Rethink Women's Self Defense With Bodyguard Tactics Used to Protect VIPs

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Rethink Women's Self Defense Saturday, July 28th USA Martial Arts & Kickboxing and Nottingham Sword & Shield Security Bodyguards presents two Seminars by Agent Rhonda Roth from the Hit Like a Girl seminar series  10:00 - 11:00 am The Handbags, Heels and Chocolate Experience Only $39 with registration by Saturday, July 14th (a $195 value) 11:00 am - 12:30 pm It's HOT - Pepper Spray & Weapons of Opportunity Includes Police quality pepper spray and case Only $95 with registration by Saturday, July 14th  (a $395 value) Attend BOTH these women's only events for only $125 with registration by Saturday, July 14th Register for both online, or email events@usa-martialarts.com to register and arrange payment Click here to see all the great information about these events. Women only empowerment event featuring: - Fine chocolate - Fine fellowship - Refined training - Extraordinarily enjoyable experience Bodyguard strategies for practical personal protection. Make no mistake; this is no average self defense course for women. This combination lecture and interactive course gives you technology used by professional protectors such as the Secret Service and State Dept. to protect dignitaries and VIPs. Learn to be your own bodyguard and ... Hit Like a Girl! Not a woman?  Consider giving the gift of Confidence and Peace of Mind to the women you love!  Make arrangements for your gift by emailingevents@usa-martialarts.com. Register yourself online for only the Handbags, Heels and Chocolate eventhere. Register yourself online for only the It's HOT event here. Ms. Rhonda Roth Family Protection Specialist Ms. Rhonda Roth is the founding director of Hit Like A Girl Personal Protection and a 3rd Degree Black Belt under Hall of Fame 6th Degree Black Belt Master John Nottingham.  She is a trained bodyguard, family protection specialist and has trained with three time Presidential appointee and best selling author Gavin de Becker.  Her skills include Advanced Threat Assessment and Management, physical intervention and stalking deterrence. Ms. Roth is an accomplished martial artist earning a Third Degree Black Belt as well including having won a gold medal competing in Korea.  She has traveled to and trained in Korea (three times) and China with world champions and Grandmasters.  She is a Certified Instructor with over ten years of experience teaching all ages, public speaking in corporations, schools and other events. She co-authored a book on the USA Martial Arts system of self defense as well as numerous other UMA publications and safety guides and is a respected authority on the subject of personal safety.  Founder Hit Like A Girl Agency Graduate of Gavin de Becker & Associates Academy for Protectors (included training with Tom Taylor, Governor Swarzenegger's personal bodyguard) USA Bodyguards Advance Academy Graduate, Certified Executive Protection Specialist-EPS (including training with Tom Muzila, Agent for two US Presidents) VIPER Personal Protection Level I, II & III Graduate, VIPER Level I Instructor and IMPACT Level I Instructor Certified Level 2 in MMA Shamrock Submission Fighting Gold Medal in international competition in Korea Formerly Certified in CDT Levels I & III Non-Deadly Force System ASIS Trained with Robert Oatman, former Secret Service Agent Certified graduate of The College of Martial Arts (MAIA) in 2002 Certified Level One Instructor in Jeet Kune Do Concepts and Filipino Martial Arts from Navy SEAL trainer Paul Vunak Expertly trained in both stick and knife tactics Certified Yoga instructor recognized by ACE Break The Chain Foundation Children's Charity AZ Board of Directors With a strong commitment to continued training and to providing safety skills and information to women, John Nottingham and Rhonda Roth founded HLG in 2007.
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VIPER Street Combat Personal Protection Self Defense

A Young John Nottingham Graduating Jump School "Airborne!"

Inspired by Special Forces

In the early 90s I developed a course called VIPER. It was born out of an experimental military combatives course I engineered and taught while a rookie serving in a Special Forces Reserve Unit. My unit encouraged me to use my martial arts teaching background to research and develop a quick learn hand to hand combat and hand to weapon combat course. I collaborated with a 7th Special Forces and 82nd Airborne combat veteran named Wes Infiesto (a remarkable Kajukenbo, Shinkendo and Aikido martial artist and later SWAT officer.) What started as a simple experiment to liven up and functionalize Army PT (physical training) sessions turned into much more.

The research lead me to Krav Maga, Sambo, Systema, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Chu Fen Do (Coach Tony Blauers system), Jeet Kune Do as well as Paul Vunak and many more. It was a phenomenal starting point for research and development.

