Important Update

Pretty Deadly is evolving.

Pretty Deadly now focuses on structured self-defense programming for kids and teens, including trainer certification, curriculum, and professional education. This shift allows us to deliver clearer safeguards, age-appropriate instruction, and plug-and-play programs for schools, gyms, and youth organizations.

Adult training, workshops, and in-person classes are now offered under a new name: SHIFT® — a broader movement and training methodology built on eight years of Pretty Deadly pedagogy, designed for adult learners and studio-based training.

If you’re here to:

• earn CEUs → you’re in the right place

• teach kids & teens → you’re in the right place

• train or teach adults → visit SHIFT

Professional Certification in Trauma-Informed Movement Education

10-Hour Comprehensive Online Certification
(Accreditation pending: NASM / ISSA Eligible)

Course Description:

10-hour accredited online course

A professional education course for fitness and movement professionals seeking CEUs and a deeper understanding of how trauma awareness principles intersect with body literacy, balance, and safety awareness in 7 modules.

The course addresses a critical gap in traditional movement training: most professionals are trained in technique, conditioning, and performance.

Few are trained in how trauma responses affect learning, coordination, decision-making, and participation in movement-based classes, from group fitness, to private training, to martial arts.

This program provides the pedagogical, neurological, and ethical frameworks required to teach movement safely and effectively when stress and trauma history may be present.

Self-defense environments are used as applied case studies. The principles extend to any movement setting.

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Curriculum Structure

10 Hours — Self-Paced, Comprehensive Certification
Delivered through structured modules with enforced progression.

Includes:

• Trauma and nervous system foundations for movement professionals

• Mechanisms of freeze, flinch, and stress inhibition

• Technique selection frameworks for non-athlete populations

• Session architecture and progression models

• Risk mitigation and safeguarding principleS

• Professional scope boundaries and ethical considerations

• Applied case analysis and scenario-based teaching decisions

• Each module builds toward applied instructional competence rather than theory alone.

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Assessment & Certification Standards

Certification requires:

• Completion of all modules

• Successful performance on a final graded assessment

• Demonstrated understanding of applied teaching logic and scope standards

• Upon successful completion, participants receive:

• Professional Certification in Trauma-Informed Movement Education

• Accredited CEU credit (NASM / ISSA eligible)

• Digital certificate of completion

Best for: Trainers, coaches, and educators seeking continuing education credits or foundational knowledge. No martial arts experience required. Self-paced certification course.

Certification is valid for two years. Renewal requires completion of an updated refresher module and assessment to maintain current standards.

Course Details:

This course equips fitness and movement professionals with a practical foundation in safety and self-defense education. Participants learn how core self-defense principles—such as awareness, balance, proximity, and controlled disruption—apply across fitness, martial arts, and real-world training environments.

Features:

• step-by-step flow & short movement clips

• infographics & scenario prompts

• enforced progression & branching logic

• timed modules & embedded quizzes

• Knowledge check + certificate

• Eligible for CEU credit (NASM / ISSA)

Core Competencies

Upon certification, professionals will be able to:

• Identify trauma-related stress responses in movement settings

• Recognize freeze, shutdown, dissociation, and escalation patterns

• Select techniques appropriate for stress-reactive and non-athlete populations

• Structure sessions to prevent overwhelm and dropout

• Sequence content based on cognitive load and nervous system capacity

• Adjust intensity without compromising learning objectives

• Maintain professional scope when clients disclose trauma history

• Establish and hold clear instructional boundaries

• Design safety-centered workshops that participants complete

This course supports professional growth by strengthening coaching communication, class structure, and confidence when working with diverse populations. Trainers gain insight into how safety-aware self-defense concepts can enhance their existing work, expand their offerings, and add value to their professional practice. This program is. relevant for fitnesw and martial arts professionals, and supports all major martial arts: Krav. Maga, BJJ, Kung Fu, Muay Thai, judo, jiu jitsu, taekwondo, and karate.

This certification does not provide therapy training and does not qualify participants to provide trauma treatment.

Kids & Teens Self Defense Trainer Certification — $545

Course Description:

10-hour online trainer certification

A comprehensive, plug-and-play certification for martial arts schools, gyms, and youth programs that want to offer age-appropriate self-defense training for kids and teens—without designing curriculum from scratch.

This certification provides clear structure, teaching scope, and safeguards for working with minors, along with ready-to-run class and workshop formats.

Best for

• Martial arts school owners and instructors

• Youth program leaders and educators

• Coaches working with kids and teens

• Gyms offering youth enrichment or safety programs

• No prior self-defense or trauma training required

Course Details

This certification equips instructors with the tools, structure, and confidence to teach self-defense concepts to kids and teens responsibly. The program emphasizes safety, clarity, and consistency—ensuring instructors stay within appropriate scope while delivering meaningful, age-appropriate training.

