About Us

Bob Smith founded TCS back in 2001 after being appointed Deputy Provost Marshal General & Head Bailiff for the courts of Bermuda. He quickly realized the need for his officers to be able to effectively deal with the inherent dangers they faced on a daily basis and having taught martial arts in Bermuda since 1980 he knew exactly what needed to be done. Defensive tactics was soon to be required training for all bailiffs. He knew that whatever was taught had to be uncomplicated, easy to learn, proven effective and could be learned in a short period of time. Hence, TCS is a result of his over 30 years of training, in depth research into numerous martial arts and reality based self-defense systems along with the invaluable personal experience / lessons learned from executing hundreds of arrest and dealing with unknown numbers of threats of physical violence. Smith is now the chief instructor at his own academy and teaches on a full time basis. He is currently a 6th degree black belt and chief instructor in Bermuda for the International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Federation. He is the Chief Instructor of Iaido (Japanese Sword) for the US Budo Kai Kan and Matayoshi Kobudo . (Okinawan weapons)Smith has been inducted into both the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame. He is the former Bermuda director and chief instructor of Commando Krav Maga (an Israeli Special Forces System) and a former Tactical Master Instructor of CDT, a non-deadly force training system.Over the years he has trained numerous security professionals, law enforcement officers, the regiment police and countless members of the public.He has worked as a Bouncer, Corrections Officer and Deputy Provost Marshal General / Head Bailiff. He is also the author of the soon to be published book “Safety First” The Ultimate Guide to Personal Protection. Hence he brings real world experience to the subject of personal safety.

Our Goals

To provide the most comprehensive reality based training available.
To educate the public on all matters relating to self-defense.
To provide the best customer service possible.