'One Strong Move' Self Defense Book

Step-by-step Illustrated Self-Defense Training Lessons

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Learn how to use and teach important, practical, and effective self-defense skills to adult students and youth.

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'One Strong Move' Self Defense Book

Step-by-step Illustrated Self-Defense Training Lessons

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What makes our self-defense book so effective?

Use our proven teaching expertise:

  • Gain practical, effective self-protection skills that answer common questions and concerns about self-defense and personal safety.
  • Use our step-by-step cartoon-illustrated lessons for learning and teaching self-defense strategies and techniques to adults, teens, or youth.
  • Grow your own teaching knowledge and skills by inspiring yourself from Kidpower’s globally acclaimed curriculum and teaching methodology.

Learn essential self-defense skills:

  • Physical self-defense skills to escape an attack.
  • Defense against weapons, chokes, punches, and multiple attackers.
  • Verbal self-defense tactics to de-escalate a confrontation.
  • Awareness skills to spot trouble early and help avoid an assault.

Praise from an experienced martial artist and teacher:

"For in-class and at-home use, One Strong Move [self-defense book] is a thorough resource for martial artists, self-defense instructors, educators, and parents alike. Emotional, verbal, physical, and strategic tactics are never complex or fancy — just the stuff that really works."

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What makes Kidpower's self-defense training and teaching method unique?

Learn in minutes our effective, simple to use and remember, self-defense skills.

Gain step-by-step, easy to follow self-defense instructions to share skills with others.

Build your teaching knowledge using Kidpower's proven Positive Practice Methodology™.

Provide meaningful learning opportunities to your students that grow their proficiency.

Easy to use strategies to take charge of your safety and avoid problems

Use teaching scripts and skill practices that build confidence, competence, and peace of mind

Physical, verbal, and emotional self-defense skills, accessible to people of any ability

Key topics covered in our self defense book

Prevention skills and strategies to avoid or escape most attacks

Learn how to:
  • Quickly identify a potential attacker by their behavior
  • Take charge of a situation using just body language, tone of voice, posture, and simple gestures to interrupt or escape a potential attack. 

Physical and verbal self-defense skills

Learn a variety of verbal and physical self-defense techniques to deal with: 
  • An attack from the front
  • A surprise attack (from the back)
  • Physical bullying attacks
  • Skills for more dangerous attacks that might include a weapon, a choke, or more than one attacker

Emotional triggers, verbal attacks, and and getting help

Gain essential emotional and psychological safety techniques that make other self-defense sills more effective. Such as:
  • How to deal with emotional triggers during an attack
  • How to protect ourselves from hurtful verbal attack language and keep making safety decisions
  • How to get help if in an isolated location or in the presence of passive bystanders

What others have to say 
about One Strong Move self defense book?

Grandmaster Carol Middleton, 7th Degree Black Belt,
Founder and Director of DC Self-Defense and Karate Association
"Teaching and practice instructions for each section are very clear. [...] The lessons aimed at teaching children can help all the adults in a child’s life have a thorough grounding in how to present strategies and physical tactics without scaring or confusing kids.”
"The clear and entertaining lessons make learning and teaching physical self-defense to teens and adults a simpler task. This will be especially helpful in preparing martial artists and other teachers to use the Kidpower curriculum to teach self-defense in their schools."
David Harrison MD, Emergency Physician and
Self-Defense Instructor in Vancouver, BC

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Kidpower 30 Skills Coaching Handbook
KIDPOWER SAFETY TIPS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, COACHES, AND OTHER CAREGIVERS
GUIDELINES FOR SUPPORTING A POSITIVE CLASS, TEAM, TROOPS, OR YOUTH GROUP CLIMATE
THE KIDPOWER BOOK FOR CARING ADULTS
7 Keys for Teaching Safety Skills To Everyone, Everywhere (ARTICLE)
10 Actions for adult leaders to protect and empower young people (article)

One Strong Move book pricing options

 Price per person

$20 USD per person if you wish to enroll on your own. Use the 'enroll' button to make your purchase with a credit card.

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Groups get a discounted rate per purchase and can be bulk enrolled. Use the contact form below to request a custom quote for your situation. Please tell us how many people and locations (sites) you wish to include in your enrollment.

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Want the One Strong Move Self Defense Book in Paperback?

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  • UK

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    About the author

    Irene van der Zande

    Kidpower Founder and Executive Irene van der Zande is a master at teaching safety through stories and practices and at inspiring others to do the same. Her child protection and personal safety expertise has been featured by USA Today, CNN, Today Moms, the LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Publications include: cartoon-illustrated Kidpower Safety Comics and Kidpower Teaching Books curriculum; Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe; the Relationship Safety Skills Handbook for Teens and Adults; Earliest Teachable Moment: Personal Safety for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers; The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults: Personal Safety, Self-Protection, Confidence, and Advocacy for Young People, and the Amazon Best Seller Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels.
    Patrick Jones - Course author
    Illustrations, editing, and book design: Amanda Golert

    Book Publishing Team

    Meet the team that brought One Strong Move to life!
    Marylaine Léger
    Online Programs Director
    Kidpower International
    Sol Pederson
    Technical Specialist
    Kidpower International 
    Eamon Saki
    Technical Products Manager
    Kidpower International

    The Kidpower Online Learning Center, part of Kidpower International, aims to help learners gain important 'People Safety' skills for themselves and to help educators and caring adults learn how to teach these important skills to others, using Kidpower's Positive Teaching Method™.

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