SAFE & STRONG!
SAFE & STRONG!
is a unique instructor training program that combines:
- General fitness training activities for cardiovascular and muscular conditioning, flexibility, balance, coordination, agility, reaction time and cognitive function,
- Self-defense and kickboxing-specific physical conditioning activities, and
- Realistic, practical, and effective self-defense physical skills and personal safety awareness (mental, emotional, environmental, and physical) training!
Tim Rochford, the SAFE & STRONG! program creator, disagrees with claims that you can “learn to protect yourself!” in a kickboxing fitness class. Executing self-defense techniques in real, high stress situations is much different than performing these skills in the safe environment of a fitness class!
Many extremely important components of a comprehensive, practical, and realistic self-defense training program are missing from kickboxing fitness classes. Some missing components include:
Awareness training – mental, emotional, environmental, and physical
Evasion – how to effectively move away and be positioned during a conflict situation
Striking technique application – physical, emotional, mental, and environmental characteristics
Loosening/Escape techniques – how to loosen and escape from various grabs and holds
How to use Recognition & Avoidance, and Effective Communication
Actual practice against simulated attacks!
Rochford states, “you cannot learn self-defense in a fitness class, but you can get fit while learning practical, realistic and effective self-defense” – the reason SAFE & STRONG! was created!

SAFE & STRONG! empowers Instructors/Trainers to teach the ‘SAFER & STRONGER!’ program that combines safe and effective fitness routines with realistic, practical & effective self-defense training!
STEPS TO BECOME A ‘SAFER & STRONGER!’ INSTRUCTOR
1. Complete the ‘SAFE & STRONG!’ CEC/CEU-approved training program
2. Purchase the ‘SAFER & STRONGER!’ Curriculum Package (lesson plans for eight 6-week sessions)
SAFE & STRONG! Offers a Multi-Level Certification
- SAFE & STRONG! CAQ Level 1 – Certified Instructor
- SAFE & STRONG! CAQ Level 2 – Master Instructor
- SAFE & STRONG! CAQ Level 3 – Master Trainer
For more details about the complete SAFE & STRONG! program, contact EmpowerUSA!
Why ‘SAFE & STRONG!’?
Why choose SAFE & STRONG! over better-known packaged programs in the industry? The main reason is that there is no other program like SAFE & STRONG! available in the industry! But here are a few more reasons:
- Income Potential
- Instructor/Trainer Freedom
- Instructor/Trainer Resource and Support
- Instructor/Trainer Professional Growth Opportunities
Contact EmpowerUSA for additional details and information!