Strength Defence is built around repetition and progression.

Core skills such as awareness, movement, positioning, communication and creating space are revisited throughout, while new situations are gradually introduced.
 

WEEK 1 - FOUNDATIONS & WRIST GRABS

Personal space, awareness, movement, protective positioning, communication and escaping a wrist grab.
 
Week 2 – Pushing & Creating Space

Revisiting wrist grabs, dealing with pushes, maintaining balance and learning different ways to create distance.
 
Week 3 – Grabs, Pulling & Clothing

Responding to arm and clothing grabs, pulling and attempts to restrict movement.
 
Week 4 – Breaking Control

Regaining balance and position, breaking another person's control and finding another option when the first response doesn't work.
 

Week 5 – Protecting Yourself

Using movement, positioning, blocks and covering to protect against physical attacks and create opportunities to move away.

Week 6 – Creating an Opportunity

Introducing simple physical responses when necessary to create space and get away safely.

Week 7 – Combining Responses

Combining grabs, pushes, movement and protective responses as situations change.

Week 8 – Different Situations & Environments

Applying the same skills from different positions, directions and environments, including restricted spaces and contact from behind.

Week 9 – Scenario Application

Using realistic scenarios to develop independent decision-making and the ability to adapt when circumstances change.
 
Week 10 – Strength Defence Challenge

Bringing everything together through controlled scenarios to demonstrate awareness, confidence, decision-making and the ability to create space and move to safety.
 
The skills don't simply change each week — they are repeated, developed and tested in increasingly varied situations throughout the programme.