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TEACHER TRAINING – KEWAP OVERVIEW

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10.10.2023 Today’s online teaching consultation with Drum Martial Arts and Fitness in Ireland brought us into hour six. We finished this current teaching block with a discussion on my new extended and combined KEWAP/CCMA seminar material. The presentations raised some very interesting deep dives into teaching self-protection in relation to edged weapon awareness and in general. “Never give in”, as previous covered, relates to developing an individual’s will in a life-threatening situation. Temporary compliance in certain situations does not mean […]

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Edged Weapon Hard Skills (diary entry)

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02.05.21 Sunday saw the conclusion of my trilogy of edged weapon awareness and defence webinars. We focused mainly on hard skills, but this had to be prefaced with observational soft skills (behavioural indicators and presence indicators). Hard skill training went through my priority escape and sounding the alarm procedures upon spotting an armed offender to tactical escape variations to incidental weapons to unarmed methods when cornered. Edged Weapon and Awareness Part 1 Edged Weapon and Awareness Part 2 Services  

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Edged Weapon Injuries and Defence Strategy (diary entry)

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16.02.21 Tuesday night continued and concluded the soft skills knife and edged weapon awareness programme that I have been delivering as a private lesson prior to the public course this Sunday. Last week and this week I have taught it as part of my teaching consultancy private lessons. Tonight we looked the nature of edged weapon injuries – lacerations, puncture wounds and incisions/slashing injuries. We also covered the effects of blood loss for such injuries. The soft skill section was […]

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