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IGNITE Defence is a weekly confidence and self-protection programme designed to help children navigate the world with calm awareness, strong boundaries, and practical safety skills, both physical and emotional.
Sessions are confidence-led, age-appropriate, and delivered in a calm, supportive and child-centred environment.
At IGNITE Defence, we focus on prevention first.
If children understand prevention, avoidance, and boundary-setting, they are far less likely to ever need physical techniques.
Self-protection starts long before physical contact, it starts with choices, confidence, and awareness.
Our programme is built around five core behaviours that help children stay safer in everyday life:
Respect
Children learn they are worth defending. We help them walk confidently, speak clearly, listen with care, and hold boundaries — even when others don’t.
Awareness
Children learn to notice what’s happening around them, trust their instincts, and reduce distractions so they can make safer decisions at school, online, and in the community.
Courage
Courage isn’t about being fearless. It’s about choosing safety, speaking up, asking for help, or stepping away before things escalate.
Discipline
Through practice and self-control, children learn to stay calm under pressure, focus on what matters, and follow through on the right actions.
Open Mind
Situations change. Children learn to adapt, take in new information, and respond sensibly when the unexpected happens.
When children understand these behaviours, they become more confident, less aggressive, and more protective of themselves and their peers — which is the ultimate form of self-protection.
Why IGNITE Defence?
As children grow more independent, at school, online, walking to clubs, navigating friendships, they benefit from skills that help them:
Trust their instincts
Use their voice
Recognise when something doesn’t feel right
Move away safely
And ask for help confidently
IGNITE Defence teaches these skills without fear, without aggression, and without overwhelming them.
This is not about fighting.
It’s about confidence in real life, socially, emotionally, and physically.
What Your Child Will Gain
Children learn how to:
Understand personal space and boundaries
Use their voice with confidence
Respond calmly in tricky situations
Trust their instincts and judgement
Develop simple escape and self-protection skills
Feel more capable navigating the world
These are life saving skills, not just martial art skills.
what I teach
(Age-Appropriate & Empowering)
Through games, movement, discussion and practice, children learn how to:
Notice when something doesn’t feel right
Speak up and ask for help
Create space or move away safely
Stay calm when pressured or uncomfortable
Recognise unsafe behaviour online and offline
Deal with tricky or pushy behaviour
Trust their gut, even if others disagree
Handle boundaries with peers
Simple, safe physical techniques to protect themselves and get away
IGNITE Defence is ideal for children who are:
Building confidence
Quiet, shy, or sensitive
Curious or cautious
Navigating friendships or boundaries
Independent and growing socially
Neurodivergent
(ND-friendly approach)
And for parents who want to give their child tools for real life, not just for the dojo.
Book your trial session today
Classes will be held at:
The Specialism Campus, Izzard Road, Upper Heyford,
Mondays (term time only) Starting on the 12th of January 2026
Ages 5–7 — 4:45pm–5:25pm
Ages 8–11 — 5:30pm–6:15pm
Class sizes are small to keep learning supportive and safe.
I offer a £5 trial session (for a limited time), so your child can experience IGNITE Defence before committing.
After the trial, places are offered on a half term membership (£10/session), charged at the start of each half-term.
register your interest for ages 5-7
Book Trial for ages 8-11
If a class is full, you can join the waitlist and I’ll contact you when a space becomes available.
The relevant class link will show 'join the waitlist' when this happens.
Membership includes:
✔ weekly small-group sessions
✔ confidence + safety skill development
✔ ongoing progression
✔ safeguarding-informed environment
No additional fees. No contracts. Cancel anytime with one terms’s notice.
Qualified with Strike back womens self-defence
The worlds largest womens self-defence organisation
Hey there,
I'm Bex Hogan
I am Certified Life Coach, Kids self-defence instructor, published author, podcast host, creative business owner and mum to two beautiful girls.
I met Gulshen, the founder of Strike Back last year, and fell in love with her mission - to empower every women and girl to be able to protect themselves. SUCH an important skill to have. When she told me she'd been working on a kids instructor qualification for the past 4 years and that it was nearly ready, I jumped at the chance - to give my daughters the skills I'd wish I'd had growing up.
But, of course, these skills are too good to keep to ourselves. They are skills I believe everyone should know. And so, I'm bringing the classes to Heyford. To give every primary school aged child skills that could save their lives. My aim is also to get into as many local school as possible to reach those who can't access the classes.
To want to help every child feel empowered and safe in their own skin.
This isn't martial arts. Martial arts is absolutely useless in a real life situation. Self-defence will save your life!
GOT MORE QUESTIONS?
You can email me at [email protected] if you have any questions
I'm always happy to help!
Is this safe?
Yes. Sessions are structured, calm, and age-appropriate. Physical skills are simple, safe, and taught responsibly.
How are the sessions charged?
Sessions are priced at £10 each when booked in a block. Invoices will be sent a the start of each half term. If your child starts mid-way through the term, you will be charged accordingly.
One off sessions will not be available, except for the initial trial session as your child will not benefit enough from just dropping in.
These are life-saving skills and every session will be built upon. Your child will benefit the most from on-going progression.
Of course, you are free to cancel at any point, with one months notice.
Is this about fighting?
No. IGNITE Defence is not martial arts or combat. It’s confidence-led self-protection for real life.
What if my child is shy?
I was that child which is why I'm best placed to support them. Many IGNITE children start shy. Confidence, voice, and boundaries are built gradually and supportively.
Do you teach physical skills?
I teach simple, practical, age appropriate techniques designed to help a child create space and get away safely if needed. Striking and kicking will be part of the process but in a controlled environment and only when your child feels ready to try. Everything we do will be play based, there are many ways of teaching these skills without play fighting.
Do you follow the school curriculum?
Yes, IGNITE Defence aligns with PSHE themes including confidence, relationships, boundaries, consent, and safety.
Safeguarding & Standards
✔ Enhanced DBS checked
✔ Public liability insured
✔ Safeguarding aware
✔ Trauma-informed
✔ Curriculum-aligned
✔ Parent communication welcomed
© Copyright 2026 Bex Hogan - Safeguarding policy
TESTIMONIALS
Client
Sophia
Creative Director
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Project Manager
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Operations Coordinator
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