

Suitable for women, men, and teens ages 13 and older. No previous training or experience necessary.

Pre-registration required. Space is limited to only 12 participants.

http://personalsafetyunlimited.net/seminars.html

I have been involved in the field of personal safety, self-defense, crime prevention and martial arts for approximately 24 years. I have trained with numerous instructors in various styles, systems, and training methodologies. I have earned numerous black belts and have attained well over a dozen instructor certifications. I have had the privilege of training men, women, teens, and children from all walks of life to include airline personnel and law enforcement officers from around the world. I don't post this to brag as I will be the first to admit that I don’t know it all. I want people to know that I am a perpetual student, always learning and trying to improve the knowledge and skills that I possess, not only for myself but for those I may someday have the privilege of teaching…those that may someday be forced to rely on this knowledge to protect themselves or their loved ones.

As I surf the net I am often angered and agitated by some of the nonsense that I see being passed off under the guise of “self-defense”. Why should I care? What does it matter to me if the charlatans of the world want to take advantage of unsuspecting people that want to learn how to protect themselves? I will tell you why it matters to me...because I was once one of those unsuspecting people. I was taken advantage of by instructors claiming to teach "self-defense". I invested many years in training, travel, as well as hard-earned money into the belief that I was learning to protect myself. Unfortunately, that just wasn't the case. While I was learning to improve myself physically and mentally, it had little to do with my personal safety or the safety of my loved-ones. In fact, most of what I had learned was essentially useless in that respect. Eventually I realized I been brainwashed into believing something that just wasn't true. Fortunately this realization came BEFORE I was forced to find out that what I had been taught most likely wouldn't work in real life and in fact may have even made things worse.

I have spent every moment since learning as much as I can about crime and violence and what people can do to protect themselves. I do this because I despise those that think they can take whatever they want by means of force or the threat of force. I also do this because I despise those that take advantage of people's fears by telling them what they want to hear or by trying to sell them something that likely won't work in order to make a few bucks. I am often blunt about my opinions in this matter. Sometimes I offend people and most often it's those instructors in question. It's not my goal to offend people but I can't stand to watch others be taken advantage of as I once was. I refuse to apologize for that. I am a student and instructor of personal safety because I believe that good people have the right to feel safe and secure in the world they live in. I do this because I feel it's important to provide people with the knowledge and skills to keep themselves safe, so they don't have to rely on others...those that unfortunately can sometimes be unreliable. I do this because there is no better feeling than knowing that someday the information I passed along could ultimately save a life or at the least prevent someone from becoming a victim. I do this because there are already too many people out there passing along misinformation or just downright dangerous material. 

I can never make any guarantees about what I have to offer. I can't tell people that they will be given the be-all-end-all to personal safety. I can't tell people that they will never be forced to face a dangerous or scary situation. I can't tell them that they will be prepared for every conceivable scenario. I can't tell people that I have all of the answers. However, I can make some promises. I can promise that I will to everything I can to make sure that what I pass along to them has been shown to work more often than not. I can promise that if I don't know the answer to a question or a scenario I will do everything I can to acquire that answer from someone that knows better than I. I can promise that I care more about their safety than making a few bucks. I can also promise that I will continue to study, research, and train in order to make sure that what I am passing along will provide those that apply it the best options under the given circumstances that they may be forced to face. The question is...how many of the charlatans of the world can say the same thing?

Steve Zorn, ICPS
Personal Safety Unlimited
http://www.personalsafetyunlimited.net

FAST Defense Ground Fighting Self-Defense with Bill Kipp

Empowering personal safety program teaches how to fight off an attacker from the ground, with FAST Defense founder Bill Kipp.

Assaults can easily and quickly end up on the ground with the attacker on top of you. Whether you are knocked or pushed down, tripped, or pulled down...it can be a pulse-pounding experience. Turn that fear into power. Learn to harness the power of adrenaline and effectively turn it against the attacker using FULL-FORCE strikes to vital areas along with simple ground escape maneuvers. NOTE: this is NOT wrestling or MMA-style ground fighting. It provides simple skills that anyone can use to escape a ground assault.

The course will address worst case scenarios such as:

-Fighting off a mounted attacker from various positions
-Fighting from the guard position
-5 simple strikes that work in almost any situation
-Power Grappling to use adrenaline to fight for your life

Location- Warsaw, Indiana
Date- Sunday March 30th, 2014
Time- 1pm to 4pm
Cost- $60 per person

Suitable for women, men, and teens ages 13 and older. No previous training or experience necessary.

