“I do not teach classes, I do not teach martial arts, even though  I am a 6th Dan in Kukkiwon Taekwondo registered in South Korea and a qualified instructor, judge and referee with British Taekwondo.

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.  The Lymer Self-Defence course is legally defensible, which means you are bang on in terms of what you can and cannot do.  I teach self-defence, simple, direct and pure.  I have been involved in self-defence since the mid-1980s.

The Lymer Personal Safety (PS) and Situational Awareness (SA) modules address the importance of not getting into a conflict situation in the first place and give you methods and strategies to foresee potentially serious situations from occurring.  Essentially, it’s all about avoidance and keeping safe, reducing the risk and likelihood of you (and your loved ones) from becoming a target to would be attackers.  This is where your PS and SA skill-set comes into play.  Physical use of force responses should be the last line of your (self) defence.  This is important to understand.

It’s function over form.  Without giving too much away, elevated heart rate reduces your cognitive processes and reaction time, plus, having multiple choices to a stimulus will only add to your inability to react.  You can also forget fine and complex motor-skill movement.  Add the physiological and psychological aspects present with the adrenaline dump (fight or flight) into the mix and let’s see how much you remember and which responses you prefer when you’re emotionally highjacked.  The answer is quite obvious.  That’s why what I teach is easy to learn, easy to remember and more importantly, easy to recall.

Amateurs talk technique, professionals talk strategy.

You will gain knowledge and an understanding how the mind and body responds to high levels of arousal/anxiety when faced with conflict.    Aspects covered include the law, reasonable force, fight or flight, pre-emption and motor-learning and performance, to name a few.  PS, SA and SD are not mutually exclusive or on a continuum.  They are dynamic and in constant flux…ever changing at a moments notice or with no notice at all.”