Tested, Tested, Tested Again - No Sacred Cows in Self Defense

When tested, the lessons learned lead to radical changes the direction of my research, teaching and career. We had to reverse engineer the process and question everything my team and I had ever been taught. I owe that to the encouragement of my mentors - many of whom were veteran Army Rangers, Military Intelligence Agents and Special Forces instructors. It was an ignition point that altered my trajectory, now twenty plus years later of doing this research and teaching. I took those lessons and that direction, along with my experience teaching thousands of men, women and children and applied the concepts to civilian personal protection use. Integrating bodyguard tactics, it became VIPER - a different approach to self defense.

VIPER STREET COMBAT - Not Really "Self Defense"

Why VIPER? Mostly it was born out of my poking fun at the tough names of some of the other fighting and self defense courses on the market. SCARS was one of the biggest programs going at the time and gaining much notoriety for having been a test program for Naval Special Warfare (NAVY SEALS BUDS).

For those of us with Military backgrounds we often have an affinity for acronyms. It's a helpful way of remembering things and was a convenient way to package something that was a self defense (personal protection) system I consider unique. The name VIPER also was fitting due to the nature of a vipers natural protective mechanisms.

Survival Training Force Options - A Different Kind of Street Self Defense

VIPER stands for Violence Interdiction Personal Evolutionary Responses. The foundation of the program is to use strategy, fear management and innate survival mechanisms to increase effectiveness in identifying, preventing, thwarting and intervening in would-be violent encounters. It is a rapid learn last resort safety self defense system designed for reality based self defense for todays streets.

It's About Results - Not About Symbolism, Style or Show

Rather than having the focus of most systems, technique, VIPER emphasized results. It doesn't matter what you know or don't know. It doesn't matter how stylized or pretty it is. What counts is using whatever assets, means and abilities to change the context of the situation to put the odds in the clients favor. Objective? To have the peace of mind that comes from the confidence that one is equipped to survive and go home to one's family.

It Doesn't Matter What You Know - It Only Matters What You Do

It only matters how well you could manage a simulated violent crime encounter. It also had to be highly adaptive to address individual physical, emotional or mental limitations. Some clients simply do not have the athleticism to bring to bear that many MMA or Martial Arts trainers adapting their skills to a self defense context often provide. It had to work for clients even if they are out of shape. It had to be real in every sense of an individuals lifestyle, and have efficacy throughout ones life.

Context driven, mission specific training

If we do our job, the client experiences a remarkable leap in confidence, skill and ability to prevent, deter and de-escalate what would be the most violent 4-6 seconds of his or her life. What my team and I became really good at was doing it safely in a way that empowers people rather than intimidates individuals. Each of our training courses are tailored to the individuals or organizations in which they would use it.

VIPER Personal Protection - Think Like a Bodyguard

The VIPER STREET COMBAT name was a way of separating it from reactionary, defensive mindset so-called self defense courses out there. I have since elected to use VIPER STREET COMBAT to describe a sample video product promoted through TRS & Fightfast.com. The full course is a hands-on, classroom and interactive scenario based live training event we refer to as VIPER Personal Protection. VIPER Personal Protection integrates the same strategies we teach to bodyguards and law enforcement to predict potentially violent situations as well as being one step ahead of a potential attacker.

It is not designed to teach individuals how to fight, rather it is designed to teach individuals how to avoid, disrupt and derail a criminal attack. While intensely effective physical intervention skills are taught, they are only used as a last resort to neutralize danger and create a window of opportunity for escape.

Research on Self Defense & Defensive Tactics

My team and I continually research and push to innovate, develop and test the cutting edge methods to offer our students effective problem solving options. Our archives of hundreds of scenarios, video crime footage, news articles and other research continues to guide our work. I collaborate with a team of experts including one of my top students Instructor Don Gray, an Iraq War veteran formerly with the 82 Airborne who is a Modern Army Combatives instructor. (Admittedly, I'm really proud of him and hope you'll get a chance to work with him - he's extraordinary.) Our collaboration provides us with the ability to offer non-traditional insights, advice and solutions to clients looking to get an advantage and stay safe.

Standing On The Shoulders of Giants

I've been very blessed to have studied from and researched some of the leading minds in this field and taught thousands of students around the world. From Coach Tony Blauer, Sigung Paul Vunak, Mr. Gavin de Becker, my Special Forces mentors and my loyal students and clients (from whom I learn from every day), my path is certainly unique. I don't mention those names with the intention of namedropping for vicarious fame by association, rather to accurately acknowledge their influence on my work and to give proper credit where credit is due.

Heaven knows I've tested some crazy marketing and cheesy ads out there but anyone who knows or has worked with me knows how seriously I take giving credit and acknowledging my teachers and the pioneers who advance the cause of protection.

It is their generosity in sharing rather than judgmentally comparing that inspired and encouraged my growth over these past 25 plus years. I hope to be able to share some of our research and findings with you one day. If you are a trainer, I consider you part of the team and the solution our world despirately needs. It would be an honor to collaborate with you and share our findings to continually equip the good guys with the skills they need to succeed and build a more peaceful world.

