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Regardless of the "Three C's" - (Country, Color and Culture), the Teachers of Defense will not form a relationship, professional or otherwise, with the tenets of racism or any institution that harbors racist ideas.

How safe do you feel when you are at home? How about when you are away from home? Violent crimes occur everyday in our society. Some people say that no one can do anything about that. They purport that nothing can be done. We don't agree! In most situations that people encounter on the street there IS something that you can do.
That is why we are here. We want to show you what CAN be done when you are attacked. We want you to live knowing that you CAN do something to stop an attacker from harming you. No one can guarantee that absolutely no harm will come to you. If you are attacked, there's a good chance that you will suffer some injury. But we want to teach you how to minimize the chance that you will be harmed seriously, if even at all!
You may ask, isn't that martial arts? Yes...and no. If you go to a martial arts school, chances are they will want to teach you a specific martial art and then tell you that you can use it for self defense. That may be true. However, they only teach you techniques that are specific for that art. There are thousands of different types of martial arts available!! Just look in a phone book and you will be overwhelmed with choices. How do you know which one will be right for you? The answer is the one that will teach you everything that can be taught to save your life! Having trained in a variety of different martial arts, it became evident that no one art has the answer. This is why the Teachers of Defense continueto expand our own knowledge so that we can share it with you.
Some of the styles that we have studied are

Aikido
Escrima
Kali
Arnis
Silat
Grappling
Tae Kwon do
Police Training

Bando
knife fighting
stick fighting
Jujitsu
Wing Chun
Small Circle Jujitsu
Riot Baton
Military Training

One important thing that we noticed as each of us trained in some of the different styles listed is that there is overlap of technique. There are basic defensive, as well as offensive, movements that are present in most of the styles that we have seen. There are slight variations, but most of the time they are the result of individual teaching style or learning a technique only using a certain body type as opposed to trying the same technique on people of different sizes or strengths.
What we want to teach you is the basic self defense movements that will give you the advantage when the need arises for you to defend yourself! Also, we would be happy to show the specifics of any one art if you're interested. Take a look at our "What We Teach" page for a list and small explanation of the arts that we can rank students in!

What's in a Name?

Our name came about from the simple idea that self defense, or the idea of an art of self defense is being lost within our cultural ideas.

Way back in Elizabethan London, a group of commoners taught, the "Art" of self defense to nobility and commoners alike. These individuals called themselves the "Masters of Defense". Though a grandiose title, they lived up to the reputation, not only through dueling, but also by their examples of chivalrous behavior and learned demeanor.

Today, some systems emphasize artistic motion without substance, and others offer a sport/prize fighting mentality, while still others offer physical fitness. We, however, wish to focus on self defense.

This is our goal, not only to teach techniques but to educate the person (who is interested) on the why, what, when and how of the martial/self defense spectrum. Thus we are the Teachers Of Defense.