Realistic, evidence-based self-defense training

Dear Three Rivers Defense community:

Brigitte is committed to providing research-based, holistic self-defense training.

Brigitte is back in Montana, offering Be Your Own Bodyguard ® courses and private training by appointment.

Brigitte limits registration for Be Your Own Bodyguard ® and other courses to smalls group so that each person receives optimal training.

Contact us if you want to book a live-training for a different day 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.

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

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

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