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Self & Home Defence
— Civilian Track

Personal protection mindset, home-defence scenarios, weapon staging, legal awareness and family planning under stress.

Defending your home is a system, not a gunfight.

Self and home defence start long before a weapon is drawn. They start with mindset, with the way you plan, the way you stage equipment, the way your family communicates, and the way you make decisions under stress. This course covers all of it.

You will not leave thinking you are a tactical operator. You will leave with a realistic understanding of how civilian-legal home defence actually works, what mistakes to avoid, and how to build a defence plan that makes sense for your house, your family and your legal framework.

Who is this training for?

  • Homeowners and renters serious about a real defence plan.
  • Families with children or elderly members in the home.
  • Legal firearm owners who want to integrate their weapon into a wider plan.
  • Non-shooters too — significant portions of the day are non-firearm.

What you'll learn

  • Civilian self-defence mindset and legal framework
  • Home risk assessment and structural hardening basics
  • Weapon staging — secure, accessible, family-aware
  • Communication plans under stress (with partners, kids, alarm services)
  • Force escalation and de-escalation
  • Movement inside your own home in degraded light
  • Decision shoots — shoot, retreat, communicate, call
  • Post-incident procedure and legal exposure

Training agenda

09:00

Mindset & legal framework

Civilian self-defence law, force continuum, real-life case studies.

10:30

Home assessment workshop

Your own house plan, choke points, weapon staging, family roles.

12:30

Lunch

30 min — provided on site.

13:00

Live-fire defence drills

Close-distance engagements from realistic positions.

15:00

Decision shoots

Shoot / no-shoot, target ID, family-in-the-way scenarios.

17:00

Debrief & defence plan

Every participant leaves with a written defence-plan draft.

Requirements

  • No previous shooting experience required.
  • Legal right to handle a firearm on a Polish range.
  • Willingness to discuss your real living situation in the workshop.

What to bring

  • Range-appropriate clothing
  • Eye and ear protection (provided if missing)
  • A sketch or photo of your home floor plan (for the workshop)
  • Notebook and pen
  • Optional: own home-defence firearm and ammunition
  • Photo ID

Frequently asked questions

Is this only about shooting?
No. Roughly half the day is non-firearm: mindset, legal, planning, communication. The other half is applied live fire.
What if I do not own a firearm?
Perfectly fine — a pistol is provided for the live-fire portion, and the home-defence plan does not require firearm ownership to be useful.
Will my partner / family member benefit too?
Strongly recommend bringing them. The family communication plan only works if everyone is on the same page.
Is this Polish-law-specific?
Yes. The legal portion is based on Polish self-defence law. Country-specific versions can be delivered for closed groups on request.
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Lead Instructor

Trained by someone who has actually been there.

Former military instructor with Special Forces background and 15+ years of operational experience. Specialised in CQB, low-light and dynamic shooting. 100+ students trained — civilians and law enforcement.

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