Corporate Personal safety & Self-Defense Training Boston

An organization’s most important assets are its personnel. This has led to modern and forward-looking organizations understanding the importance of the physical health and wellness of their members. However, an area of health that sometimes gets overlooked is that of personal safety. In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, safety and security are one of our most basic needs and have to be established in order to realize many of our other needs, including those which allow us to be creative and productive. Unfortunately, many people don’t feel safe and secure in their daily lives and possess unacknowledged fears and concerns around violence and victimization. Often these fears are exaggerated and, in some cases, unfounded. When people have a realistic understanding about violence and crime in general, which isn’t based on media reports, TV shows and movies etc., they are able to live more productive lives. If they are provided with the knowledge and skills which empower them to be able to predict, prevent, and avoid violence. their productivity and sense of well-being can be increased.

Boston based criminologist and security professional/consultant, Gershon Ben Keren has been offering training and consultancy to businesses and organizations globally (Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and America). Since 1998, he has trained members of such groups/organizations in personal safety (self-protection), self-defense, and de-escalation etc. He has provided consultancy services involving risk mitigation/management and threat management to companies working in a variety of industry sectors from mining and agriculture to healthcare and high finance etc., in areas such as travel security, HR hiring and firing policies/procedures as well as training in general personal safety and self-defense. You can read more about him by clicking here.

Whilst many organizations, when thinking about the safety and security of their personnel initially think about physical self-defense training imagining the worst-case scenarios when/where members of their organization are physically attacked/assaulted, often the most productive and effective type of training is self-protection. Self-protection/personal safety training equips individuals with the knowledge and skills to predict, prevent and avoid violence before it occurs. Such skills can be developed in the class-room rather than the gym and are non-perishable as they can be employed and reinforced on a daily basis. They are also necessary in order to get physical self-defense techniques and solutions to work e.g., expecting an individual to respond to effectively respond to a physical assault, without ongoing training, when surprised etc., is unrealistic.

By educating individuals as to how different violent situations occur and the fact that almost all have predictable and recognizable phases that an aggressor or predator has to go through makes physical violence both predictable and avoidable, regardless of the motive and type of violence involved. Our programs are researched and evidentially based, using criminological theories and processes to provide solutions to violence. Rather than being based on “good ideas” and suppositions concerning violence we use academic research and experience(s) within the security industry to create/provide solutions to predicting and avoiding violence. If you are interested in bringing our proven and effective solutions to your organization, please contact us by clicking here.