What do we do?

The personal protection system taught by the NUI Maynooth Self-Defence Club is based in Jiu-Jitsu and American Kenpo, supplemented by principles from Chinese and Filipino martial arts and European boxing methodology. The instructors teach a blending of realistic, "no-frills" techniques where the safety of our students, both inside and outside training, is paramount. Wasteful movements and unrealistic fine motor control-based joint manipulations are removed entirely in favour of gross motor function techniques and stress habituation drills, designed by law enforcement and military agencies to be useable across a range of combat stress levels. Our personal protection programme is fully modular, with Level 1 designed to be taught over eight concurrent ninety-minute classes. Each lesson builds on the knowledge gained in the previous lesson and gradually introduces students to the stresses associated with modern personal-protection situations such as muggings, street attacks, etc.

The regular Self-Defence Club class schedule is supplemented by regular seminars, workshops and cross-training sessions taught by guest instructors from a variety of martial arts backgrounds. This further contributes to the flexibility and versatility that has become the trademark of NUI Maynooth Self-Defence Club students.

The core aims of the NUIM Self-Defence club are:

A) To instill in our students the confidence and poise of a person aware of his or her physical, mental, and spiritual capabilities and limitations.
B) To provide an effective alternative to the combative mindset preached by other similar systems while not allowing the students' abilities to protect themselves to suffer.

Tony Salveta & Darryl Murray
Instructors, NUIM Self-Defence Club.

Want to know more? Check out our F.A.Q. for a more detailed description of what we do, and for the answers to any other questions you might have.

Where do we do it?

The Small Sports Hall, NUI Maynooth.

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When do we do it?

Our Modular Personal Protection Course runs every Thursday night, 20:00 - 22:00, starting in October 2007. For other classes, see our timetable.

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