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Private Personal Safety & Self-Defense Training

You always have options.

Personal safety — physical and mental — built around your life.

Safety isn't one-size-fits-all. Your routines, environments, responsibilities, concerns, experiences and physical abilities are different. Your training should be too.

Whether you want to stay connected, work privately on a specific concern, or build a complete personal readiness system — choose the level of support that fits you.

Explore your options
Situational awarenessThreat recognitionBehavioral baselinesNon-verbal cuesCross-cultural communicationBoundary settingDe-escalationPositioning & exitsPhysical response skillsDecision-making under stressScenario trainingPost-stress recoveryConfidence buildingResilience

Choose your next step

Three levels of support. Coaching calls are group calls, free through 31 December.

Any private program can run for two — a partner, a daughter, a friend.

Stay connected

MOMBA Safety Access

Free

Free through 31 December

Stay connected. Keep learning. Keep building your options.

  • One complimentary 15-minute private Safety Strategy Session
  • Three months of complimentary biweekly live group Safety Coaching Calls
  • Ongoing practical safety education and Q&A
  • A place to bring real-world safety questions as they come up

Safety Coaching Calls are live group sessions. Your initial 15-minute Safety Strategy Session is private.

In January the group coaching calls become a paid membership. Everyone who joins before 31 December keeps a reduced founding rate for as long as they stay.

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No credit card required

Focused private training

Personal Safety Intensive

One concern, one session.

$1,297 — just you

$1,998 — two of you

$999 each

Work privately with Carmen on the safety concerns that matter most in your life.

  • 90-minute private one-to-one training session, in person or online
  • Personal needs and lifestyle assessment
  • Situational awareness and threat recognition
  • Boundaries, positioning and de-escalation
  • Personalized physical response skills
  • Focused real-world scenario work
  • Personal Safety Action Plan
  • Three months of complimentary biweekly group Safety Coaching Calls
  • Train with a partner, a daughter or a friend — a Personal Safety Action Plan for each of you.

Ideal when you have a specific concern, environment, skill or situation you want to address.

Includes founding member status — a reduced rate on the group coaching calls from January, for as long as you stay.

Book my intensive

$1,297 · one-time payment

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Complete private program

Private Predictive Readiness™

The whole system, built around your life.

$3,897 — just you

$6,500 — two of you

$3,250 each

Founding enrollment — closes 31 December

After 31 December the group Safety Coaching Calls become a paid membership. Join before then and your founding rate holds for as long as you stay.

Build a personal safety system around the life you actually live.

4 sessions

Four private 60-minute one-to-one sessions with Carmen, in person or online. Spacing them out lets you practice in between — the best approach for building a skill, then refining it.

4 sessions 6 sessions
+2 private sessions free

Workshop attendees receive two additional private sessions at no additional cost — six private 60-minute sessions, in person or online, for the price of four. Spacing them out lets you practice in between — the best approach for building a skill, then refining it.

Four separate sessions with practice in between — because that is how a skill actually gets built, not how it gets explained.

  • Comprehensive Personal Safety Assessment
  • Situational awareness and behavioral intelligence
  • Boundaries, positioning and de-escalation
  • Personalized physical response training
  • Progressive skills development
  • Real-world scenario training based on your actual life and environments
  • MOMBA Protocol™
  • Predict → Prevail → Persist™
  • Personal Readiness Blueprint™
  • 30-day private progress check-in
  • Six months of complimentary biweekly group Safety Coaching Calls
  • Founding member rate on the group coaching calls from January, for as long as you stay
  • Train with a partner, a daughter or a friend — a Personal Readiness Blueprint™ each, and coaching calls for both of you.
Start my program

$3,897 · one-time payment

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This is your training.

The Personal Safety Intensive ($1,297) and Private Predictive Readiness™ ($3,897) are individual training programs, with private one-to-one sessions with Carmen included — in person or online. Partner Readiness™ ($6,500) is that same complete program run for two people together — still private, and shared only with the person you book it with. Each is built around your routines, your work, your travel, your home environment, your family responsibilities, your physical abilities, and the situations you actually encounter.

About the coaching calls: the complimentary biweekly Safety Coaching Calls included at every level are live group calls, shared with other members. They are not private sessions. Your private training is the 90-minute session in the Intensive, or the foursix 60-minute sessions in Private Predictive Readiness™.

