Conflict Management and De-Escalation Training

Have you ever been in a conflict situation and not known how to handle it? Have you actually found that in that conflict situation things have started to get out of hand and you have started to fear for your safety or the safety of others?  Have you even succumbed to the condition known as […]

Making Mistakes Can Be Great!

You might recall one my last videos and the related blog post about what it actually means to fail. Now, if you watched that you’ll know that fail doesn’t really mean ‘fail’, it actually means ‘First Attempt in Learning’. In fact, the only time you really fail is when you give up or quit – […]

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Health & Safety Failings Lead To Jail…

How Health & Safety failings could lead to jail and why self-employed contractors, including trainers and instructors, need to take notice of this case: How seriously should trainers and instructors take their obligations under Health and Safety? The answer to this is extremely, especially where the activities undertaken are high-risk. We are constantly hearing of cases […]

H&S: Why training is important

Training is actually essential from a Health and Safety point of view, and this certainly includes physical skills such as Physical Intervention or  Self-Defence and Break-Away. This is why the video posted here is a follow-up to the previous video on Sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, we’re going […]

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Creating Confidence

Creating Confidence when Instructing Why is building confidence in delegates on physical skills training courses, such as self defence or physical intervention, so important? It’s actually hugely important when you’re trying to facilitate learning, and this the reason why I’m looking at this in the video which is embedded on this page. What promoted me […]

The Answer to the Problem of Violence in Schools

Violence in Schools is on the increase and teachers are increasingly being assaulted by pupils. This disturbing issue which has certainly gained a lot of coverage in the press as of late. For instance, it was reported by the BBC recently that, following a survey by the ATL (the Association of Teachers and Lecturers), four […]

The Truth About Situational Awareness

Why is Situational Awareness so important? The truth is that most people have probably not heard of ‘Situational Awareness’, yet only the other day this very subject was touched upon in the media due to comments made by a former head of the UK’s JIC (Joint-Intelligence Committee), Lady Neville-Jones. In an interview with BBC’s Today programme […]