Skip to content

Personal Safety & Self-Defense Workshop


Adult Enrichment / Hobbies and Special Interests -
Winter/Spring 2026 Bloomington Youth and Adult Enrichment

This comprehensive four-hour workshop is dedicated to providing men and women with a powerful foundation in personal safety, awareness, and self-defense skills. This is the perfect experience for family, friends, and colleagues to learn together in a supportive environment.

Workshop Highlights:

  • Proactive Safety Education: We dedicate significant time to building situational awareness, setting healthy boundaries, and mastering de-escalation strategies. The discussion includes critical topics like dating safety and recognizing the warning signs of abusive or exploitative relationships.
  • Essential Self-Defense Skills: Learn simple, high-impact physical techniques—specifically designed to allow you to break free from a grab and keep an attacker off you long enough to escape. These are not complex martial arts, but practical, immediate tools for defense.
  • Pepper Spray Proficiency: Receive a focused lesson on the legal guidelines, carrying options, and effective, practical deployment of pepper spray as a non-lethal self-protection tool.

Walk away feeling more informed, confident, and prepared to protect yourself in any situation. 

Note: Participants under 18 must have parental consent. Physical activities are limited to practical defensive movements.

 February 2026 
SuMTuWThFSa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 March 2026 
SuMTuWThFSa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
 
 
 
 
Instructor

Brent E Fox


Brent is a life-long martial artist and professional Security Training Manager for Law Enforcement & Security skills. Besides unarmed self-defense, Brent offers education and training in verbal deescalation, pepper spray, Permit to Carry, and all other options for defensive and improvised tools. Brent has a BA in Emergency & Disaster Management (specializing in personal preparedness) and is also a certified CPR-First Aid Instructor for the Red Cross.

3548-W3

  Brent E Fox


Jefferson Activity Center - 4001 W 102nd St Bloomington, MN 55437 : Dance Studio
Saturday, Feb 21
1:00 - 5:00 PM

Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa

Ages   18 yr. - 99 yr.

$ 99.00
1 session
3548-W4

  Brent E Fox


Valley View Middle School - 8900 Portland Ave S Bloomington, MN 55420 : Room 126 Large Flex Space
Saturday, Mar 7
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa

Ages   18 yr. - 99 yr.

$ 99.00
1 session