Imagi-Natives, in association with Fast Holdings, proudly announce the development of 'Imagi-Natives’ Self-Defence’.

The martial art field is crowded with different styles, all with differing benefits, but most based on traditions and techniques developed for war, where serious injury or even death of the opposition is acceptable. These are not suited to the challenges of self-protection and the protection of private property in a civilised society run by the rule of law.

It is also important to note that justified civil litigation by individuals against security forces, their employers and individuals defending themselves, is becoming easier and more frequent, and the compensation larger. It is therefore important that the groups involved in this important work develop and maintain the highest standards of professionalism and use the very best practice available, to minimise the likelihood of legally unjustified injury and then successful civil or even criminal litigation.

Imagi-Natives, in association with Fast Holdings, have over the past decade researched and developed a unique, comprehensive, maximum safety - minimum force, non-percussive [no punches or kicks], empty-handed self-defense system for police, prison and security officers, as well as private individuals, focussed on restraint and arrest methods. These methods are based on Chinese Shaolin Chin-Na [‘Seize and Control’] methods and supplemented by Aikido, Jujitsu and Judo principles and techniques. They are less likely to cause legally unjustified injury because there is no first strike taught and the method’s minimum force responses to aggression are much less likely to cause lasting serious damage than any percussive martial art to the user or the aggressor. This would undoubtedly be taken into account should the incident go before the courts.

These comprehensive, weapon-less methods are based on simple arm-bar takedown techniques, which make them quick and safer to learn and practise, and extraordinarily simple, quick and effective in use in the ‘fog’ of a physical struggle.

We recommend that the methods are used alone but they can be used in conjunction with any other martial art, to bring the struggle to a conclusion.