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VIPER PERSONAL PROTECTION

Rapid Learn Strategic Self Defense Course Integrating Highly Potent Physical Intervention Survival Skills, Fear Management, and Protective Studies Through Classroom Education and Scenario-based Immersion Training.

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HIT LIKE A GIRL

Self Defense Personal Protection for Women -Bodyguard Strategies for Brains Over Brawn

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Krav Maga Background

Krav Maga Background

In 1964, Grandmaster Imi Lichtenfeld finished his military service and adapted Krav Maga to civilian frameworks. In Israel, the style has become an important part of the educational system and is taught to elementary and high school students on the national curriculum along with being taught at the Wingate Institute, one of the world’s leading physical fitness centers. It is taught to men, women, and children under the auspices of the Israeli Ministry of Sport and Education. Krav Maga is the official system of hand-to-hand combat and self-defense employed by the Israeli Defense and Security Forces, the Israeli National and Military Police and its Special Operations and Anti-Terrorist Units. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) including their Special Forces Units, Israeli Police, and Internal Security Branches currently uses this style on a day-to-day basis. Haim Gidon and Eyal Yanilov are the most well-known advocates of the discipline in Israel, and are involved with spreading Krav Maga across the world. Haim Gidon hosts several international seminars every year in Netanya Israel. Eyal spends most of his time writing Krav Maga instruction books and teaching seminars across the globe.

Krav Maga

Krav Maga is taught to all ages and abilities, at community centers, schools, and clubs throughout the world. Krav Maga is taught to Sky Marshals, commercial airline crews, and has expanded outside the borders of Israel and is very successful in the United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, France, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia, Italy, Poland, Japan, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand. Many United States local law enforcement, federal agencies, state police, SWAT and other special operations teams have been taught Krav Maga.

KM Worldwide

Krav Maga Worldwide Enterprises and the Krav Maga Association of America are the primary advocates of Krav Maga in the USA and have pioneered its use by law enforcement personnel. Chief Instructor, Mr. Darren R. Levine, is a Senior Deputy District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles’s Crimes Against Peace Officers Section (CAPOS), a special unit dedicated to prosecuting violent crimes. David Kahn heads the Israeli Krav Maga Association branch in the United States in New York and has authored the book Krav Maga published in 2004. Other organizations and their members that have been trained in Krav Maga include, but are not limited to the following:

• Federal Bureau of Investigations
• United States Marine Corps
• United States Marshals Service
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
• Drug Enforcement Administration Arrest and Control Unit
• U.S. Treasury Department
• U.S. Immigration Service
• U.S. State Department
• U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
• U.S. Coast Guard - Port Security Unit
• U.S. Coast Guard - Tactical Law Enforcement
• U.S. Coast Guard - Drug Interdiction
• New York City Police Department
• Illinois State Police
• Chicago Metro Police Department
• Alabama State Police
• Baltimore County Police
• Connecticut State Police
• Pennsylvania State Police
• Texas Department of Public Safety
• Ohio State Highway Patrol
• Florida State Highway Patrol
• California Highway Patrol
• California Department of Justice
• Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
• Los Angeles Police Department Academy
• Santa Monica Police Department
• El Segundo Police Department
• Beverly Hills Police Department
• Burbank Police Department
• Pasadena Police Department
• New Jersey State Police
• New Athens Police Department
• National Police of Iran

Nowadays, this system is trained world wide. The European federation is headed by Richard Douieb, who teaches Krav Maga in Paris. The World Krav Maga Federation gathers seven European countries and is headed by Thierry Viatour.

In addition to the Israel Defense Forces, several other special forces (for example GIGN, FBI, and SWAT) have already adopted this system for their contact combat.

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Our integrated training program for law enforcement incorporates elements from Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) and Hapkido.  This program is carefully-integrated for versatility, meaning that similar defensive principles apply to a variety of hostile situations. Therefore, the system can be learned in a relatively short period of instruction. 


The system is designed to train large numbers of personnel at one time. The techniques are easy to retain with minimal review and can be performed under extreme stress. The Krav Maga System has been highly praised by defensive tactics instructors from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as hand to hand combat trainers from special units of the military.  Jeet Kune Do has been used to train elite units such as the US Navy SEALS.  Hapkido (Hwarang Do) and BJJ (Modern Army Combatives) has been taught to US Army Rangers and Special Forces Green Beret.

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The team at USA Martial Arts and Nottingham Sword & Shield (NTS TACTICAL) appreciates the commitment and contribution that Police Officers make to our community. Come in and try a free class and ask about our discount for Police Officers.
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