Specialist Courses
The Courses
Essential personal safety skills for solo travellers and teens abroad.
Fight back when you're trapped inside your vehicle.
Proven tactics against sudden blade attacks.
Rebuilding strength and confidence after violence.
Course One
Travel Safe
Street Smart. World Ready.
The difference between becoming a target and walking away untouched is knowing what to see before it happens.
You look around. Nothing feels familiar — the streets, the colours, even the way the buildings lean against the sky.
Taxi drivers call out in quick bursts, voices sharp and fast, words you don't recognise.
Across the street, a man is watching you.
Not smiling. Not moving. Just watching.
You angle away — slow, casual — and that's when you catch it.
A second figure, falling into step behind you.
The crowd thickens near the station. A shove from behind.
Fingers on your bag. Deliberate.
Your pulse doesn't spike.
Your eyes are already moving.
So is your body.
This is what Travel Safe gives you — the ability to see the setup before it happens, lose a tail in a crowd without breaking stride, and shut down unwanted attention without hesitation. You'll carry yourself so even the boldest scammer thinks twice — in any city, any country, any crowd.
Developed by 13th Degree Black Belt Ninja Rob Baard, Travel Safe isn't theory. It's built from years of living, working, and protecting others across Japan, the USA, Greece, France, and beyond — navigating foreign streets, public transport, language barriers, and real danger. The strategies you learn have been tested in the field, not pulled from a textbook.
You'll walk away knowing how to read and manage new environments fast, recognise what predators look for and avoid becoming a target, project confidence through posture and movement, and stay sharp with practical phone, transport, and social safety skills anywhere in the world.
"I've travelled solo. I've worked in foreign countries. I've protected people overseas. This course gives you what I wish every traveller had before they left." — Rob Baard
When you can read the street like a map, you walk anywhere. Fear no one.
Course Two
Car Defence
Trapped. Trained. Ready.
The difference between making it home and never leaving the car park is knowing exactly what to do — before they're at your door.
The car park is quiet except for the echo of your own footsteps.
Someone is there — lingering amongst the cars near yours. They're not moving toward you, but their head turns, tracking every step you take.
You keep walking, heart steady, pace measured.
The car unlocks with a click. You slide in, doors locking behind you.
Then movement in the mirror — another figure, cutting the distance fast.
And in the same instant, you hear it.
Slow. Close.
A breath from the back seat.
You're not alone.
From spotting a setup in the car park, to using your vehicle as a shield when they're outside, to surviving an ambush inside your own car — Car Defence gives you the instincts and techniques to control every second.
Developed by 13th Degree Black Belt Ninja Rob Baard, this course was forged from years of working late nights, navigating unsafe areas, conducting surveillance, and operating inside vehicles with danger all around. Built and taught specifically for over 15 years, constantly refined through real-world feedback and adapting to changing threat environments.
This is not theory. It's not a padded drill in a gym. It's built from the kind of real situations where hesitation costs everything. You'll know how to strike, shield, and escape in tight spaces, turn seatbelts and headrests into weapons, protect yourself entering or exiting in high-risk zones, and survive carjackings, abduction attempts, or sudden road rage attacks.
"I worked nights. I've been in the spots where walking to your car can be dangerous. I've driven overseas in risky places. I've sat in vehicles, on surveillance, surrounded by threat. This course was born from all of that — because I needed something that didn't exist, so I built it." — Rob Baard
When they come for you, you're in the driver's seat — your safety is in your hands.
Course Three
Machete & Knife Defence
Your Edge. Your Life.
The difference between walking away and bleeding out is having the edge before the blade appears.
Too close.
It's just a conversation, voices low, nothing raised — then the flick of a hand.
Steel flashes into view.
No warning. No time.
The gap between you is gone in an instant, and now the blade is inches from your body.
Another day — different street. You turn a corner and they're already there, weapon out, blocking the way.
And then there's the kind you can see coming — twenty metres away, shouting, charging fast, machete raised.
This course trains you to survive all three: the concealed draw you never see coming, the sudden face-to-face encounter, and the full-speed attack from distance.
Developed by 13th Degree Black Belt Ninja Rob Baard, Machete & Knife Defence is built from real-world experience — facing armed groups, concealed weapons, and multiple attackers in situations where escape wasn't an option. Infused with Special Forces methodology from Navy SEALs and Russian Spetsnaz, and sharpened with the blade arts of Eskrima, it's combined with the bladed combat foundations of Ninjutsu — a system that trains with knives and swords from day one — to deliver skills forged in both tradition and survival.
You'll learn to defend against fast, chaotic knife and machete attacks, react when a hidden weapon is drawn without warning, and move with precision when surrounded or flanked. You'll train to use your environment as a weapon, create space under pressure, and take control of the fight before it takes control of you — all through scenario work pulled directly from real incidents, not theory or sport.
"I've been in situations where people had blades — where it wasn't one attacker, it was a team. That changes everything. This course is built from that reality, so you know how to stay alive." — Rob Baard
Against a blade, your only edge is the one you've trained.
Course Four
Victims of Crime
Take Back What Was Stolen.
They took your safety. They took your power. Now you take it back — stronger than they ever imagined.
Shadows linger longer.
Every step behind you makes you turn.
You weren't like this before.
They changed that.
One day, it's a stranger in the dark.
Another, it's someone you knew.
And sometimes, it's your own home that's been violated.
The paperwork is done. The official process is over.
But your recovery? That's just beginning.
This course is where you take back what was stolen — your confidence, your strength, and your control. Built after unintentionally always standing by people in their darkest hour — those who were shell-shocked by what had just happened, with nowhere to turn and no clear way forward. Rob has been beside survivors through every stage — from the immediate aftermath, through the court process, and into the long work of rebuilding, sometimes over years.
That experience shaped a program designed to help you become you again — but the empowered version. We focus on rebuilding your mind, body, and spirit. Not just your physical capability, but the part of you that moves through the world calm, capable, confident, strong.
This is not a one-size-fits-all program. Every step is tailored to you — your pace, your comfort, your goals.
"I've taken survivors through this process myself. I've seen them go from feeling broken and afraid to strong, aware, and confident again. This is about reclaiming your space — not just physically, but emotionally." — Rob Baard
From Fear to Freedom. Step by Step.
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