Pre-registration required. Space is limited.

Download the flyer- http://personalsafetyunlimited.net/FAST-groundfightingflyer.pdf

See some FAST ground fights in action- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMO-O46ht8w

STRESS SHOOTING Defensive Handgun Level 1 with Bill Kipp

This unique course will hone your defensive shooting skills through realistic interactive scenario-based training. In other words, you will engage other living, moving, and fighting human beings. These interactive scenarios and exercises will prepare you to successfully use your firearm against real threats, not just paper targets. If you carry a gun for personal protection, scenario-based training is a requirement to make sure your skills don't deteriorate under stress.

This will be the second time this empowering course has been offered in Indiana. It's suitable for men, women, experienced shooters, and even those who have never held a firearm in their life. If you currently carry a firearm for self-defense or have plans to in the future, don't miss this life-saving course. No firearm experience necessary to attend.

Location- Warsaw, Indiana
Date- Saturday March 29, 2014
Time- 1pm-5pm
Cost- $80

Download the flyer- http://personalsafetyunlimited.net/StressShootingFlyer.pdf
 
Clips from the first Stress Shooting course that was held in Indiana-
http://fastcolorado.ning.com/video/indiana-ss-sm

View some testimonials from participants just like you-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gDakFLlR58

North Webster Community Center
301 N. Main St.
North Webster, IN
Steve Zorn, ICPS
Personal Safety Unlimited
http://www.personalsafetyunlimited.net

Halloween Safety Tips

Halloween is just around the corner and it can one of the most festive and entertaining holidays of the year for the entire family. Trick-or-treating, costume parties and haunted houses all add to the fun of the Halloween weekend. However, the fun can quickly turn to disaster if parents and children choose to ignore dangerous people, places, and situations.  Before sending your children out to enjoy the holiday activities take the time to talk with them about  possible scenarios they may be forced to face and how to successfully resolve them. Below is a list of general safety tips to help keep children safe this Halloween.

-Young children should always go trick-or-treating with a parent or trusted adult.

-Older children / teens should never trick-or-treat alone. They should have at least 2 buddies go with
them, if not a parent or trusted adult.

-Plan your child's entire route and make sure they stick to it.

-Make sure that children are wearing flame retardant costumes.

-Make sure the costumes do not obstruct your child's vision.

-Avoid costumes or bags that display your child's name on them.

-Provide your children with snacks before they go out so they will be less tempted to eat candy before it's checked. Make sure to check out all candy before your children eat it.

-Children should be very cautious of people they don’t know or people displaying strange behavior.

-Children should be taught how to respond to potentially dangerous people or situations. They should run, shout, and get help when they can.

-Teach children to yell "Fire!" rather than help if they find themselves in an unsafe situation and need to draw attention.

-They should be taught Kid Escape or other similar abduction prevention skills.

-They should be taught to check first before going anywhere with anyone, especially with people they
don’t know or don’t know very well.

-Children should accept treats only in the doorway. Never go inside a house, an apartment, or car.

-Teach your children to be polite, make sure they say thank you for their treats.

-Children shouldn't play near lit jack-o-lanterns.

-Children should visit only those houses where the lights are on and only in neighborhoods familiar to you.

-They should walk, not run.

-Children should walk only on sidewalks and driveways, and avoid short-cuts or secluded areas.

-They should cross the street at the corner or in a crosswalk and obey traffic signals.

-They should carry a flashlight and other reflective items  such as treat bags or glowing bracelets.

Personal Safety Unlimited

Bill Kipp of FAST Defense will be returning to Warsaw, Indiana in March 2014. He will be bringing his unique Stress Shooting defensive handgun program back to town along with his effective approach to dealing with ground assaults.

Keep an eye on the website for updates and registration information as March gets closer. The last time Bill did his Stress Shooting program here we sold out. Don't miss this chance to learn how to effectively use a handgun to save your life or the life of a loved-one through scenario-based firearms training. Also, learn how to successfully escape an attacker that has taken you to the ground through simple and effective skills during the adrenal state.

COMING SOON!

http://personalsafetyunlimited.net/seminars.html

"FAST Defense Against Armed Assailants"