It's About How You Train Not About How Often You Train

The system of training we use is called F.I.S.T (Fighters Instinctive Scenario Training) and condition stimulus training, a way of training that is used by the FBI, CIA and by the military.  By training this way we accelerate the way you learn self defense, minimizing your training time by maximizing your muscle memory capabilities.

We train you in a safe environment that is as close as possible to a violent situation. Half of the training center is set up in an apartment setting (we also simulate street and bar settings) furnished with a couch, coffee table, tubeless TV, stereo, kitchen table and chairs. Objects in the training center are made of light plastic, sponge and of sugar glass so students know how to use their immediate environments as weapons at there disposal without injuring themselves and training partners and without holding back when training.

All students are required to wear an old pair of street shoes or boots, jeans and shirt as they would normally wear when out on the street. This teaches you how to fight with restrictive clothing on so when you need to protect yourself on the streets you are not slow in speed, off balanced or feel a restriction of movement when your fighting someone due to what you are wearing.

Research has shown by training this way, you decrease your odds of becoming a victim of violence because you are better prepared to defend yourself. Through condition stimulus training you become used to the stimulus of fighting with restrictive clothing on and fighting in tight crowed furnished rooms, where you know how to use the objects around you as weapons to your advantage.