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Free online courseSelf-Defense

Duration of the online course: 1 hours and 24 minutes

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Build confidence and safer habits with a free self-defense course—learn stance, footwork, breathing, and smart strategy for real-life situations.

In this free course, learn about

  • Self-defense’s two main goals and how they guide decisions in conflict
  • How comfort and personal boundaries affect safety and situational control
  • Why you shouldn’t normalize being made uncomfortable in daily interactions
  • Developing fighting spirit and understanding the hardest part of self-defense
  • The root causes of fighting and how to recognize escalation triggers
  • Core stance and breathing for balance, stability, and stress management
  • Two key priorities in defense: protect yourself and create a safer outcome
  • Footwork fundamentals, including shuffling mechanics and safe movement
  • Dropping your weight to improve stability, power, and resistance to force
  • Strategy during physical attacks and the three main defensive options
  • Push-and-turn mechanics for redirection, escape creation, and control
  • How distance affects risk: the closer you are, the more dangerous it can be

Course Description

Feeling confident in your body and your decisions can change the way you move through everyday life. This free online self-defense course is designed to help you develop practical awareness and simple skills that support personal safety, whether you are walking alone, navigating crowded spaces, or dealing with uncomfortable interactions. Instead of focusing on flashy techniques, the training emphasizes fundamentals you can practice anywhere, building a calm, ready mindset alongside effective movement.

You will start by grounding yourself in the purpose of self-defense and what it really tries to achieve in a tense moment. From there, the course guides you toward a healthier relationship with comfort, boundaries, and self-respect. Learning to notice when something feels wrong and giving yourself permission to act is a powerful skill, and it is treated here as an essential part of becoming safer, not an afterthought.

As you progress, you will strengthen the inner qualities that support physical action: composure under stress, fighting spirit, and the ability to respond instead of freezing. You will learn how stance and breathing work together to stabilize your posture and your emotions, helping you stay balanced and alert. Footwork and controlled shuffling are introduced to improve distance management, positioning, and your ability to move with purpose rather than panic.

The course also teaches you how and why to use your body weight effectively, giving you more stability and leverage without relying on strength alone. You will explore how to think in terms of priorities when defending yourself and how to apply straightforward strategy during a physical attack. By understanding common defensive options and when to use them, you will be better prepared to protect yourself while keeping your goal clear: get safe.

Through guided videos and exercises, you will build habits that translate beyond training sessions. The result is a stronger foundation in self-defense basics, improved body control, and a more confident mindset that supports everyday decisions.

Course content

  • Video class: Self Defense Basics Course - Welcome! 04m
  • Exercise: Self Defense has two main goals, which are they?
  • Video class: Self Defense Basics: Lesson 1 - Make Yourself Comfortable! 13m
  • Exercise: What is the easiest part about Martial Arts?
  • Exercise: Why shouldn’t you get used to being made uncomfortable by others in your daily life?
  • Video class: Self-Defense Basics: Lesson 2 - Fighting Spirit! 08m
  • Exercise: What is the hardest part about self-defense?
  • Exercise: What is the root of fighting?
  • Video class: Self-Defense Basics: Lesson 3 - Stance and Breathing 15m
  • Exercise: There are two priorities when defending yourself. They are:
  • Video class: Self-Defense Basics: Lesson 4 - Footwork 09m
  • Exercise: When practicing SHUFFLING, it is important to:
  • Video class: Self-Defense Basics: Lesson 5 - Drop Your Weight 10m
  • Exercise: Why would someone want to drop their weight while defending themselves?
  • Video class: Self-Defense Basics: Lesson 6 - Strategy in a Physical Attack 11m
  • Exercise: There are three main strategies when defending yourself. What are they?
  • Video class: Self-Defense Basics: Lesson 7 - Push and Turn 11m
  • Exercise: The closer you get to a bad guy…

This free course includes:

1 hours and 24 minutes of online video course

Digital certificate of course completion (Free)

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Course comments: Self-Defense

Students found the free online course very important, useful, and interesting. Many said it changed their minds about self‑defence, found the videos enjoyable, and wished the course had been longer.

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Nikunj Khandelwal

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i like self defence but before i hate it

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Yazan Sheikh Ali

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i really like it. it has change my mind and it is helpful. i hope that it is had be longer

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i liked your video

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Very important and useful

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very interesting course. supper

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