Archive for the Self-defence Category

June 7, 2010 / Body Language, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / Darren Good

Attack rituals – We need to trust our instincts if we are to avoid being attacked

All killers go through an attack ritual before they start their attack – I have talked at length about these types of rituals before on the blog. In my previous post I talked about the three types o

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May 19, 2010 / Self-defence, Tips, Violence / Darren Good

Positional Asphyxia and how not to restrain someone?

There was a sad story in the media this week about a shoplifter who unfortunately died in police custody. These stories are always sad and I don’t know how the person in this particular case died bu

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May 14, 2010 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, Self-defence / Darren Good

Can e-learning courses help in conflict resolution? The pros and cons

In my opinion, e-learning does have a place in Conflict Resolution Training but its not the panacea. At GoodSense we do offer a number of e-learning courses which help fill a gap and give someone a

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May 5, 2010 / Prison Service, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / Darren Good

Prison officers deserve regular good quality self defence training

The recent shocking and violent attack in Armley prison on a prison officer tells me that the officers are still very vulnerable in what is still a very dangerous job. He was reportedly looking after

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