A Pause for Thought on Day 1
Our mid-day session on Day 1 of the 2015 Dynamis FES Trainer Programme was a superb, on-point talk about training women and girls in self-defence — delivered by sector guru Ellen Snortland, author of Beauty Bites Beast and its accompanying 2015 documentary film of the same name.
How important self-defence training is to everyone.
We have nine new, excellent trainers joining our “9 Attitudes” community this week. Hearing this message was powerful and motivating for our Functional Edge System personal safety instructors — a reminder of why this work matters.
✅ Nine new trainers joined the Dynamis ‘9 Attitudes’ community this week, strengthening our Functional Edge System instructor team.
Gerard O’Dea is a conflict management, personal safety, and physical interventions training consultant. He is the training director for Dynamis, a specialist provider of personal safety, conflict resolution, and violence management programmes, and the European Adviser for ‘Verbal Defense and Influence’, a global programme addressing the spectrum of human conflict. www.dynamis.training