About Hard Target Self Defence                                              Hard Target Self Defence. Unit 6, Redleaf Business Park,Turvey North County Dublin, Ireland. Phone: (01) 807 5037 Hard Target Self Defence is the longest established Reality Based Self Defence School in the country. The Hard Target Systems brings together many different systems, such as Krav Maga, boxing, Kickboxing, Real Combat, grappling & ground-fighting - but our primary objective is to teach REAL self protection. © Hard Target Self Defence 2007 - 2011 Email Us My name is Aidan Carroll and I am the founder of Hard Target Self Defence Systems. Hard Target was founded in 2006 with an objective to teach self protection skills that can be taught to all ages, fitness levels, both male & female. My aim was to seek out what really works under pressure. As I say at the start of any class or seminar I teach " I will not teach any technique that I have not successfully used in a live conflict or completely pressure tested". I devised the system based on my 30 years of experience cross training in different types of martial arts and combative systems. This knowledge combined with many years dealing with REAL violence , while providing security on night club doors, is the essence of what the system is based on- gross motor, realistic, functional techniques. I now teach the Hard Target system in many schools, colleges and government agencies. I am also actively involved in training security personnel and close protection operatives. The curriculum covers a wide range of self defence training. Here is a sample of what is covered on a regular basis - • Developing a Self Protection game plan. • Understanding the criminal's mindset & M/O. • How to recognise the pre-cursors of an attack. • Developing a combative mind-set. • Understanding adrenaline reaction - Pre conflict, in conflict and post conflict. • How to strike with feet, knees, elbows, hands and head. • The use of improvised weapons. • Defence against edged weapons. • Defence against baton, bats etc. • Defence against firearms. • Ground fighting & grappling. • Third party protection. • Release from chokes, strangles and grabs. • Fitness training for combatives. • Self Defence & the law and much more. We also invite some of the most respected names in the world to give seminars & workshops in self defence. “Aidan Carroll is one of the best martial artists to graduate from my Master Class Instructors Course. He is a powerful instructor and a very charismatic man. I am proud to have him representing my system in beautiful Ireland” - Geoff Thompson  Martial Artist & BAFTA award winner. Privacy Policy Site Map