Workshops

Workshops

Our Self Defence Workshops are available online or in person and can be tailored for schools, universities, corporate organisations and community groups across Dubai and the UAE.

Each mapped to the KHDA Wellbeing Matters Framework and the MSC Curriculum Framework

 

Speak Up, Stay Safe

A practical online safety session for young people aged 10–15, covering verbal assertiveness, situational awareness and digital safety. This session gives students the non-physical skills they need to recognise risk and respond with confidence, both online and in everyday life.

What the session covers:

  • Situational awareness and the Crime Triangle

  • The 5 Simple Safety Tips: body language, safe words and de-escalation

  • Boundary setting: recognising and communicating personal limits

  • Fight, Flight or Freeze: understanding the body’s natural threat response

  • Using your voice: verbal assertiveness as a safety tool

  • Lying to survive: using deception appropriately in unsafe situations

  • Online safety: trolling, harassment and digital threats

 

Go Prepared

Preparing teenagers for university and independent living. Designed for students age 16+

Topics include:

  • Boundary setting in new social and relationship environments

  • Fight, Flight or Freeze: understanding the body’s threat response

  • Consent: what it means, when it is not valid, and why it matters

  • Drink spiking: prevention and response

  • Transport safety: verified travel, positioning and assertiveness

  • Being followed: a step-by-step response

  • Sexual Predators: including Grooming & Coercive Control

  • Lying to survive and de-escalation

  • Image-based abuse and AI: deepfakes, non-consensual sharing, dating apps and digital safety

Our self-defence workshops in Dubai combine practical techniques with clear, age-appropriate advice on awareness, confidence and personal safety. Sessions are interactive, supportive and led by experienced instructors. Participants learn how to recognise risk, set boundaries, respond calmly under pressure and make safer choices at school, work, social events and when travelling independently.

Contact Us for details
For enquiries please contact us directly at hello@impulseselfdefence.com

 

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