Having spent over 30 years in the police working in both specialist operations and as a beat officer, Martin has used his experiences together with his knowledge of NLP, Hypnotherapy and Street Conflict to develop the Safe-Self System®
Martin has worked in VIP Protection, Specialist Firearms Roles and as a National Firearms Instructor. He has instructed on 'Reactive Protection' Courses whilst serving with the police and has personally employed these skills to diffuse many situations ranging from verbal abuse to armed assault.
The Safe-Self System® has been developed by Martin based on what works, his philosophy is, if you don't have to be there, be somewhere else. 'This is the best form of personal protection, however as a firearms officer or ordinary beat officer you often had to be there, no matter what the threat. My main goal then, was to ensure that everyone left the situation uninjured, applying these skills allowed that to happen more often than not'.
The Safe-Self System® employs Neuro-Linguistic Combatives which encompasses an understanding of the psychology of aggression, NLP, Hypnotic Language Patterns, 'OODA Loops' and an awareness system that creates confidence, reduces the impact of stress and disrupts the tried and tested patterns of an aggressor. Learning this approach to personal safety on the street, will increase your confidence and create a profile that most street aggressors will avoid, meaning that often, you will diffuse a potential assault or robbery before any physical intervention is necessary.
This program installs an unconscious pattern of behaviour that creates a set of non-verbal signals that most common aggressors would read as an indicator they should be somewhere else.
