Empowered Self-Defense Training equips you to feel safer stepping out into your world so you can adopt the confidence and freedom needed to do all you feel called to do in your life. We prepare and empower you for any potential attack that might come your way so you can rest assured you will be ready to respond if a threat ever arises. Knowing you are prepared provides you with peace-of-mind so you can be present and enjoy your life.
Training We Provide
Empowered Self-Defense Training offers self-defense in a group-setting and through individual training. Through your training, you will learn ways to defend yourself in unexpected moments, and be educated on inexpensive ways to protect your home and buy you time should you ever experience an intruder in your home.
Individual Self-Defense
Group Self-Defense
Organizational Preparedness
Weapons Training
Weapons Defense
In-Home Safety
Packages We Offer
Click on the below packages to see what is included in each training program.
The Basic Self- Defense Course $480
- This is an in-person course. You will receive 12 training sessions for 12 consecutive weeks at 90 minutes each.
Through the Basic Self-Defense Course, you will learn:
- How to make a proper fist.
- The Fight Position.
- How to move into the fighting position.
- A Cross-Body Punch.
- A Straight-Punch.
- A Hook-Punch.
- How to use your elbows.
- A Hammer Fist.
- The Eye Strike.
- A Front-Kick.
- How to strike with the knee.
- How to block an incoming strike.
- How to resist being picked-up from behind the arms.
- How to resist being picked up from behind with arms out.
How to resist being choked from left, right, and front.
Job-Specific Self-Defense $400
- This is an in-person course. You will receive eight training sessions for eight consecutive weeks at 90 minutes each.
If you would like additional training on Advance Weapon Take-away, there will be an additional fee.
On-site Self-Defense Training for Work Force or Special Needs Personnel $199 – $299
- Pricing:
1 – 10 Employees: $199
10+ Employees: $299 - Visit on-site at your business or organization.
- Draft and provide a training plan to the approved, primary contact of the organization.
- Assess the existing threats based on this audit.
- Interview employees, as well as local law enforcement for actual intelligence.
Advanced Self-Defense $900
- Advanced Self-Defense offers everything provided in the Basic Self-Defense Training plus the additional training items as outlined below.
This is an in-person course. You will receive 24 training sessions for 24 consecutive weeks at 90 minutes each.
*Note: If you have already taken the Basic Self-Defense Class, you will only need an additional 12 weeks, and your price will be $480.
Includes: Basic Self-Defense Training + The Below Training: - How to escape a side-headlock.
- How to escape a rear-headlock.
- How to kick from the ground.
- How to escape headlock on the ground.
- How to defend against a choke against a wall.
- How to defend against choke from the ground.
- Defending yourself against a knife or stabbing weapon.
- How to defend against a striking weapon.
- Defending yourself against being picked up from the front arms out.
- How to defend against being picked up from the front arms in.
- A Push-Kick.
- How to perform a Round-House Kick.
- How to spar with striking and kicking coronations.
- How to disarm a pistol from the front.
- How to disarm a pistol from the rear.
To learn more or to register for an Empowered Self-Defense Training course, please email us at empoweredselfdefensetraining@gmail.com, or call us at (314) 514-4808.
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About Us
Empowered Self-Defense Training was created and is led by Rob Enciso. Rob has made his mark in the self-defense business by utilizing seven years in the US Army. During his time in the Army, Rob was trained through the US Special Forces PCT Training, Mountaineering Training, received Expert Qualification in M16A2, M1911, M203, was a Top Gun with the M2, and won the silver medal for participating in the German Army Shooting Qualification.
After the Army, Rob spent 10 years as the Emergency Response Team at MEMC Electronics. He continued receiving certifications, including for Self-Defense and Combat Fencing. He then utilized all of his extensive training by serving in security for 17 years at St. Louis Family Church, providing security both locally and abroad, which included providing personal security for Kurt Warner and other well-known media personnel.
Rob first started with personal self-defense training. Then, as word-of-mouth grew, he started training whole groups of people, including at special events like S.O.A.R., where St. Louis youth, who are blind or visually-impaired, where he trained them to protect themselves. He has also provided group training to companies, like Surgical Direct, and to Women’s Groups and Bible Studies, such as with Life Church in St. Peter’s, Missouri.
Today, Rob is focused on customizing self-defense training for individuals and groups of various kinds. He designs training systems based on the needs of those he is training, which takes into specific account what their area of operation is. Rob believes everyone should be empowered to defend themselves from any threat anywhere.
Rob also offers a safety walk-thru of your dwelling, recommending small, inexpensive upgrades that would help buy you time in the case of a home invasion, so you can protect yourself. This training could save your life. Rob continues to receive repeat-business from existing customers who have seen what they can do and how they can handle themselves after initial training with Empowered and with Rob himself. All certifications available for review.
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