What makes CIAT different from any other self-defense training available?

Critical Incident Awareness, LLC was founded in January 2002. It is owned and operated by Federal and Washington D.C. area Police Officers dedicated to serving and protecting the community. Each officer is a highly trained instructor with experience and knowledge in various forms of defensive tactics, mixed martial arts, special operations tactics, and psychological awareness. Our on-going training and experience enables us to relate to our students’ needs and provide them with the most realistic training available.

The CIAT instructors place an emphasis on providing quality training while offering competitive tuition fees. We do not sacrifice service or our commitment to excellence. We bring the same level of professionalism to our courses as we do in our own law enforcement positions. Our reputation is impeccable.

Unlike many self-defense programs offered, CIAT is not restricted to any specific fighting technique, martial arts style, or the myth of “Fair Fighting”. Our training focuses on realistic tactics based on criminal statistics, case studies, and personal knowledge and experience. Our self-defense moves are powerful, fast, effective and extremely easy to learn. There is no such thing as a “Beginner’s Course” since anyone can be attacked. A student becomes “Advanced” by taking our techniques and applying them to his/her everyday life. We train our students to be proactive instead of reactive.