Fast Defense

All FAST Defense classes require pre-registration.
Class size is limited to 20 students in the kids classes, and 12 students in the adult classes.
Contact Mr. Thompson for registration – athompson@familykaratepq.com

All FAST Defense seminars are held at our sister school in Carmel Valley.
MMA Academy
11777 Sorrento Valley Rd.
San Diego 92121

The above video clip is my FAST Defense instructor explaining FAST Defense.

I have had the privilege of training in the martial arts and self defense for 27 years, and teaching martial arts and self defense for  20 years. I have studied many different styles and systems to be able to bring back the best of the best to my students.

We are deeply committed to helping our students and their families learn to be strong people, both mentally and physically.

Many years ago, in the quest to bring the most realistic training possible to our students, we researched many different reality based systems. We ended up in the Rocky Mountains at a training camp experiencing our first FAST Defense experience. We were blown away by this training!

We not only wanted to bring this training back to San Diego, we felt we were obligated to do so.

What we found is that the FAST Defense system is not just a great compliment to a martial artist’s training, but an amazing self defense system all on its own!

The FAST methodology is based on the physical, neurological, and psychological responses we all experience in  high stress, confrontational, and dangerous situations.

The reality is this. Your body, and mind, perform different under stress and the adrenaline dump that it experiences in a real situation, than it does in logical and rational day to day activities.

Through scenario based training, the FAST methodology teaches the student how to deal with what actually happens to the mind and body. It teaches the student how to use the fear and stress we naturally experience in these situations and use it as the rocket fuel to do what we have to do to stay safe.

FAST training only deals with what you can actually do in a real situation.

FAST training is also a lot of fun!

We offer a couple of different ways for you, and your kids, to experience FAST training.

Come find out why students of FAST  say that after they have this training they “feel like they are walking taller!”

For Adults

Seminar Format - FAST Defense Seminars are amazing one day events. Check our schedule for upcoming classes.

For Children

FAST C.A.T.S. – FAST Defense for Kids

Every day our children are in DANGER ZONES where inappropriate and sometimes violent behavior occurs. FASTDefense teaches children how to overcome the natural fear and excitement of a confrontation and deal with it properly.

Anti-Bully Training: This program teaches children creative and powerful skills to deal with difficult situations that they may have to face. Using non-violent strategies, children learn how to effectively avoid, control and de-escalate a bully’s aggression.

Stranger Danger Training: FAST Cats teaches children how to avoid unwelcome attention from adult predators. Children learn avoidance, how to use their voice and body language to make them less likely victims, and how to fight off an adult predator using full force strikes and kicks against our bulletman padded assailants!

FAST C.A.T.S. uses scenario based training in a dynamic environment to teach children to be assertive and safe.