01 / Detect
Notice more. Choose safety earlier.
Explore situational awareness, intuition, and recognizing warning signs. Understand how fear can help you pay attention rather than make your choices for you.
November 15 · Teen & Family Personal Safety
Be Your Own
Bodyguard®
Self-defense for real life. Not a martial arts course.
Learn to notice danger earlier, manage fear, communicate under pressure, and choose safety. Teens, siblings, moms, dads, and guardians are encouraged to learn together—no martial arts background or belt rank required.
Reserve Your Spot on Pike13Free for current Blur MA students. Each attendee should be registered through Pike13.
Awareness · Emotional readiness · Protective choices
Detect. Defuse. Defend.
Created by Tony Blauer, Be Your Own Bodyguard® approaches self-defense as an essential life skill, much like first aid. Its holistic approach brings together awareness, fear management, communication, and the SPEAR System®—working with the body's natural startle-flinch response rather than relying on complex techniques.
02 / Defuse
Use your voice and your judgment.
Practice the mindset behind boundaries and verbal de-escalation. The goal is to avoid conflict where possible, not to win an argument or prove toughness.
03 / Defend
Protect yourself when necessary.
Learn practical self-defense concepts rooted in natural protective responses. Build emotional readiness and protective decision-making through coached learning.
Learn with our head coach
Will Deutschendorf
Will leads this Blur MA session with a focus on awareness, emotional regulation, and realistic personal safety. The workshop is welcoming to beginners and families who want a shared language for making safer choices.
You do not need to become a martial artist to learn self-defense. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and the people you want to learn alongside.
Meet Will and our coaching team →Ready to join us?
Make personal safety
a family skill.
Use Pike13 to choose the November 15 session and register. Current Blur MA students attend free. For family-member pricing, younger-child suitability, or accommodations, check Pike13 or email our team before booking.
Course background
This overview draws on Tony Blauer's official Be Your Own Bodyguard® course information. The November 15 session at Blur MA is taught by Will Deutschendorf, not Tony Blauer. Be Your Own Bodyguard® and SPEAR System® are trademarks of Blauer Tactical Systems.