PRIVATE SELF-DEFENSE • HAMILTON, OHIO
Self-defense training built around you.
Practical self-defense instruction for individuals, families, businesses, and youth organizations. Build awareness, practice communication, and work on physical skills through a private course tailored to your participants and goals.
Private courses are booked separately from weekly classes and the 7-day intro program. Share your needs below to start planning.
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START WITH YOUR GROUP
A course that fits the people taking it.
Tell us who will be training and what you want to accomplish. We’ll recommend a course format and confirm the content, schedule, and price with you before booking.
Individuals & Families
Training shaped around your personal goals and the ages and experience levels of the people taking part.
Businesses & Community Groups
Private workshops tailored to your organization’s needs, schedule, and training priorities.
Youth Organizations
Age-appropriate awareness, boundaries, and practical skills for youth groups. We confirm participant ages and tailor the course before booking.
PRACTICAL SKILLS • CLEAR GUIDANCE
Avoid, respond, and get to safety.
Courses combine awareness and prevention with physical skills and realistic, guided practice. Topics are tailored to your participants’ ages, experience, and goals and agreed in advance.
Awareness & Prevention
Recognize risks, communicate boundaries, and consider ways to avoid escalation. Practice verbal responses and decisions that help you create distance and seek help.
Physical Skills
Practice stance, footwork, punch defense, basic striking, responses to grabs and clinches, and takedown defense. Physical practice is adapted to the group.
Escape & Disengagement
Work on escape concepts, getting back to your feet, disengaging, and moving toward safety.
The aim is to build useful knowledge and skills through guided practice. No course can guarantee safety in every situation.
EXPERIENCE BEHIND YOUR TRAINING
Meet your training team.
Roberta and Mandy teach alongside Ryan in our self-defense courses. Together, they bring law enforcement, martial arts, and competition experience to the training.
Ryan Roach
Legacy’s Founder & Head Coach and a local career law enforcement officer. A BJJ Black Belt, 2nd degree, and Luta Livre Black Belt, Ryan brings martial arts experience and a professional training background to course planning and instruction.
Roberta “Crush” Samad
Legacy’s full-time Head Coach, a BJJ Black Belt, 4th degree, and Luta Livre Black Belt. A professional MMA fighter and grappler with PFL and Bellator experience, Roberta teaches kids, youth, and adults and manages the academy’s fight team.
Mandy Roach
A BJJ Purple Belt, Level 3 Police Jiu-Jitsu Instructor, CrossFit Level 2 coach, and local career law enforcement officer. Mandy teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Legacy and is a No-Gi Pan-American champion and three-time Pan-American medalist.
A CLEAR PATH TO YOUR COURSE
Three steps to your private course.
1. Share your goals
Tell us participant ages, group size, experience level, and what you want to accomplish.
2. Agree on your course
We’ll discuss content, format, duration, location, equipment needs, availability, and pricing.
3. Confirm your booking
Review the agreed course details and pricing, then confirm your booking with our team.
Training locations and any mobile delivery arrangements are discussed during planning. Contact our team to confirm what is available for your group.
WEEKLY TRAINING • ADULTS AGES 16+
Looking for weekly self-defense training?
A workshop introduces useful concepts. Regular training gives you more opportunities to practice and develop those skills. Start with our adult 7-day intro program for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing, or Luta Livre. Beginners welcome.
$19.97 · adult 7-day intro program · Ages 16+
Your seven days begin on your first day of attendance. Enjoy unlimited age-appropriate martial arts classes during your 7-day intro program. No automatic enrollment in an ongoing membership after your intro.
Request your private course.
Start with the form below. We’ll follow up to recommend a suitable course and provide pricing. You can also call or text if you prefer.
Tell us about your private course
Tell us who will be training, their ages, your goals, group size, preferred dates, and location. We’ll follow up to discuss a suitable course.
Required fields are marked *. Submitting this form sends a course request. Your booking and price are confirmed separately with our team.