Functional Urban Combat
Functional Urban Combat will be teaching in Eastbourne.
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or Self Defence Workshop
offered by many Martial Arts Schools and Gym's as a way to get new members.
If you've tried Self Defence before and it didn't work, there's probably a very simple reason for that. If you want to know what it could be, click the button below.
Why Previous Self Defence Training
May Not Have Worked
If you previously attended a self defence class at a gym, martial arts club, or workplace and walked away feeling disappointed, you are not alone — and more importantly, it probably was not your fault.
Many people unknowingly take part in what is essentially a marketing campaign rather than receiving a genuine education in personal protection.
Self Defence Workshops in Gyms
Many gyms partner with franchise self defence groups or local martial arts instructors to run short workshops or seminars inside their facilities.
On the surface, these events look impressive:
- Hitting pads.
- Practising choreographed drills.
- Simulated attacks with foam sticks or “pool noodles”.
- Group photos and matching t-shirts.
They are designed to be fun, energetic, and memorable.
However, the real purpose is often customer acquisition.
The self defence workshop brings people into the venue, and in return the gym is able to market trial memberships to everyone who attends — without needing to spend money on their own advertising campaign.
You have probably seen the pattern before:
“We’ve convinced the gym owner to give everyone a free 14-day trial membership!”
This benefits both businesses:
- The gym gains potential long-term members.
- The workshop organisers gain paying students for what is sometimes nothing more than a few hours of fun & games.
There is nothing inherently wrong with businesses marketing themselves — but problems arise when people believe they are receiving genuine real-world protection training when they are actually participating in a lead-generation event.
Martial Arts Classes and the “Student Journey”
Many martial arts schools also use self defence as a marketing tool.
Typically, beginners are shown techniques that work well in a controlled class environment with cooperative training partners. This creates confidence and enjoyment early on.
But many people quickly discover something important:
The techniques often fail when tested outside the class on someone who is resisting naturally and unpredictably.
When this happens, students are commonly told:
- Their timing was wrong.
- Their technique needs refining.
- They simply need more classes.
- They need to continue their “student journey”.
The reality is that many schools are structured around long-term memberships and recurring monthly payments. As a result, students are often given just enough information to stay interested, but not enough to develop reliable real-world capability quickly.
This is one reason why so many people spend years training yet still lack confidence in their ability to handle genuine violence.
Workplace Self Defence Training
Workplace self defence or control-and-restraint training faces a different problem.
Businesses have legal responsibilities to protect staff, but they also need to reduce the risk of excessive-force claims or injuries caused during confrontations.
As a result, workplace training usually focuses heavily on:
- De-escalation.
- Policy compliance.
- Health and safety procedures.
- Low-liability restraint methods.
While some of this training has value, it is rarely designed to prepare someone for the speed, aggression, and unpredictability of real street violence.
In many environments, it becomes more of a compliance exercise than a complete personal protection solution.
The Important Thing to Understand
If previous training failed you, that does not mean you are incapable of learning to protect yourself.
In many cases, you were simply never taught within a system genuinely designed for real-world violence.
A large number of franchise self defence instructors receive only very limited instructor education themselves — sometimes as little as just THREE days of training — which naturally limits the depth of knowledge they can pass on.
Real personal protection requires more than memorising techniques or attending occasional workshops.
It requires a system of combative principles and techniques specifically designed to keep you — and your loved ones — safe from the violence found on the streets of modern society.
That is very different from:
- Fitness-based classes.
- Membership-driven martial arts programmes.
- Corporate compliance training.
- Entertainment-focused workshops.
Understanding that difference is often the first step toward finding training that genuinely works.
Functional Urban Combat is. . .
A system of combative principles and techniques specifically designed to keep you (and your loved ones) safe from the violence found on the streets of modern society.
Our unique method of teaching ensures you can absorb the principles and techniques very quickly and use them from day one!
Should you apply to join?
In recent years have you noticed . . .
You now feel less comfortable when you go out in public?
You try to stay home after dark?
You've started taking a longer route to avoid people/areas of town?
