Hard Target Self Defense Seminar

Wise Warrior Gym presents Hard Target - Become a hard target for crime with our award-winning, single-day self defense seminar. Put the full spectrum of functional self defense in your back pocket, ready if you need it.

“The Wise Warrior Gym is a training center and community for cultivating self-awareness, advancing personal well-being and fitness as well as facilitating student camaraderie. We believe the martial art and combative systems are the vehicles to achieve this." – Calen Paine, Wise Warrior & Owner, Edmonton

What will you learn?

Effective for law enforcement & security. But designed for a citizen’s perspective.

Our objective is to enhance your survivability in real world confrontation and violence.

We do this with our functional curriculum, developed from over 2 decades of empirical, tried-and-tested training in personal protection, safety, and security.

This has been distilled into one day of self defense training for the everyday person: the Hard Target Seminar.

Seminars are presented in a fun, lively, engaging format while thoroughly preparing you to protect yourself and your loved ones.

In a single day, receive immediate-impact, full-spectrum training you can rely on immediately.

• Feel safer and more confident out in the world, travelling abroad, or just living your life
• Learn to strategically handle yourself in the face of confrontation with a built-in plan of action
• Gain more peace of mind knowing the skills you learned in the classroom work in the real world

100% of participants...

100% of participants surveyed felt more confident, empowered, and prepared to defend themselves in a broad range of scenarios after taking this training.

Who takes the Hard Target Seminar?

• Complete beginners looking for thorough, short-term training in reality-based self defense
• Professionals working in law enforcement, security, human services, or jobs requiring travel
• Individuals experiencing a current or potential threat to their safety
• Families that want to train together and stay safe together
• Individuals interested in an introduction crash course before becoming Wise Warrior members

It's Not Just WHAT You Learn, But How You Train

We know the training methodology can make or break the effectiveness of the skills you're taught. After more than 2 decades of constant evolution, we know not only what to teach but how to teach it.

Our goal is to pass on a tried-and-tested system using a training methodology that delivers results in the fastest, safest, most direct way.

And we do this while promoting empowerment not fear and while having a whole lot of fun coming together to train.

FAQs

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

This program is targeted toward children ages 9 and older to adults.

What can I bring into the event?

Please bring water, lunch and comfortable clothes for active participation!