Overview

KATORAM® Safety Solutions is a company with a business focus on the development and implementation of safety concepts and solutions for corporate and individual clients. The basis of our philosophy is the KATORAM® Body and Instinct Training on which all our trainings are built.

Performance Features

KATORAM® Safety Solutions is a company with a business focus on the development and implementation of safety concepts and solutions for corporate and individual clients.
The basis of our philosophy is the KATORAM® Body and Instinct Training on which all our trainings are built.

Body Training:
At KATORAM®, all movements taught during a training derive from existing, well-known movements and actions of the daily life.

Our extensive experience in training and education tells us that the transfer of complex ‘fighting movements’ mainly causes confusion and blockade in emergency situations. This can lead to the so-called ‘stress paralyses’ because of the inability to effectively recall and use the right thing from a multitude of choices.

Instinct Training:
Our instinct is comparable to a little advisor who is living inside us and who would like to help us in emergency situations. To do this he needs information which should be created though the lifetime of a human being. It consists of information that assured the survival of the individual in the past such as:

If I am fighting with a bigger, stronger and armed enemy, without weapons I will lose
If I am carrying my food alone, the risk is bigger that someone will take it
If it is dark, I avoid unknown territory because of the risk to fall, injure etc.
If I want to hunt an animal, I have to observe the wind, topography, distance, noise etc.

As you see, our little friend only works with basic and essential information.

We in our Western world of the 21st century have now deeper experience on the martial functioning of our instinct and thus our little friend is relying on wrong information.

Example:
Someone is standing in front of you, struggles you and pushes you with your back against a wall. Both of you, you and your instinct, have never experienced such a situation before, you never had to physically defend yourself so far. You know this – your instinct does not. He thinks he can handle the situation because your subconscious is constantly fed with fights, beating and kicking – buzz words of the media (movies, papers and TV). Therefore, you and your instinct have memorized movements, behaviour and the rhetoric of emergency situations transmitted by the media which do not correspond with the reality.

KATORAM® training gives your little friend the basis for a right functioning – all other aspects follow almost automatically.

2. Trainings

a) KATORAM® Body & Instinct Training

Content
Ignorance and wrong information lead us to fearfully withdraw from any critical situation. Thus, we constantly try to avoid any confrontation because of fear of the unknown. Based on real situations, during the training you learn how to deal with menaces, aggressions etc. The ability of self – defence will positively change your life and your environment.

In our modern, civilized world we are bombarded with an enormous quantity of useless information and – in most cases – are diverted from unpleasant issues. If such a diversion is not possible, we are fed with wrong information to prevent us from being worried. We are taught to calculate the volume of a recipient, but are hold back from making a deeper martial experience: should two school boys fight on the school yard, we call the police and should a child climb a trey, the fire-brigade will soon be there.

It has to be clear that in current days with the ongoing globalization the world has more and more the character of a global town where cultures meet and melt, which we can only handle up to a certain level. Therefore, individuals who have learnt through experience to take care of themselves are much fitter in most circumstances of modern life.

During this training you will be taught – on a martial level with fighting situations – to use your existing skills. You will be shown the differences between rational and instinctive awareness, judgement and reaction. You will train to instinctively use your body and brain and to rationally check this use. Thus, your existing strengths will be optimized and possible weaknesses reduced.

The core element of the KATORAM® Body and Instinct Training lies in the ‘anchoring’ of daily movements and actions and the development of the personal instincts. The structure of the training is such that all important movements are directly exercised and applied with our KATORAM® trainers. This guarantees maximum success of the training.

Main elements of training
The training is built on the following core aspects and elements:
Stress analysis
Fighting theory: daily police experiences, the development of disputes and robbery, revolving patterns and the definition of relevant frames for a positive outcome
Movements and actions of the daily life such as ball games, swimming movements, use of a power saws, partially combined with outdoor trainings
Instinct trainings where you learn the functioning of your instinct
Strategic behaviour
Controlled de-escalation
Fighting practise: correct behaviour and reaction scenarios trained with our specialists
Weapons: right behaviour in case of aggressions with weapons (fire-arms, knives, sticks etc.)

Participants
Employees of all functions and hierarchies, security and safety managers, expats in critical countries and regions, sales representatives and customer managers with potentially critical customer contacts

Duration
3 days of which 2 days with 2 trainers

b) Communication and De-escalation in Critical Situations

The best and most secure approach to handle a critical situation is not to let it happen or to reduce it at a very early stage through the use of professional and efficient communication and de-escalation techniques.

