There are many specific areas of expertise that someone would need to know in order to consult or work in the area of personal security training. Some of these areas of expertise seem obvious for personal security training while others may not seem to be that apparent. In order to be effective at personal security training you need to look at all the disciplines necessary in order for someone to affect their own program of personal security. There is a lot more that goes into it than just blowing a whistle or spraying pepper spray and if you do not take all aspects of your personal security training seriously then you could not only find that your clients are getting in trouble but that trouble could come back and haunt you more often than not. The first area of personal security training that you need to be knowledgeable in is hand to hand combat or at least know how to teach someone how to physically defend themselves. While the average client does not need to have an extensive knowledge of the martial arts or the details of hand to hand combat it is more than expected that the person doing the personal security training does have these capabilities. The more you know about self defense then the more versatile your teaching methods can be and the more you can offer your students. Remember that personal security training is something you will have to teach to a wide variety of students so the more knowledge and experience you have the better equipped and able you will be to handle almost any situation that may come along. They are coming to you as an expert so it is in your best interest to study and train like an expert.
Not Quite the Martial Arts The world of personal security training encompasses many things and self defense is just one of them. The trainer also needs an extensive knowledge of the products available to the public for personal security and how to use them. Clients will inevitably have questions about these products so in order to be well prepared you need to get yourself versed in all of the different personal security products available. Remember that the law is the law and even if someone is defending themselves from an attack they still need to do so within the limits of the law. In this day and age of lawsuits everywhere it is completely up to the person doing the personal security training to teach their students the legal way to protect themselves from a would-be attacker.