Women’s Personal Security Workshop

A practical women’s personal-safety workshop focused on awareness, de-escalation, protective responses, and real-world scenarios. PREPARED, NOT AFRAID. This is a supportive, hands-on personal-safety workshop designed to help women recognize potential threats, make sound decisions under pressure, and practice realistic protective responses. The focus is practical awareness, prevention, de-escalation, movement, and getting to safety—not fear or false confidence. No previous martial-arts or self-defense experience is required. Exercises are conducted in a controlled, beginner-friendly environment, and participants may ask questions throughout the workshop. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN • Situational Awareness & Threat Recognition • Firearm-Threat Awareness & Protective Response Skills • Knife-Threat Recognition & Defense • De-Escalation & Personal Security Strategies • Reality-Based Scenarios & Live Q&A SAFETY NOTICE All exercises use safe, inert training props. No live firearms, ammunition, real knives, or personal weapons are permitted. Training is supervised and conducted in a controlled environment. AGE POLICY This workshop is designed for women ages 18 and older. Participants ages 16–17 may attend only with advance organizer approval, a participating parent or legal guardian, and completed guardian consent/waiver forms. Both the parent or guardian and minor must register, purchase tickets, and count toward the 20-person capacity. WHAT TO WEAR AND BRING • Comfortable clothing suitable for light physical activity • Secure, closed-toe athletic shoes • Water • Do not bring weapons or personal training weapons INSTRUCTORS DR. JEFF CANTOR Dr. Jeff Cantor is an experienced security, crisis-management, and personal-protection professional with extensive knowledge of threat recognition, travel security, high-risk environments, tactical defense, and escape-and-evasion principles. A published author, consultant, and professional instructor, Jeff has trained law-enforcement and military personnel, security professionals, combat-sports athletes, families, and everyday civilians. His teaching emphasizes practical awareness, sound decision-making, realistic preparation, and the confidence to respond effectively under pressure. RASHAD EVANS A former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, UFC Hall of Fame inductee, and winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Season 2, he is one of the most recognized mixed martial artists of his generation. Following his fighting career, he became a respected combat-sports analyst, working extensively with FOX Sports and ESPN and now contributing to UFC broadcast coverage on CBS and Paramount+. He brings a champion’s perspective, technical insight, and decades of elite-level experience. For the past four years, he has also trained and served as a tactical instructor under Dr. Jeff Cantor, applying movement, composure, realistic response principles, and sound decision-making under pressure to personal security. CONTACT ORGANIZER Cantor Tactical: (561) 225-6895