Welcome To 101 Self Defence Pad Drills

As any respectable Self-Defence, Krav Maga or Combative Instructor will tell you self protection is at least 70% mental and 30% physical.

I certainly don't claim to be an expert on the psychology of self-protection.

My area of specialty is creating and teaching pad drills that support the delivery of whatever self-defence system you teach.

This course is for therefore designed for anyone who uses pads AND teaches self-defence, self-protection or street survival tactics.

101 Pad Drills For Self Defence covers six primary areas...


1. Principles

The core principles of self-defence striking. Without understanding these principles the rest of the physical responses likely fall apart. These principles form the foundation of everything else that follows

2. Partner Preservation

The nature of self-defence training means training partners often get smashed around. This section covers key ideas that help you minimise injury and preserve your training partners (for as long as possible).

3. Self Defence Pad Drills

Self-defence pad drilling requires a totally different pad holding style than martial arts training. The pad positions, feeds and responses are vastly different from what you would find in a gym or dojo.

4. Power Striking Drills

The ability to generate maximum force as explosively as possible is an essential skill in a self-defence situation. This section covers how to maximise striking power whatever the weapon. 

5. Progressions

Sometimes one-shot doesn't end the fight and it "progresses". This section covers a variety of pad progressions that deal with common attacks, defences & combinations.

6. Pressure Testing Drills

A self-defence situation can be incredibly stressful. Training needs to replicate the mental & physical stress to inoculate the practitioner and prevent a drop in performance.  This section covers pad drills that can be used to BEGIN pressure testing students. 

Here's What You Get Inside The Course

  • 101 detailed instructional videos covering my complete system for holding pads for self defence training

  • Free BONUS seminar footage of me teaching some of the drills to a range of students and abilities

  • Recommended resources for further study

What's Inside The Course

    1. Welcome

    1. Self defence intro

    2. Self defence targeting

    3. Self defence head butts

    4. self defence shouders strikes

    5. self defence elbows

    6. self defence knees

    7. self defence kicks

    8. self defence pad safety

    9. self defence power generation

    10. self defence weight transferance

    11. self defence intensity

    12. self defence common reactions

    1. self defence pre empt punch

    2. self defence pre empt palm

    3. self defence power slap

    4. self defence pre empt to common reactions

    1. self defence ambush

    2. self defence clinch positions

    3. self defence double overhooks

    4. self defence fifty fifty clinch

    5. self defence double under clinch

    6. self defence head clinch

    7. self defence wedge clinch

    8. self defence mixing clinch drills

    1. self defence lead hand combinations

    2. self defence rear hand combinations

    3. self defence lead rear combos

    4. self defence kicking

    5. self defence interception drills

    1. self defence boxing combos

    2. self defence boxing combos to crash

    3. self defence boxing combo to duck

About this course

  • 7 hours of video content
  • Instant & Lifetime Access
  • Over 100 video lessons

Your Instructor

Matt Chapman

Founder of Mittmaster.com

Hi, my name is Mittmaster Matt.

I'm a martial arts student for 35 years, an instructor for 20 years, and creator of the Mittmaster Pad Training system.

Over the past 35 years, I've trained in and graded to black belt/instructor level in...

🥊Kickboxing
🥊Muay Thai
🥊Jeet Kune Do
🥊Filipino Boxing
🥊Combat Submission Wrestling
🥊And won a British Welterweight Title in MMA.

During the same period, I sought out the best instruction possible traveling to many countries to train with some of the world's best instructors including multiple trips to the USA, Canada, Thailand & Europe.

My passion is helping other Martial Arts instructors grow their schools through my online resources

Dedicated To The Memory of Robert Siedacz

Robert was a larger-than-life character who supported Mittmaster for years. He always attended my workshops and seminars and invited me to teach at his school several times

Sadly, Robert got ill during the pandemic and died of Covid complications, leaving his wife and kids to continue without him

Robert was fun, generous & respected by all. I will miss him and his big smile

ALL monies raised from the sale of this course will be sent directly to Roberts family - forever