Welcome
Self-defence is a ‘legal term’.
Self-defence is not a combat sport.
Self-defence is not martial arts.
If you study combat sports or martial arts looking to defend yourself…legally…good luck. Our self-defence course is legally defensible, which means you are bang on in terms of what you can and cannot do.
Lymer Self Defence – London offer courses and information on personal safety, situational awareness, conflict management and self-defence. We provide these courses to both private and public sector businesses and employees.
Check out our introduction video...
Find out more below and if you have any questions, please feel free to book a call or contact us.
Welcome
Self-defence is a ‘legal term’.
Self-defence is not a combat sport.
Self-defence is not martial arts.
If you study combat sports or martial arts looking to defend yourself…legally…good luck. Our self-defence course is legally defensible, which means you are bang on in terms of what you can and cannot do.
Lymer Self Defence – London offer courses and information on personal safety, situational awareness, conflict management and self-defence. We provide these courses to both private and public sector businesses and employees.
Check out our introduction video...
Find out more below and if you have any questions, please feel free to book a call or contact us.
“Personal safety, situational awareness and conflict management skills should be the first line of defence in the prevention of use of force responses. By increasing your personal safety, situational awareness and conflict management skills, you will increase your confidence and self-esteem AND decrease the likelihood of becoming a victim and decrease the need to use self-defence responses in the first place.”
Richard Lymer
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Did You Know
There were over 242,084 violent crime offences recorded by the Police in London in 2022/23 a slight decrease when compared with the previous reporting year. From a low of 186,488 violent crimes in 2015/16, violent crime has increased in almost every year, with the exception of the most recent year, and the 2020/21 reporting year.
Overall Offences Also Rising
The overall crime figures for London also show a trend of increasing crime in the UK capital, reaching 912.76 thousand crime offences by 2019/20. These include homicides and knife crime offences which both experienced a year-on-year increase in 2019/20.
Funds Rising Again
The amount budgeted for the Metropolitan Police by the Mayor of London for 2020/21 was 3.89 billion British pounds, the highest figure since 2012/13 when it was 3.62 billion. If this will be enough to reverse the trend of rising crime or continue increasing police officers numbers in London remains to be seen.
Teaching Women Self-Defence Is Still The Best Way To Reduce Sexual Assaults
A landmark research study (Violence Against Women 2014, Vol.20(3) 252-269) has proven that teaching women self-defence tactics reduces the risk of sexual assault.
The landmark research study, found that training which focuses on teaching women how to detect risk in situations that could lead to sexual assault and defend themselves when necessary, reduced the rate of rape among participants by nearly 50 per cent and are more confident in their ability to effectively resist assault than similar women who have not undergone training.
London Violent Crime Statistics 2023
Annual crime rate in London region is 29.9 crimes per annum per 1000 workday people as of October 2023. Compared to the national crime rate, London’s crime rate is at 84%. Violent crime makes up 22.7% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of “violent crime” is 260k, and this number has increased by 1.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2022 – September 2023. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 43.3% over the last twelve months.
Self-Defence
Our Most Popular Course For Businesses and employees
“The defensive use of physical force for the purpose of preventing an actual or imminent threat of unlawful violence against the person with the aim of creating a window of opportunity to escape the threat.”