Man vs woman equals overwhelming odds and man vs child is beyond overwhelming. We teach the general public differently than how we teach law enforcement. we teach LE differently from how we teach women and we teach women very differently then I teach all the above.
The dynamic of a sexual assault is that you are going to be grabbed and taken somewhere or you are going to be grabbed and brought down to the ground. If sexual assault is the immediate intent, you will be on the ground in seconds. During the training in our program we place women in positions they would find themselves in should the be the victim of a kidnapping, domestic violence or sexual assault. Not being familiar with this range in an assault is a huge disadvantage.
This program was developed by my partner Brad Parker. He was approached by by a group of survivors or sexual assault, domestic violence and kidknapping. Being a long time martial artist he began teaching them some very cool martial arts techniques. He quickly discovered 2 things. 1. That after a 60 to 90 min period the women were not able to retain the techniques and or execute them effectively. 2. he was teaching the women how to fight like a man. He reversed the process and began teaching the woman how to "fight like a girl" using their bigger more powerful weapons against a man's most vulnerable areas, relying on 3 things leverage, technique and timing. In essence the survivors in this class dictated to us what really worked. They were in essence a controlled experiment on the develooment of techniques and stratagies that worked in real life assaults. This group became very proficient and more importantly, empowered! Take note that a large and very important portion of our program is education and empowerment (avoidance, awareness & escape)
This program is not a MA program but rather a women's specific self defense program. Also considered was male vs male and the dynamic of a street fight. If you have ever observed a street fight you will observe that men have a reptilian like brain. During a street fight a guy strikes and another guy strikes back, guy kicks and the guy kicks back, guy bites and the guy bites back. We know that through evolution and genetics we see, in general, men a bigger, stronger and more pain tolerant in this dynamic. That being said when a woman strikes a man she will likely be struck back and likely 10 times harder. It would be foolish to play into a man's strengths. Again using a woman's strong points against a man's weak points.
As with most everything that is exceptional, state of the art or cutting edge we sometimes see criticism. That usually comes about because of a number of reasons. Either the person making the criticism has little knowledge of the subject, for example they may have limited knowledge on the subject, they may be a weekend warrior or dabbled in the martial arts for a couple of months or a few of years, maybe they watched the UFC or WWF. Sometimes we see traditional martial artists that are so brain washed that they can't see outside the box. In modern thinking many believe, as I do, that if you're not thinking outside the box, well, you're just not thinking.
People from all walks of life are teaching our program across the country and around the world. police Officers from LAPD to NYPD teach our program, high level martial from all walks of life, some of which are national or world champions.
A couple of bullet on Steve Kardians's resume!
- More than 30 years in LE. Former MC Officer, Detective, Sergeant and Chief Investigator. Currently a Contractor for the Justice Dept. handling high profile prisoners (Terrorists, murders, drug lord). Investigated thousands of crimes against the women.
- Training police and military for the past 34 years across the country and around the world.
- Professional speaker for 25 years. Lectured at more than 100 colleges and university's. Worked for CAMPUSPEAK for 5 years.
- Hired by local, state, federal and International LE. Have trained thousand of LE officers, hero's and warriors.
- Use of force expert. Consulted by attorneys on State and Federal cases.
- Former certified consultant to the NYS Dept. of Criminal Justice.
- Hired as an expert witness in a high profile sexual assault case.
- Creator of the Less Than Lethal tactics and ground control for law enforcement.
- Safety, law enforcement and of force consultant for CNN, HLN, Fox News, Inside Edition and others. Contributed to safety articles in USA Today, New York Times, New Your Post, Wall Street Journal, Cosmo, Sports Illustrated, Real Simple, All About You, and others.
- Approached by the UFC to be a plaintiff in a law suit to legalized MMA in NYS. Currently a plaintiff.
- Martial art's practitioner since 1977. Black belt kyokushin karate, Muay Thai Coach, Early American Gracie Black Belt, Associate Instructor under Erik Paulson Combat Submission Wrestling.. One of Dan Inosanto top JKD instructors.
- Co owner of Defend University and the Women's Self Defense Institute.k
