Company and corporate educational & team building activities
Workshop: "Self-defence & psychology in problem situations"
It is practical, theoretical & educational workshop designed for businesses and corporate team building events. Participants will learn the basic know-how in the field of preventive self-defence and safety.
Systematical and clearly comprehensible teaching follows the line of teaching method „System SELF-DEFENCE 1“ and is appropriately customized for beginners, public and people with no previous self-defence experience.
This workshop won´t be oriented for strength or condition exercises. The workshop will be led in an educational way where the focus will be oriented on acquiring the useful know-how in the field of practical self-defence, psychology of problem situations and prevention.
The aim of the workshop is to introduce to participants the basic principles of self-defence, where the trainees can learn some selected responses to possible threatening situations, together with the psychological responses. All together functions as and a background of prevention.
The workshop is composed of two parts:
(Topic overview)
A. PRACTICAL SELF-DEFENCE - basics
Fundamentals:
- Body movement principles in self-defense
- Working with the space
- Body posture in self-defence
Practical Self-defense:
- Practise of selected defense techniques against the most common type of attack: grabs, holdings and punches
- Use of the blocks and counter techniques in self-defence
- Body anatomy in self-defence
- Defence using pressing points on selected sensitive and painful body parts
- Using the items of the daily use in self-defence
Please take note that it is not possible to learn the complex self-defense in a short time and without regular practice. The workshop, however, can still be very beneficial, as participants learn the selected reactions and also get a good insight on topic of analyzing and a prevention of the problem situations.
B. PSYCHOLOGY IN PROBLEM SITUATIONS
Essential background:
- Analysis of the problem situation
- Subconscious mechanisms and mental set up
- Assessment of risks and chances
- Emotions: „A good servant, bad master“
- Rational thinking vs. instinct and intuition
Stress reaction:
- Stress reaction: Psychology and physiology
- Stress management & self-regulation: how to regulate the stress reaction in tense situations: Theory + Practice
- Connection: Body – Breath – Mind
Prevention and strategies to conflict resolution:
- Tactical behaviour (behavioral principles) in problem situations
- „Body language“, communication and negotiation
- Strategies for conflict resolution & conflict de-escalation
- Psychological defense
Benefits for the team:
Workshop „Self Defense and psychology of problem situations“ is the team building activity designed for various groups and teams.
In steady collectives, one can find a deepening of the relations, in young teams the participants will have a chance to get know more each other & to exceed the standard boundaries of formal collegiate experience. In addition the workshop benefit is a really valuable and preventive know-how.
References:
The workshop guided by a lecturer Mr. Horňáček has been perceived very positively by our employees. We are looking forward to repeat it again ..
We have incorporated a self-defense workshop in a bigger team building event carried out for our client.
We as an organiser evaluate the skills and abilities of instructors at a high level, so as the participants of the team building. We are very pleased that we have established a cooperation with Michal Horňáček. We will be glad to use his professional and expert approach to the topic again in the future.