Most Defensive Tactics Were Not Built For Protection Work
Protection Response Tactics® was created for executive protection agents, private security professionals, and personal protection specialists who operate under a different set of responsibilities than law enforcement, military personnel, or competitive martial artists.
Protecting A Client Is Different Than Winning A Fight
Traditional defensive tactics programs often focus on controlling, arresting, or defeating an opponent. While those skills can be valuable, they do not always address the realities of protecting a client in public, crowded, high-liability environments.
Protection professionals must manage more than the threat in front of them. They must consider client movement, team positioning, environmental hazards, cameras, witnesses, legal exposure, social perception, and the need to evacuate as soon as possible.
PRT was built specifically for that mission. The system gives protectors a structured way to use verbal de-escalation, soft control, body positioning, hidden force, vehicle-centric tactics, and physical intervention when avoidance and evacuation are no longer viable.
PRT Is Built Around Protection Priorities
PRT was designed for one purpose: to help protection professionals reduce risk, protect the client, and respond appropriately when physical engagement becomes unavoidable.
Defensive Tactics Designed For Protection Professionals
Protection Response Tactics® is not generic defensive tactics. It is a purpose-built system designed around the realities of executive protection, private security, client movement, de-escalation, liability, and real-world protective environments.
Verbal De-Escalation
Learn to manage conflict before it becomes physical through communication, positioning, behavioral management, and professional presence.
Soft Control Methods
Control, redirect, and manage individuals using visually appropriate methods designed for professional environments.
Hidden Force Applications
Apply effective force without unnecessary escalation, attention, or liability while maintaining control of the interaction.
Vehicle-Centric Tactics
Train solutions designed specifically for operating in and around vehicles during client movement, evacuation, and protective response.
Anti-Grappling & Ground Survival
Develop practical responses to grabs, takedowns, clinch pressure, and ground-based problems while protecting the client.
Protection Response Integration
Combine movement, positioning, communication, force options, and team tactics into one complete protection response system.
PRT is not a collection of techniques. It is a complete protection response system designed to help agents assess, manage, and solve problems while protecting the client.
The Six-Phase Protection Response Tactics® Training System
PRT is organized into a progressive instructor development pathway designed specifically for protection professionals. Each phase builds upon the previous one, creating a complete system that develops the skills, judgment, and tactical decision-making required in real-world protective environments.
Fundamentals
Develop the core foundation of the PRT system, including posture, positioning, movement, verbal skills, physical presence, soft-control methods, and protection-centered decision making.
Assault-Level Tactics
Learn to manage aggressive encounters, higher levels of resistance, confined-space problems, wall engagements, environmental obstacles, and dynamic assaults against protectors and clients.
Firearms Integration
Integrate protective movement, weapons access, retention principles, defensive firearm considerations, and decision-making skills into the protection environment.
Vehicle-Centric Defensive Tactics
Address the unique challenges of operating in and around vehicles, including seated engagements, client evacuation, confined-space responses, and protective movement under pressure.
Ground Fighting & Anti Grappling
Develop practical ground survival and control skills specifically adapted for protection work, focusing on recovery, mobility, client protection, and returning to a standing position.
Advanced Protection Integration
Bring together all components of the PRT system through scenario-based training, advanced decision-making, environmental problem solving, and complete protection response integration.
A Progressive Instructor Development Path
The Protection Response Tactics® curriculum is designed to move practitioners from foundational protective skills to advanced instructor-level application. Each level builds upon the previous one, creating a complete framework for developing capable, professional protection personnel who can apply appropriate responses across a wide range of environments and threat levels.
Built For Protection Professionals, Not General Martial Arts Students
Protection Response Tactics® was designed for professionals who are responsible for protecting others in real environments, under real pressure, and within real legal, social, and operational constraints.
Executive Protection Agents
For professionals responsible for client safety, close protection, movement, and risk reduction.
Corporate Security
For departments responsible for executive safety, workplace security, incident response, and professional conduct.
Private Security Teams
For teams working venues, corporate sites, events, residential details, and high-risk environments.
Close Protection Specialists
For protectors operating around vehicles, public spaces, hotels, travel routes, and protective movements.
Defensive Tactics Instructors
For instructors who need a protection-specific system beyond standard defensive tactics or martial arts curriculum.
Agency Owners & Training Directors
For leaders who need a scalable, professional training model for teams, instructors, and protection personnel.
If your job requires protecting people, moving clients, managing risk, and staying legally defensible under pressure, PRT was built for your environment.
Designed For The Realities Of Protection Work
Protection Response Tactics® was built specifically for executive protection, corporate security, and private security professionals. Rather than adapting solutions from unrelated disciplines, PRT focuses on the operational realities faced by protectors every day, providing practical tools that are legally defensible, socially executable, and operationally relevant.
Protection-Centered Design
Built from the ground up for executive protection and private security operations rather than adapted from sport fighting, traditional martial arts, or unrelated defensive tactics systems.
Legally Defensible Responses
Provides scalable response options that help professionals apply appropriate force while maintaining the ability to articulate their decisions and actions after an incident.
