The Female Bodyguard/Close Protection Specialist training will be held July 24-August 1, 2010 in Atlanta, GA.This course will be unique in a couple of ways. First, this will be the first female-only close protection course in the world that is authorized by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Instructors from Israel, Greece, and the United States will be conducting the training.

Second, this course will be filmed for a reality television show based on female bodyguards and Athena Worldwide. The production company producing the series is Endemol USA, who does Extreme Home Makeover, Deal or No Deal, Fear Factor, and Wipeout tv shows to name a few. This should be taken into consideration as you determine whether you want to attend the course. Should the “pilot” be picked up, there is a good chance this will be on a major television network. If being on national tv is something you do not want, then you should wait for the next training. At the end of this training, we will be selecting the best candidate for an assignment with a celebrity, which will also be filmed.

Those that are interested in this training, please respond via email and I will forward the course information, application and television release/waiver. Filming will begin prior to the start date of the training, so let me know if you would be available for “casting interviews”. In addition, those that are confirmed for the training may be contacted by one of the shows producers to do a phone interview prior to filming.

We can only accept 18 students in this course, so please let me know early if you are interested.

Breaking the myth of a female bodyguard acting like a man.

Lately, it has come to my attention, the fact that some clients looking to hire female bodyguards are asking how many black belts in martial arts the bodyguard has and how huge and threatening does she look? Is it enough to consider ones martial arts skills or size or gruff appearance?

Well, first of all, we have to clarify that a female bodyguard is not only trained in martial arts. In fact, it is far more important for females in executive protection to learn the business as a whole. This includes protective intelligence, advance operations and security contingencies. Some bodyguard training courses start their training from 3 days (we will discuss another time what you should look before booking yourself in a training course) and goes until 10 days and in some cases even longer. However, any course, no matter the length of training days is never enough to learn all the appropriate skills to becoming a bodyguard (female bodyguard), much less an accomplished martial arts practitioner. Both male and female close protection agents need to hone their hand-to-hand combat skills that are needed to fend of an attacker. Also, it is important that whether your looking to hire a female bodyguard or you are already a female close protection agent that you establish an annual training plan.

Female bodyguards are hired for reasons that suit the clients particular needs. A female bodyguard should be just as poised and polished as her male counterpart as she fills the same roll. However, female bodyguards sometimes are projected as a woman with tattoos, leather vests and short hair with spikes. This just is not the case. Female bodyguards should maintain the look that best suits their clients needs and above all – always looking professional and fit the environment and the event.

A bodyguard is much more than a huge person who can punch and throw a threat down. If the clients wants someone to hold the enemy down then he could hired a wrestler. The most important is not how to react during the attack but how to prevent the attack. How many martial arts or wrestlers can guaranty you that they will get out an attack without any injuries? In a bodyguard team what is well known as a react on an attack is parry the attack and helped the clients to escape into a secure zone. They don’t stay and continue the fight with the attacker. During my career I have worked with and train small sizes female bodyguards who had the same exact training and professional exposure as their male colleagues. They had enough training in how to prevent the attack and even how to react during one without losing their femininity. So if you are someone who needs to hire a female bodyguard we would recommend you to look first the training she has gone through, do they fit you and your personality and environment. Are they if they are certified and authorized. We would say ‘’the mind comes first and the size second’’.

Those that are wanting to be female bodyguards need to understand that you may be who you want to be. But, its important to know that the more you can remain versatile the more work you will obtain. Those wanting to hire a female bodyguard have choices. Don’t hire because you are looking for beauty, but hire based upon their ability to protect you and the more they assimilate into your environment the less you become a target.

I am good with a weapon (As I am sure you all are), very level headed, quick thinking, thick-skinned, confident, reliable and always looking for a challenge. While I have all the characteristics I seem to lack the training. Can someone please advise on where I can find the BEST training and knowledge of this industry.

If you send an e-mail to us at; training@sextonsecurity.com, I will put you in touch with a female E.P. agent who has been doing this for many years and has her own security agency. She is also one of our instructors. We recently had a training class that was made up of 50% females and it was great having her to be able to address any particular concerns that they might have had. On our last big detail I could have used 6 female E.P. agents 24 hours a day as we had three female Principals. Not having any females available, we had to use all men.

I’m nineteen and I’ve wanted to be a bodygaurd for years. Now seems like the time to do it. I don’t really know how to get the training I need. I’ve searched the internet for days and half of what I find sounds like a hoax. I would like to know of any letigimate, acredited school where I would get the training I need. If anyone has any ideas please contact me at

sara_@live.com

Please feel free to contact me at jackmprice@gmail.com if you are interested in discussing this opportunity further. I am a recent film school graduate who sincerely wishes to treat this subject with as much empathy and objectivity as possible.

I’m 21 years old and have always had in interest in Law Enforcement, the military, and just recently Executive Protection. My boyfriends in the army, Infantry for 4 1/2 years now. We both are wanting to go into the EP business once he’s out. If anyone can help me by giving me any helpful information on what i can do to start or to learn more on EP that will help me in this career, much would be appreciated. please feel free to email me, i am very serious about this career and would like to hear from a FEMALE bodyguard on helpful tips and what its like and what i can do to start my career in this field of work. I believe women are far more stronger then men, the men just don’t know it yet
Cheers,
Kindest Regards,
Sarah Brouqua