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Introduction to Self-Defense for Beginners

Course Location
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online course teaches you how to defend yourself using multiple defensive tactics against opponents. This free online self-defense course introduces you to easy-to-learn techniques to help you prepare for the worst-case scenarios should action be necessary. Learn everything from defending yourself against wrist grabs, escaping bear hugs, hair pulling, bar fights and opposing multiple adversaries to carjacking. You will master the techniques of dealing with punch defenses and discover ways to take down a boxer successfully. Start training!

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID195362
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Explain how to escape from a bear hug attack
• Identify the steps of getting out of a chokehold
• State the ways of dealing with a bar fight
• Describe how to escape from an opposite side and same-side wrist grab
• Indicate the techniques of defending yourself against a knife attack
• Outline the methods of fighting off multiple opponents
• Discuss the steps of defending against hair pulling
• Recognize how to protect yourself while on the ground
Course Code4887

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