You're now more concerned about the safety of your loved ones than you were just a few years ago?
If you answerd yes to any of these, you should probably consider applying.
F.A.Q.
No, this is a five day intensive course that will run Monday - Friday, with each session scheduled for 60-90 minutes a day. (Depending on how much progress we make in the session.)
Training this way, in a small group environment, allows you to retain more information when compared to large classes training once or twice a week as seen in most commercial gyms.
The added bonus of intensive training like this is, as it's only five days long, you don't need to make any long term commitment/lifestyle changes.
Once our training dates in Eastbourne are complete, we will be moving to another town to offer our assistance there, meaning there's. . .
If you're concerned you may not be fit enough for this type of training, don't worry about that right now as this course will focus on the principles and how techniques work.
Whilst being fit will help in the event of an attack, it's not a requirement to learning what we teach.
This course is about conveying to you the knowledge you need, you can then work on your fitness over time. (We can give you a quick and simple routine that will help you develop the specific type of fitness you will need to defend yourself in the event of an attack.)
For those that decide to apply, should your application be accepted, you will NOT learn. . .
Whilst these techniques may look good when training with a compliant partner in a gym, your attacker will be anything but compliant.
Trying to restrain a armed attacker is too dangerous. If you dont believe me, watch some YouTube videos of how the police deal with armed attackers. They use tasers or just shoot them because in the right hands, at close range, a knife is every bit as dangerous as a gun.
When you get attacked and the adrenaline kicks in, without years of training, your chances of remembering a specific punching combination is significantly reduced. For this reason you will learn to use techniques that more closely resemble your natural instincts for a more reliable solution.
You WILL learn
With correct body mechanics it's possible for anyone to generate phenominal power in their strikes, often doubling their current striking power in a few short minutes.
When you know where, and more importantly, how to hit a neurological target, the human body becomes increadily fragile.
If a knife dis-arming technique takes more than a second to move the knife from the attackers hand, to your hand, it's not going to work in a real attack. (Simply knocking the knife out of the attackers hand means they now have just as much chance of picking it up to use it again as you do!)
When you understand how to use leverage and correct body mechanics, limbs on the human body become extremely fragile.
Runnning away is always good advice, but there are times when it's just not possible. In those instances, your sitaution awreness could be the deciding factor.
I am not going to tell you that having completed this course you will invincible, that would be a lie, but I would be willing to bet your chances of surviving a real life attack on the street (Not in a sporting environment such as a cage or a ring where rules would apply, but in a real attack), will be significantly higher than a typical Modern Day Martial Artist that has trainied weekly at a Commercial Marial arts Club for the past 3-5 years.
This is because this system focuses solely on you surviving the real attack situation and is taught in a small group environment, compared to most Martial Artists that train in a larger group and they might only train for the Art/Tradition, for grades, or for competition? Very few train solely for their personal safety.
In this course there are no rules, no tradition, just survival principles hat some people may find distasteful, even upsetting, but in the event of a real attack, they are essential if you want to be safe!
Please, only apply to join us if this is the type of training you are looking for.
Yes we offer a 100% Money Back Guarantee!
I am confident this course will help 97% of those that attend.
However, if you feel you may be in the remaining 3%, maybe you're very experienced in Martial Arts or maybe you're a Martial Arts Instructor with decades of experience yourself, you can choose to purchase a 100% money back guarantee IF you feel you need it?
This guarantee does come at a higher price point, but if you need the extra security, it's available for you.
Puchasing this option does not mean you get different training to everyone else, everyone gets the same training, this option is just for those that doubt our ability to help them.
Having paid the higher price, if after the first session you decide this training is not for you, we will give you a full refund.
However, if you feel this is something that can help you and you wish to continue with the rest of the training, you will need to put the higher price you have paid down to a humbling experience, a reminder that we can all learn something new! . . . Fair enough?
IMPORTANT: Before we go any further, you should be aware that this is NOT a sport. This is training for when your life is at risk, for when you firmly believe, 100%, beyond all doubt, that you have no choice . . .
