About this Event
This workshop is for beginners! Zero experience necessary, and you will depart safer and more confident in your ability to protect yourself.
Think you need years of training to spot danger or earn a black belt to defeat an attacker?
Want to know how to read the room in 30 seconds to spot a threat before it happens?
When danger strikes, do you know how to turn your natural fear into immediate action instead of freezing?
Most safety training focuses on what to do after things go wrong. This workshop equips you with the mindset, observational habits, and physical strategies to spot risks early and maintain control of your environment.
Co-led by David Harter (Upstate Protective Group), a U.S. Navy Military Police veteran and risk consultant who utilizes behavioral psychology and misdirection to reveal perceptual blind spots, and Joe Borovicka (Safer Sooner Self-Defense), a U.S. Army combat veteran and certified S.P.E.A.R. System instructor dedicated to keeping people safer sooner. Together, they deliver a high-impact masterclass packed with real-world safety skills you can put into practice immediately.
Who Should Attend?
- Professionals & Executives: Maintain situational awareness in unfamiliar meeting places, travel hubs, and late-night parking structures.
- Real Estate Agents & Field Professionals: Essential safety strategies for solo walkthroughs, open houses, and client meetings.
- Anyone Seeking Confidence: Simple, non-paranoid habits to enhance your personal security and peace of mind in daily life.
What You Will Walk Away With
By the end of this interactive session, you will leave with:
- An Instant Threat Detection Baseline: Know exactly what "normal" looks like in any room or public space so you can spot red flags, unusual behavior, and pre-attack indicators in seconds.
- Foolproof Distraction Protection: Understand how bad actors exploit common blind spots (like phones or parking lot routines) and how to protect yourself without feeling paranoid.
- Instinct-Based Physical Defense: Master simple, reflex-driven physical response principles from the S.P.E.A.R. System—tactics that work under real adrenaline and require zero complex martial arts training.
- Verbal & Spatial Control Skills: Walk away with concrete strategies to set firm boundaries, control distance, and de-escalate potential confrontation before it turns physical.
- The "Solo-Worker" Action Plan: Specific safety protocols tailored for solo travel, open houses, late-night parking structures, and unfamiliar client meetings.
Event Details: Get a chance to win a free 1 on 1 trainging when registered.
- Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Time: (Insert Start Time – e.g., 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)
- Location: Venture X : 141 Traction St, Greenville, SC 29611
- Attire: Casual, comfortable clothing (suitable for light movement).
Event venue & nearby stays
Social Latitude - Playground and Pub, 1812 Woodruff Road, Greenville, United States
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