Comedy, Resilience and Being Offended (Video)

Two Old Guys Chewing The Fat – Part 1 – Comedy, Resilience and Being Offended

Trevel and I have known each other for many years and in this video we talk about some of the strange things we regularly come across.

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Woman suing self-defence school for £40,000 as hamstring is ripped from bone by an aggressive trainer

Woman suing self-defence school for £40,000 as hamstring ‘ripped from bone’ by ‘aggressive’ trainer

(As reported in the Daily Mirror on the 8th June 2022 and you can read the news article here – https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-suing-self-defence-school-27178581)

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Why Mapping Over To Us Makes Sense

Read This If You Are a PI Trainer. Why Mapping Over To Us Makes Sense.

Some of you may be experiencing problems in being able to get a PI (Physical Intervention) Trainer Refresher Course.

Or you may be fed up with the restrictive license conditions imposed by your training provider that you are bound by (which may be costing you lost business opportunities, wasted time and money).

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How The SAS Breached RNAS Culdrose Defences (Video)

The True Story About ‘Taff-In-The-Box’ And How The SAS Breached RNAS Culdrose Defences (Video)

In 1977 I was a 17 year-old Royal Navy trainee with only six months service based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose (HMS Seahawk) in Cornwall (not Devon Lofty!).

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Can You Defend Yourself Against A Child Who Is Under The Age of Criminal Intent (Video)

Can You Defend Yourself Against A Child Who Is Under The Age of Criminal Intent?

I recently had a conversation with someone who told me that their wife is having to have her neck surgically re-built with bone taken from other parts of her body.

The injury was caused by an eight-year-old child violently pulling the member of staff’s hair causing the person’s head to jerk back violently.

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Why The Term ‘Least Restrictive’ Has Nothing To Do With Physical or Mechanical Restraint

Why The Term ‘Least Restrictive’ Has Nothing To Do With Physical or Mechanical Restraint

Every now and then I hear someone stating things like “Staff must use the least restrictive method when restraining a patient” etc.

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Don’t Blame Staff When You Provide Them With a System With Failure Built In (HSG48)

Don’t Blame Staff When You Provide Them With a System With Failure Built in (HSG48)

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Do You Do MAPA Physical Intervention Training (Video)

Do You Do MAPA Physical Intervention Training?

This is another question I regularly get asked.

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What is PMVA Training and Do You Deliver PMVA Trainer Training (Video)

“What is PMVA Training and Do You Deliver PMVA Trainer Training?”

These are questions I constantly get asked.

So, what does PMVA mean?

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Who Would Be Held Liable For Giving Illegal Information and Training (Video)

Who would be liable for giving illegal information and instruction (with regards to physical intervention, self-defence, handcuffing, etc.)?

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