You either fight back, or you will die!
If I was to tell you that I personally believe . . . It's better to have the knowledge and the ability to defend yourself (and hope you never need to use it), than to need to defend yourself, but to be helplessly unable to do so,
. . . would you agree with me?
If you agree, keep reading because what we teach, might be available to you?
This system is available to. . .
Over 18's Only
Due to the potential danger to life should the techniques taught be abused, it would be irresponsible to teach anyone under 18 or with on-going mental health issues.
Some Parents. (But not all)
Ask any parent and they will tell you they would do anything to protect their child.
Unfortunately many of them seem to assume that, just because they're a parent, they'll instinctively know what to do in the event of a violent attack despite having had ZERO TRAINING to prepare for it.
If the worst ever happened to you, would you rather hope you could protect your child. . . or know you gave yourself the best possible chance?
If you are the type of parent that will do anything to keep their child safe, apply now to learn the combative principles and techniques we teach to make sure you have the best chance of protecting yourself and your child in a worst case situation, tap the button below right now to submit your application.
If you are the type of parent that will do anything to keep their child safe, apply now to learn the combative principles and techniques we teach to make sure you have the best chance of protecting yourself and your child in a worst case situation, click the button below right now to submit your application.
Men & Women who want to be safe:
Violence is fast, chaotic and unforgiving. Unlike a typical Self Defence class, we don't teach the elaborate, specific punching combinations that look impressive because without years of training, the moment you're attacked and the adrenaline kicks in, you'll throw your first punch and then you'll probably forget which one comes next . . . was it another jab? No wait, it was a cross, . . . or was it a hook? Maybe it was a uppercut???? . . . by the time you remember, you're just another statistic of violent crime in the UK hoping the paramedics can save your life!
This course is built around practical combative principles that just work because in a real attack, one mistake can cost you your life!
Our goal with this training is simple: Help you to develop effective combative capability and the mindset to recognise and manage danger before it escalates.
If you want to learn the combative principles and techniques we teach to make sure you have the best chance of protecting yourself as you walk home from work, after a night out or when you're away on holiday, tap the button below right now to submit your application.
If you want to learn the combative principles and techniques we teach to make sure you have the best chance of protecting yourself as you walk home from work, after a night out or when you're away on holiday, click the button below right now to submit your application.
When purchasing a place on one of our courses, we offer a 100% money back guarantee option to anyone that feels they need it.
Do YOU need this training?
When it comes to being attacked, a lot of people under-estimate what a 'Worst Case Scenario' could be and think this type of training just isn't necessary.
To help you decide if you should consider applying for a space on this course, there are '7 Questions' below that lead to a 'Worst Case Scenario'. All you have to do is give what YOU believe are 100% truthful answers to find out if you think you should apply. . .
Just because we don't like the answer to a question, doesnt mean it's not true!
Question #1.
If you were out with your family or your partner, do you think there is there a chance you could get attacked and/or robbed?
Question #2.
If you were attacked/robbed, do you think your attacker may have a knife or another weapon?
Question #3.
If your attacker has a knife or a weapon, do you think there is a chance you or your loved one may get hurt and need urgent medical treatment?
It's at this point that a lot of people think THIS is the 'Worst Case Scenario'. They mistakenly think that losing their phone, their money and needing hospital treatment is as bad as it gets, but unfortuneately it could get far worse!
Question #4.
If you or your loved one didn't get that medical treatment in time, do you think the injuries from a knife attack could be fatal?
Question #5.
If you were out with your child and your injuries were fatal, do you think your child could be taken by your attacker?
. . . do you think your answers to these questions might be a bit worse than losing your phone, your money and spending a few days in hospital? - I do.
Question #6.
Do you think learning a system of combative principles and techniques might improve your chances of surviving an attack? (I really can't see how it could possibly reduce your chances of survival, can you?)
My final question is . . .
Question #7.
If learning what we teach is going to increase the chances of you, your loved one, or your child, walking away from an attack, can you think of a reason not to apply for our training today?