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3 Rivers Defense

Self-defense training

Holistic, trauma-informed, reality-based

Evidence-based scenario training

Be Your Own Bodyguard ® Training

 
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Realistic, evidence-based self-defense training

Dear Three Rivers Defense community:

Brigitte remains committed to her mission of providing research-based, holistic self-defense training.

Thank you to everyone who trained with us in 2023. Brigitte divides her time between Patagonia,Chile and Montana, USA. She’ll be in Montana through the winter and spring of 2024. Contact us if you want to book a live-training at our studio in Bozeman, Montana, or at your location.

Brigitte is a SPEAR ® self-defense trainer, an Evidence Based Scenario Trainer, and a Be Your Own Bodyguard ® coach, all certified by Blauer Tactical Systems. Brigitte’s coach is Tony Blauer, the legendary founder of the world-renowned Blauer Tactical Systems.

Brigitte will continue to concentrate on collaborating with other organizations worldwide to provide rigorous, realistic, and responsible, as well as trauma-informed, self-defense training.

Check out our training options, including Be Your Own Bodyguard ® training and SPEAR ® self-defense.

Our next Be Your Own Bodyguard ® course is on Saturday, March 2, 2024.

For more information or to sign up, check here.

Thank you for your support and for your dedication to making the world safer for you and for others!

Brigitte and the 3 Rivers Defense Team

Brigitte Schulze Martinez is an authorized affiliate of the Blauer SPEAR system®

We teach holistic, rigorous, responsible, and relevant self-defense.

What we are about

•    Reality-based, trauma-informed, holistic self-defense training

•    Assertiveness and boundary setting

•    Mind-speed training and mental, emotional, and spiritual preparation for violence prevention

•    Physical self-defense building on your intuition and your instinctive reactions to threats

•    Comprehensive and graduated physical training, up to full-impact counter-attacks

•    Supportive and respectful environment

•    Empowerment through increased knowledge and skills, not illusions and dangerous over-confidence

 •   Evidence-based scenario training

•    Fully-equipped self-defense gym  

•    Moral, ethical and legal defensibility

We focus on living life joyfully

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Whom we serve

•    Everyone is welcome

•    We value diversity 

•    We serve everyone who wants to learn self-defense for violence prevention

•    We serve people interested in trauma-recovery through supplanting body memories of helplessness with new sensations of power and control  

•    Our training is for anyone age 13 and up who wants to learn in a supportive environment

•    No particular physical ability or fitness level is required

What we hope you'll take away

•    More self-awareness, situational awareness, and knowledge about violence dynamics

•    Fear management skills

•    Full realization of the power of your intuition, instincts, and intelligence

•    Better mental, emotional, and physical abilities to recognize, avoid, reduce, and manage risk

•    Mental and physical safety skills, using your natural weapons that you can use as soon as you walk out the door

•    Increased or regained confidence, well-being, and peace of mind

What we can’t do

•    We cannot guarantee your safety

What we can do

  • We can give you increased personal safety and self-defense options

Brigitte Schulze Martinez is proud to be an authorized affiliate of the Blauer SPEAR system ®

 

MINDFULNESS

Mindfulness is the basis of awareness 

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AWARENESS

Situational awareness is based on self-awareness

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CONVERT YOUR NATURAL SURVIVAL RESPONSES TO TACTICAL ACTION

Trust and build on your body’s natural survival system

Self-defense starts with mindfulness

Learn to use your instincts, intuition, and intelligence

Learn self-defense, built on your body’s natural survival system

In a true ambush, everyone flinches

Learn to weaponize your flinch and convert it into tactical action

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Take Safety into Your Own Hands

Start Training

Please use this form to contact us for any questions you might have about any of our training options.

You can also use this form to register for any training. Please pay by VENMO @Brigitte-Schulze or contact Brigitte for other payment options.

You can also contact us by phone or text at 406.580.5190. Our training options range from 60-minute to multi-day training sessions. After we decide together what will best fit your or your group's needs, you can register in person, by mail and check or Venmo, or on-line.

We believe in diversity. At Three Rivers Safety everyone is welcome.

 
 
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Ready to Register for a Training?

Please submit your waiver, questionnaire, and safety agreement online, or contact us and we will email you the registration papers. Your space is guaranteed after we receive your registration and payment.

Please pay online or by Venmo (@Brigitte-Schulze) or by sending your payment to paypal.me/3riversdefense

If you pay by paypal, you can skip Online Sign-up and go directly to Registration and Waiver, Questionnaire and Safety Agreement.

 
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