No generic curriculum.
No one-size-fits-all training.

We identify where you need more options — then train for those situations.

Teams, brokerages & organizations

Training one person changes a life. Training your whole team changes your business.

These programs are built for individuals. If you lead a brokerage, a company, a campus or a nonprofit, don’t stop at one person — build readiness into how your whole organization operates. We design the program around where your people are actually exposed, and deliver it on site.

Build your organization’s program →

Predict. Prevail. Persist.™

Predict

Read people, environments and changing situations earlier.

Prevail

Develop practical mental, verbal and physical options under pressure.

Persist

Recover, adapt and move forward without allowing fear to run your life.

The goal isn't to eliminate uncertainty. It's to reduce its influence by building reliable options.

“Safety isn't the absence of risk. It's the presence of options.”

— Carmen “The Momba”

Personal safety isn't about living afraid. It's about developing awareness, boundaries, decision-making ability, physical readiness and confidence — so that when something changes, you have options.

Carmen "The Momba"

Train with Carmen “The Momba”

Carmen is a professional readiness and personal safety educator with more than thirty years of martial arts and self-defense experience.

Her background combines practical physical training, behavioral and situational awareness, trauma-informed education, health research, business leadership and real-world risk management.

Training and practice

  • 30+ years martial arts and self-defense instruction
  • Shihan, 5th Dan
  • Active professional boxer and competitive fighter
  • Postgraduate education in Health Research, specializing in trauma and PTSD
  • Published author and public speaker

Business and credentials

  • Virginia DPOR-approved school owner
  • Virginia DPOR-approved CE instructor
  • Virginia SWaM-certified small business
  • Women-owned and military-owned business

What people say afterwards

5.0 on Google · Read the reviews · All testimonials

Google review

Training with Carmen has been an incredible experience. She brings the perfect mix of technical skill, motivation, and real-world practicality to every session.

What really stands out is how she creates a welcoming and supportive environment, especially for beginners who might feel intimidated stepping into combat sports. I have gained not just strength and endurance, but genuine confidence.

DA Demontral AtheyTraining client

Every now and then you come across a person or a service you feel compelled to recommend — and this is absolutely one of those moments.

I've had the pleasure of knowing Carmen for several years, and during that time I've watched her repeatedly demonstrate a rare talent: she connects with people in a way that builds real accountability and drives meaningful change.

DY Dr. YudoVP · Doctorate in Healthcare Administration · Behavior change coach
Google review

Carmen led a self-defense class at my all-women’s gym, Empower, and it was so informative and equipping! Our members were very grateful to have gained such valuable information.

BG Blaine GregaitisEmpower, all-women’s gym

I met her over fifteen years ago when she trained one of my sons in taekwondo and the other in Combat Hapkido, and I was immediately struck by her rare mix of calm authority and deep compassion. Later, in her women's self-defense class, I saw it again — she pushes you to grow but never lets you feel alone.

When I went through my own hard season, she didn't offer clichés — she offered presence, belief, and tools to rebuild. That's her gift: she sees your strength long before you do.

IH Irina H.Finance professional · MBA, CMA, CSCA
Google review

Carmen was absolutely phenomenal during our Women’s Situational Awareness & Safety Training at SYWO Security Academy.

She delivered self-defense techniques in a way that was clear, practical, and empowering. Her confidence and passion made every woman in the room feel more capable and prepared.

TH Thessa H.Marine · Founder, SYWO Security Academy

She's an excellent teacher, coach and encourager, offering ways to improve while remaining patient. She is great at seeing what I am doing wrong and how to correct it.

She takes my reasons for coming seriously. I can't begin to say how much that means to me.

SB Sarah B.Registered Life Planner® · Financial advisor
Google review

Carmen led a women’s self defense class for our non-profit and her level of expertise and ability to connect with her students is incredible!

WL William LaneNonprofit host

I am still riding the feeling of being excited about learning. I'm really pumped and passionate about continuing.

I want to be able to protect myself and my family, and I'm one step closer to attaining that.

JE Jude E.Musician

You always have options.

The question is how many you've prepared.

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MOMBA Safety Access

Join free

Train privately

Personal Safety Intensive — $1,297

Book my intensive

Build my complete system

Private Predictive Readiness™ — $3,897

Start my program

Not sure? Start with a complimentary 15-minute private Safety Strategy Session.

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