Custom Program Development
One of the most unique aspects of PRT is the ability to evaluate an organization’s operation, personnel, environment, and mission requirements to develop training solutions tailored to their specific needs.
This capability allows PRT to support executive protection teams, corporate security departments, private security organizations, and high-level protection professionals operating in diverse environments.
Operationally Relevant Training
Addresses vehicles, protective movement, public environments, client evacuation, team operations, and the challenges commonly encountered in protection assignments.
Visually Appropriate Control
Focuses on methods that are socially executable, professionally appropriate, and visually consistent with the expectations placed upon modern protection professionals.
The Experience Behind Protection Response Tactics®
Protection Response Tactics® was developed by Alan Baker after more than four decades of studying, teaching, and developing training systems across martial arts, defensive tactics, executive protection, and personal security disciplines.
Throughout his career, Alan has trained thousands of students, taught nationwide seminars, developed instructor certification programs, and worked alongside executive protection teams, corporate security organizations, and professionals responsible for protecting others.
PRT was created to address a problem that many protection professionals face: most defensive tactics systems were never designed for the realities of executive protection work. The operational environment, legal considerations, client management responsibilities, and public-facing nature of the profession require a different approach.
The result is a system built specifically for protectors, providing scalable solutions that emphasize risk reduction, de-escalation, client safety, appropriate force application, and real-world operational effectiveness.
How Would You Like To Train?
Whether your goal is to become a certified Protection Response Tactics® Instructor or bring customized protection training directly to your team, we offer a pathway designed around your mission and operational needs.
PRT Instructor Certification
Learn the complete Protection Response Tactics® system and become certified to teach a structured defensive tactics program designed specifically for executive protection and security professionals.
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Train Directly With Alan
Bring Alan Baker directly to your organization for customized protection training. Every engagement is built around your team’s environment, operational requirements, personnel, legal considerations, and mission profile to ensure the training fits the realities of your work.
Schedule Team TrainingWhat Respected Professionals Are Saying About PRT
Protection Response Tactics® has been reviewed, supported, and recommended by professionals from executive protection, law enforcement, corporate security, martial arts, and instructor development backgrounds.
A respected voice in the executive protection industry, Jerry Heying speaks to the relevance and value of Protection Response Tactics® for professionals responsible for protecting others.
Watch TestimonialAntonio Alfonso brings a law enforcement and defensive tactics perspective to the discussion of PRT and its value for professionals operating in high-pressure environments.
Watch TestimonialAs the founder of a protection company, Nathan McKnight speaks from the perspective of those responsible for building capability inside real protection teams.
Watch TestimonialTracy Takaki offers insight from a deep martial arts and instructor development background, recognizing the practical structure and relevance of the PRT system.
Watch TestimonialAlvin Brown brings a security and intelligence perspective to the conversation, reinforcing the importance of practical, professional, and mission-focused training.
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Questions About Protection Response Tactics®?
Here are answers to some of the most common questions we receive from instructors, protection professionals, security teams, and organizations exploring the PRT program.
Certification & Training
How Long Is The PRT Certification?
The PRT Certification is valid for two years.
During that period, certified instructors receive complimentary access to instructor training camps and full access to the PRT Online Training Academy, providing ongoing education, refreshers, and professional development.
Do I Need Prior Experience To Start PRT?
No. You do not need prior experience to begin PRT.
The system provides a clear progression for beginners while offering advanced concepts and decision-making frameworks for experienced protectors, instructors, and operators.
Are There In-Person Training Options?
Yes. PRT includes instructor training camps held twice each year.
These camps are included for active members and provide hands-on coaching, skill refinement, and direct instructor development.
How Is PRT Training Structured?
PRT is organized into six phases across three Instructor Levels.
Each level builds progressively from foundational protection skills through advanced integration, creating a complete instructor development pathway.
Program & Curriculum
Who Is PRT Designed For?
PRT was developed for executive protection agents, private security professionals, corporate security teams, personal protection specialists, and defensive tactics instructors.
The system was specifically designed around the realities of protection work.
What Makes PRT Different From Standard DT?
PRT was built specifically for protection professionals, not adapted from sport fighting, traditional martial arts, or generic defensive tactics programs.
The system focuses on visually appropriate, socially executable, and legally defensible responses within real protection environments.
What Topics Are Covered Inside PRT?
PRT includes verbal de-escalation, soft control methods, vehicle tactics, firearms integration, anti-grappling, ground survival, use-of-force decision making, and protection-centered response strategies.
Is There An Online Academy?
Yes. Members receive access to a growing online academy containing curriculum videos, instructor resources, recorded training sessions, and professional development content.
Support & Private Training
Can I Ask Questions And Get Support?
Yes. Members can communicate directly with the staff inside the academy and receive guidance, clarification, and ongoing support.
Can Agencies Or Teams Bring Alan In For Training?
Yes. Alan works with executive protection teams, security departments, agencies, and organizations to develop customized training solutions built around their specific operational environment.
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