Protect Self Defence is a training organisation at 34 Sandspit Road in Cockle Bay, Manukau City, and it runs self-defence, verbal communication and personal safety courses across New Zealand. The courses are built for corporations, businesses, government departments and other organisations, and they can be run as a short workshop in a corporate wellness programme, a team-building event or a conference session, or as a longer custom programme. The website says the training covers recognising escalating behaviour, avoiding danger early, de-escalating and defusing a situation, and physical skills for when a physical response is needed. It also lists topics such as self-defence for women, self-defence for everyone, and de-escalation and communication.
The founder and International Director, Phil Thompson, is named on the website, which says he has over 20 years' experience and has trained many thousands of people, and that he is the author of two books. The website says the organisation has taught more than 100,000 people across Australasia over more than 20 years. Its courses are designed around the specific needs of the group booking them.