Many critical situations are often triggered by a wrong, inadequate attitude or act: a wrong word or a strange look or an inappropriate reaction. In most cases little is needed for controlling such a situation and achieving a de-escalating result: the right tone and choice of words, the adequate eye contact, kindness, a convincing and immediate excuse, the efficient reduction of pressure or the re - channelling of attention. These behavioural tactics contain a verbal and non-verbal dimension and it is important that both appear in a congruent and, thus, convincing way.

The training is an exciting combination of theoretical concepts, practical exercises and the concrete application of the KATORAM® Body & Instinct Training with a focus on ‘anchored’ movements and reactions. This guarantees an optimum learning effect.

Main elements of training
The training is built on the following core aspects and elements:
Familiarization with proven, theoretical communication concepts
Experience and learning of own behavioural patterns
Transfer of concrete, practicable tools for the improvement of the own specific communication skills
Learning of the KATORAM® Body & Instinct Training
Recognition of the escalation phases leading to critical situations and application of concrete and efficient de-escalation measures
Simulation of critical situations in role plays or cases and training of appropriate reactions
Training of physical behaviour patterns in critical situations
Introduction of basic elements of emergency psychology

Participants
CEO’s and members of the Executive Boards, investors’ relation managers, security and safety managers, expats in critical countries and regions, pilots and flight attendants, sales representatives and customer managers with potentially critical customer contacts

Number of Participants
For practical and efficiency reasons we recommend to limit the number of participants for this in-house – training to 14 participants.

Duration

4 days

c) Safety and Security Management

Not only since 9/11 are terms like internal security and civil courage headlines and cited everywhere.
The need for internal stability and security in companies is steadily growing and is backed by the stagnating world economy. However, danger potentials mustn’t be feared only by the often cited ‘black man’ (terrorists). Especially in companies there is also the fear of saboteurs, industrial spies, envious people, former employees, creditors and debtors, black mailers, shoplifters, robbers etc. who are often motivated by hopeless situations, having nothing to lose.
The comprehensive monitoring of potential sabotage targets becomes a logistic nightmare with such a broad field of suspects. The tighter you install your safety net, the higher the costs, which again are of great importance, especially during times of an economic slowdown.

Try to seize the dimension of a strong defence army of employees – if you have around 500 employees in a company and all of them are trained in safety techniques up to a certain level, it will be nearly impossible for an aggressor (see list above) to realize his intention without being disturbed. This should also be the objective: to disturb a potential aggressor, deter and discourage him so that his plans will fail.

Therefore, it is important that employees know how to react in critical situations and that they are in a position to immediately recall these reaction patterns when needed.

Main elements of training
The training is built on the following core aspects and elements:
The individual as a potential source of risk
De – escalation
Self – defence techniques
Use and enhancement of personal resources
KATORAM® Body & Instinct Training
Escape and escape assistance

Participants
Employees of all functions and hierarchies, security and safety managers, expats in critical countries and regions, sales representatives and customer managers with potentially critical customer contacts

Duration
3 days

d) Basics of Emergency Psychology

Incidents like technical and environmental catastrophes, work accidents, hold-ups, attacks and acts of violence can cause tremendous psychological impacts on human beings, be it as a victim, participator, relative or emergency staff.

Combined with the employment of specialists, trained laymen, too, can deliver an important and immediate psychology first – aid service in emergency situations. It contributes to a significant reduction of long-term effects and negative human and financial consequences of such shock impacts.

The focus of this psychology first – aid services is:
Psychological stabilization in case of fear, pain and shock
Stress reduction
Symptoms’ reduction
Assistance during the recovery and absorption process
Enhancement of the self- healing faculties and resources
Identification of ‘persons at risk’

In this training we combine two important aspects: on one side, the transfer of theoretical concepts and know-how and, on the other side, the concrete application and intervention based on role plays and simulations. Furthermore, personal strategies for handling such traumatic impacts are developed or expanded and practical aspects discussed.

Main elements of training
The training is built on the following core aspects and elements:
The phases of traumatic experiences
Their psycho-physiological, psycho-biological and psychological symptoms and side effects
Functions of a psychological first – aid assistance:
Immediate measures
Options for interventions: successful techniques and frequent mistakes
Handling of frequent reaction patterns of victims, relatives, participators etc.
Assessment of kind and necessity of other emergency staff and specialists
Phases of action and co-operation with other emergency staff and specialists
Handling of own shock

Participants
Managers, security and safety managers, member of emergency and first – aid teams and social services

Number of participants
Maximum 16

Duration
3 days