Features include:

• step-by-step class flow and teaching demos

• age-specific adaptations and regressions

• infographics, lesson plans, and activity guides

• enforced progression and module completion

• scenario prompts and teaching decision logic

• built-in safeguards and scope reminders

Certification includes:

• √ 100% online, self-paced certification program

  √ 10 hours of instructional video content

  √ Digital trainer manual & video library

  √ Ready-to-run class & workshop templates

  √ Teaching scope and safeguards for minors

  √ Scenario-based assessment

  √ Certificate of completion

  √ Eligibility to license and teach Pretty Deadly Kids & Teens programs

Pretty Deadly Kids & Teens programs are designed to integrate easily into martial arts schools, gyms, and community settings without requiring instructors to invent curriculum or manage unnecessary risk.

Curriculum

Delivered across structured modules with enforced progression and applied teaching guidance:

Module 1 — Program Foundations & Teaching Scope
Purpose of the Pretty Deadly Kids & Teens program, age differentiation, teaching boundaries, and instructor responsibilities when working with minors.

Module 2 — Safety, Awareness & Boundary Education
How to teach awareness, personal boundaries, and safety concepts to kids and teens using age-appropriate language and activities.

Module 3 — Body Literacy & Balance for Youth
Core balance points, coordination, and movement literacy adapted for developing bodies, with clear coaching cues and regressions.

Module 4 — Applied Disruption Principles
Movement patterns that teach disruption, leverage, and escape concepts safely and responsibly.

Module 5 — Class Structure & Lesson Design
How to run full classes, short courses, and workshops using the provided templates; pacing, transitions, and group management.

Module 6 — Safeguards, Consent & Risk Management
Clear do/don’t rules, safeguarding practices, consent language, and scope protection for instructors and institutions.

Module 7 — Teaching Scenarios & Case Examples
Common real-world teaching situations (schools, gyms, community centers) and how to handle them consistently and safely.

Module 8 — Program Implementation & Delivery
How to launch and deliver Pretty Deadly Kids & Teens programs in different settings without overextending resources.

Assessment — Teaching Readiness Evaluation
Scenario-based assessment confirming understanding of scope, safety, and curriculum delivery.

Completion of this certification is required to license and teach Pretty Deadly Self Defense™ Kids & Teens programs.

A Program License is required only if you intend to deliver Pretty Deadly Self Defense™ classes or workshops and is selected during checkout.

Pretty Deadly was developed for the way we, women, actually learn, the things we actually face, and that's actually taught in a fun and friendly way!

But as much as we like to take scary subjects and make them fun to learn, we take our Trainers seriously. You can rest assured that I and all Pretty Deadly Certified Self Defense Instructors have:

• learned effective and encouraging teaching tools to help non-martial artists easily acquire skills

• have trauma awareness and support training

• know how to design a self defense workshop, course and class that stays useful and relevant while supporting your confidence, self-trust and healthy connection to your body.

WHAT OUR CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS SAY:

~Jennifer Morais, High Wycombe UK

SELF DEFENSE INSTRUCTOR REQUIREMENTS

What makes Pretty Deadly a trusted name is the quality of our program. We uphold rigorous quality assurance standards according to the protocols set by CIMSPA UK. If you'd like to review our Quality Assurance, Inclusion, Complaint and Safety Procedures, please send an email to hi@prettydeadlypro.com and we will be happy to share a PDF copy of our current policy documents.

Pretty Deadly certifies martial artists, fitness professionals, community leaders and individuals eager for purposeful work with positive community impact. The criteria you need to meet Pretty Deadly Self Defense Certification requirements are:

1. Minimum 24 years old *

2. Fitness trainer certification OR min. 4 years martial arts training OR community leader with min. 20 volunteer hours

3. Able to attend all online and live sessions within 6 months from your first session date

4. Successful completion of trainer application

5. Able to adhere to and comply with Pretty Deadly's Diversity and Inclusion policies

*if you are high school or university student, get in touch to learn about our Community Guide program

Cancellation Policy

Course fees include training manual and completion certificate. Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging costs. Pretty Deadly Self Defense and its parent company Singe Holdings LLC is not responsible for any loss of lodging deposits, payments or ticket purchases due to certification course cancellations of any kind.

Cancellations:

Pretty Deadly reserves the right to suspend or cancel any certification course if the minimum number of registrations are not met 10 days before course date.

If Pretty Deadfly Self Defense cancels a course or partially cancels a course, registrants will be notified within 10 calendar days and automatically transferred to the next available course in their region, unless otherwise requested by registrant. Registrants are fully refunded within 45 business days if no transfer is possible.

Registrant is entitled to 100% refund of the course fee paid (including discounted or group rates) if registrant cancels 30 days more more before course start date, 75% refund if registratant cancels 30 days before course date; 50% refund if registrant cancels 15 days before course start date; 25% refund if registrant cancels no less than 3 days before course date. No refund if registrant cancels 2 or less days before start date or does not attend. Some exceptions may apply and are decided on an individual basis.