All times for the course are local area times.

New for 2025.

Your training scenarios will be recorded, and the video will be provided for your future review to help develop your training.

You will also be granted 3 months of access to our online community, where we post lost additional content.

All times are local for the training location.

A gym fee of $20 in cash is due to the host of the training facility.

Edged Weapons Overview introduces the fundamental realities of knife fights (offense and defense) and consists of 16 training hours over two days. Real-world criminal assaults are used to contextualize the presented material and provide the participant with practical skills to avoid, stabilize, and resolve an edge weapon-related incident. The program is simplistic and congruent, allowing anyone to retain and immediately use the technics. Each day ends with an evolution to validate the content of the day. The experience reinforces the newly acquired skillset and allows the participant to apply techniques without the consequence of a real-life incident.

Watch This YouTube Video of EWO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD7Wv6qqFM8

Topics

Criminal Assault Paradigm: the reality of violent crimes against people and the trends commonly observed

Managing Unknown Contacts: a template to improving social literacy and navigate public space

Edged Weapons: a display and history of the most commonly carried knives (pocket, push dagger, clinch pick, unconventional)

Knife defense: minimizing damage to get in, get out, or get to something better

Knife offense: effective targeting, legal theory/justification

Please bring the following items with you to class:

Comfortable clothes
Mouthpiece and cup
Preferred carry knives
Trainer knives (if you have them)

A Shivworks course is a significant investment of time and money – not only for the participant but also for the hosts and the instructors. Courses fill fast, and unexpected cancellations significantly strain our niche bespoke program. Therefore, we have a strict refund policy for every course. If you have enrolled in a class and later cannot make it, please contact us immediately.

*Payment installment option - you may provide a deposit to secure your spot and split the cost into two payments; however, the deposit is not refundable. The final payment will be due one day before the start of the course. **

A service fee may be paid to the host gym in cash on the day of the course.

More than 30 Days Before Class

If a student cancels more than 30 days before a class, that student’s tuition will be refunded in full.

30 Days Before Class

If a student cancels anywhere between 10 and thirty days before class, that student’s tuition is not refundable. However, the tuition can be applied to another Shivworks class. This tuition credit must be used within 18 months of the original class date, or it is forfeited. If a cancellation occurs within 10 days, tuition is forfeited, and no credit will be applied.

10 Days Before Class

If a student cancels 10 days (or less) before a class, that student’s tuition is forfeited and cannot be applied to any other class.

ShivWorks Cancellations

If Craig Douglas has to cancel a class for any reason, all students enrolled in that class will receive full refunds.

Edged Weapon Overview (EWO) - Portland, Maine