Resilience training in Hilversum
For children, teens, and adults
Would you like to feel more confident, set clearer boundaries, or handle difficult situations better? At Double Defense, you work on resilience in a way that suits you: practical, personal, and without performance pressure.
“The training has brought our daughter and us a lot. Especially the confidence that she can effectively and resolutely guard and express her boundaries is of immeasurable value to us as parents.”
~Karen and Joost
What is resilience?
Being resilient does not mean that you always have to be strong, act tough, or know how to fight. It means that you can stand up for yourself when something feels tense, uncomfortable, or threatening — at home, at school, at work, online, or on the street.
We always look at four sides of a situation: what you think, feel, can say, and can do when words are not enough. Mental, emotional, verbal, and physical resilience belong together.
Our definition is clear: resilience is being able to stand up for your own wishes, boundaries, and needs.
Who is resilience training for?
Resilience training at Double Defense is for children from age 7, teens, and adults who want to grow in self-confidence, setting boundaries, or learning to respond in tense situations.
Perhaps you want to work on your resilience preventively. Or perhaps something is already going on, such as bullying, peer pressure, insecurity, intimidation, or people not respecting your boundaries. In either case, we look at the person in front of us and at what a suitable next step could be.
You do not need to be athletic, fit, or experienced. It does help if you are willing to practise step by step. There is no pressure to progress faster than you are ready for.
Our approach
Our resilience training is built around situations that are recognisable in everyday life. You practise in a safe setting, with attention to what you need and at a pace that suits you. This helps you develop practical skills to act more confidently.
Our programmes combine current knowledge about resilience with our experience in Krav Maga, mental coaching, and pedagogical work. This creates an approach in which you learn not only what you can do, but also how to make choices that suit you.
We train children, teens, and adults in separate groups. This allows the pace, language, exercises, and topics to match their stage of life and the situations they recognise.
Not sure whether our resilience training is right for you?
We are happy to think along with you.
A programme for every age
Every stage of life brings its own challenges. That is why we have separate groups and programmes for children, teens, and adults.
Mental, emotional, verbal, and physical resilience
In our lessons, we practise recognisable situations. Every situation has a mental, emotional, verbal, and physical side — so we work on all four, at a pace that fits the group.
More than talking or practising techniques
Talking about boundaries is not always enough when a situation becomes genuinely tense. Practising techniques alone is not enough either. That is why we combine conversation, movement, role-play, and repetition.
You practise how to use your posture, voice, and words. You also practise how to act when tension rises or someone does not stop. This gives what you learn meaning outside class.
Physical self-defense, including elements from Krav Maga, can be part of the programme. Not to learn how to fight, but so that you know what you can do when words are not enough.
Personal attention at Double Defense
Not sure what suits you?
Tell us what you or your child is facing, or what you want to learn. We will help you consider which group, training, or next step might fit.