Security Advanced Skills Course

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Security Advanced Skills Course

The Security Advanced Skills course sharpens your tactical awareness and physical response capabilities with 16 targeted video lessons. You'll develop advanced defensive techniques, improve situational control, and reinforce operational confidence for real-world security challenges.
Part of the Security Advanced Skills Refresher Program. Learn more about the full refresher here »

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Paul · March 21, 2025

The Security Advanced Skills course is designed to sharpen your operational readiness and tactical capabilities as a frontline security professional. It delivers 16 concise video lessons (total runtime: 56 minutes) focused on practical, real-world application of defensive techniques that help you stay confident, controlled, and compliant in high-pressure environments.

This course covers:

Real-world threat scenario responses
Proactive and reactive techniques
Body Alarm Reactions (BAR)
Blocks, locks, takedowns, and control-flow drills
Situational awareness and movement strategies

Each lesson builds progressively to strengthen your ability to act with precision, professionalism, and safety in dynamic situations.

The Security Advanced Skills course is also part of the full Security Advanced Skills Refresher Program, which includes the additional Safety – Self Defence Legal Framework & You course. If you’re interested in completing both and receiving the full refresher certification,. Learn more about the full refresher program here>>

The following video lessons form the complete Security Advanced Skills course—your first step toward staying sharp, staying ready, and staying secure.

Included in this course are two handouts that provide some additional insight about:

Precursors to attacks, and
Defence flow steps overview to assist in learning the sequence.

You can download the handouts in the Introduction Lesson!

Course Content

Introduction 2min

This lesson introduces the Security Advanced Skills course. It strengthens your tactical awareness, defensive decision-making, and scenario-based response through practical, progressive training. Covering everything from Body Alarm Reactions (BAR) to advanced movement and control techniques, this introduction lays the groundwork for building your confidence, compliance, and capability in real-world security situations.

Base DT Drill to Practical Explanation 7min

Learn how to avoid and block hook and straight-line strikes using the foundational Base Defensive Tactics (DT) Drill. This lesson shows how to convert the drill into a real-world application, improving your timing, movement, and control under pressure. You'll also practise key exercises that build reflexes, coordination, and confidence in security scenarios.

Base Scenarios 3 and 4 ADT 2min

In this lesson, you’ll apply advanced control and movement techniques within Scenario 3 and Scenario 4, showing how to transition from drill to live application. These scenarios simulate common security confrontations and demonstrate how to stay in control using refined skills, positioning, and decision-making under pressure.

Base Balance Take Down ADT 2min

Learn how to use balance disruption to control and take down an aggressor safely and effectively. This lesson introduces the principles behind balance manipulation and how to apply them in real-time security confrontations. You’ll develop skills in takedown execution while maintaining control, compliance, and safety standards.

Base Clearances Hip Shoulder ADT 2min

Learn how to use hip and shoulder clearances to unbalance and control aggressive individuals. This lesson demonstrates how to take away an attacker’s structure using controlled contact points, allowing you to restrain and remove them safely from a location while maintaining professional and legal standards.

Base Choke Strangle ADT 4min

Understand the difference between chokes and strangles, how they are applied, and why recognising their use is critical in security operations. This lesson outlines the mechanics, risks, and control considerations when dealing with these high-risk techniques, ensuring your approach remains safe, legal, and effective.

Base Scenarios 1 and 2 ADT 3min

In this lesson, you’ll work through Scenario 1 and Scenario 2, focused on managing a person attempting to enter a club while agitated, non-compliant, or physically aggressive. You’ll develop the confidence to respond to push-based aggression and sudden strikes using tactical positioning, redirection, and verbal control.

Base Scenarios 5 ADT 2min

This lesson explores Scenario 5, where an aggressive individual attempts to force entry into a venue and initiates a physical attack. You’ll learn how to apply a soft block to absorb and redirect the strike, followed by a controlled response to neutralise the threat safely and effectively.

Base Compliance Areas Basics ADT 7min

This lesson introduces the key compliance areas on the human body—specific points that can be targeted to disrupt balance, reduce resistance, and gain control. You’ll learn how to locate and apply pressure to these areas legally and ethically, using minimal force to produce maximum control in real-world situations.

Base Control Escort ADT 2min

This lesson focuses on how to transition from a direct attack response into a secure control and escort position. You’ll learn how to neutralise an aggressor’s momentum, apply safe restraint, and professionally remove the individual from the situation using clear, assertive movement and positioning.

Base Walk Escort ADT 2min

Learn how to use lower back release points to safely control and escort a non-compliant person out of an area. This lesson focuses on gaining compliance through precise pressure application, body positioning, and movement—all while maintaining legal, ethical, and occupational standards.

New1 Base Blocks ADT 2min

This lesson introduces a series of basic blocking techniques designed to stop common attacks such as hooks, straight-line strikes, grabs, and pushes. You’ll learn how to apply soft blocks to redirect force and immediately transition into control or restraint using key target areas.

New2 Base Parry Redirect Control ADT 2min

This lesson introduces the Parry–Redirect–Lock–Restrain method—a flowing defensive response designed to manage threats quickly and efficiently. You’ll explore how to control distance, timing, and direction using this layered approach to stay safe, reduce conflict, and gain control.

New3 Base Lock Flow ADT 4min

This lesson introduces the basic lock flow sequence, also known as the Hubbard Method of Safe Entry. You’ll learn how to apply, transition, and release joint locks in a controlled, fluid motion—providing safe entry and control in dynamic security situations.

New4 Base Locks ADT 6min

This lesson introduces a structured control lock flow drill using practical joint locks such as the wrist lock, wrist twist, shoulder bar, and hammerlock. These control and restraint moves are essential for safely neutralising and managing an aggressive person with minimal force and maximum control.

Palm Heel Strike Side Crossing ADT 4min

This lesson focuses on using the palm heel strike combined with a side crossing step to create a powerful distraction or stun effect. This technique helps you disrupt an attacker’s intent, break their balance, and create the opportunity to gain control quickly and effectively.

Straight Entry Head Back ADT 3min

This lesson focuses on the principle of "the body goes where the head goes"—teaching you how to enter directly and disrupt an attacker’s balance by pushing the head straight back. This simple but effective concept helps you quickly neutralise threats and move into control positions with minimal force.

Final Remarks 2min

This final lesson reviews the essential skills covered in the Security Advanced Skills course and outlines how to apply them in real-world situations. You’ll reflect on key techniques, sharpen your situational awareness, and explore practical steps to continue developing your professional edge—ensuring you remain confident, capable, and compliant in any security scenario.

About Instructor

Paul

Paul Mracek is an 9th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, Taekwonjitsu as well as an International Coach – Defensive Tactics and Open Circle Fighting Method and a Reiki Master Teacher. Paul holds qualifications in Meditation, Mindfulness, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Bowen Therapy, Sports & Recreation, Training & Assessing and Coaching. He has developed defensive tactics syllabus for the Security Industry since 2011 for nationally accredited courses for thousands of students; as well training and assessing industry instructors. In addition, he is the head instructor at Nutaofit Martial Arts Academy since 2016, continuing the tradition of servicing the local community in the Bayside suburbs of Melbourne since 1985.

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