Everyone Thinks They'll Fight Like John Wick. Here's Why You Won't—And What to Do About It.
When violence happens, your Central Nervous System overrides your Cognitive Brain. It doesn't matter how many techniques you've memorized, how many years you've trained, or how confident you feel in the gym. Under real threat, your body shuts down access to complex motor skills. The "wax on, wax off" moves you've drilled a thousand times? Gone. Your brain can't find them.
This is the gap that most self-defense training ignores. And it's why people freeze, why black belts get caught off-guard, and why even experienced martial artists struggle when violence is sudden and chaotic.
For over 40 years, Coach Tony Blauer has studied this problem. His research into neurobiology, the startle-flinch response, and fear management revealed something groundbreaking: You don't need more techniques. You need to understand how your nervous system actually works under threat—and train accordingly.
The Human Weapon System teaches you to work WITH your biology, not against it. This is the same system trusted by military, law enforcement, and public safety professionals worldwide. Now it's available to anyone who wants to improve their self-defense IQ.
When you understand the neurobiology of fear, learn to weaponize the flinch, and discover how to ethically weaponize fear itself—you become a human weapon.
10 Chapters That Will Make You Safer—Whether You're a Complete Beginner or a Black Belt:
- The truth about the Central Nervous System: Why your brain shuts down complex motor skills under threat—and what to do about it
- Weaponizing the flinch: How to convert your body's fastest reaction into immediate, effective defense
- Fear management: The psychology and neurobiology of threat, and how to act decisively when fear tries to freeze you
- Tactical fitness: Develop the speed, power, and conditioning that matter when violence is chaotic
- Ground-fighting and stand-up striking: Practical fundamentals that work when adrenaline takes over
- Ethical weaponization of fear: How to use psychology and presence to prevent confrontations before they start
This training will make you safer. It doesn't matter if you've never stepped on a mat or if you've been training for decades. This is groundbreaking information that changes how you think about self-defense.
Train at home. Move at your own pace. Learn from the research that's shaped modern combatives training worldwide.
What You're Getting: 40 Years of Research, Distilled Into a Complete System
Private lessons with Coach Blauer cost $250 per hour. Weekend seminars run $1,500 or more. The Human Weapon System gives you everything in one place—the same training trusted by military, law enforcement, and professional instructors worldwide.
THE COMPLETE PACKAGE:
Core Training:
- 10 video lessons covering the CNS, weaponizing the flinch, fear management, tactical fitness, ground-fighting, and stand-up striking
- 80-page training manual with detailed insights and note sections
- Lifetime access—train at your pace, on any device
Included Bonuses:
- SPEAR Foundations Video Course ($199 value): 3 hours of partner drills with role-player demonstrations
- KNOW FEAR® Webinar ($99 value): Master the psychology and neurobiology of fear
- 1 Month in the Garage Gym ($97 value): 22+ hours of training, 18 hours LIVE with Coach Blauer
The Math: Private lessons at $250/hour × 22 hours = $5,500+. Add the manual, courses, and webinar—over $6,000 in value.
Your Investment: $497
Less than two private lessons. Lifetime access. Complete system.
US residents can pay $45/month with Affirm at checkout.
Course Curriculum
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WORKBOOK CHAPTER 1
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FLIPBOOK CHAPTER 1
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VIDEO LESSON CHAPTER 1 - Response-Ability: The Responsible, Conscientious Citizen
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: CHAPTER 1
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WORKBOOK CHAPTER 2
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FLIPBOOK CHAPTER 2
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VIDEO LESSON CHAPTER 2 - The Trojan Horse & Non Violent Postures: Science, Psychology & Philosophy
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES CHAPTER 2
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WORKBOOK CHAPTER 3
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FLIPBOOK CHAPTER 3
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VIDEO LESSON CHAPTER 3 - SPEAR Precision: How to Sharpen Your SPEAR
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WORKBOOK CHAPTER 4
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FLIPBOOK CHAPTER 4
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VIDEO LESSON CHAPTER 4 - SPEAR Stance: The Multi-Purpose Personal Defense Stance
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WORKBOOK CHAPTER 5
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FLIPBOOK CHAPTER 5
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VIDEO CHAPTER 5 - Hidden Weapons of the Human Weapon System: The Personal Defense Tool Box + The SPEAR Form
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WORKBOOK CHAPTER 6
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FLIPBOOK CHAPTER 6
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VIDEO LESSON CHAPTER 6 - Tactical Fitness & Combat Calisthenics
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The Human Weapon System course includes:
- 10 dynamic lessons taught by self-defense pioneer Coach Blauer
- 10 Comprehensive workbooks on each chapter of the SPEAR System®: Almost 100 pages of detailed insights, strategy and more. Includes sections for your notes too.
- Each Lesson builds upon the pervious and will make you safer regardless of your training experience
Tony Blauer's SPEAR System® is used & trusted by Law Enforcement, Military, and Public Safety Professionals Around the World.
Thousands of professional self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives instructors worldwide embrace The SPEAR System® in their training.
Must Read Testimonial!
"The simplicity, practicality, and dynamic effectiveness of the training is nothing short of brilliant! I am a 67-year-old grandfather, former Army Special Forces with cursory training in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, and Muay Thai. None of my prior training emphasized the psychological, physiological, or tactical elements. The Be Your Own Bodyguard does so in a way that made it easy to understand the purpose of each element and implement them effectively the first time. I know I am better prepared to deal with bad actors after just one day." -Marty G Martin
TESTIMONIALS
“This is the most well-thought-out and complete self-defense course there is. I have been training in personal defense, firearms, and self-defense for years and I’ve never left a class feeling this empowered.”
-Dave Ritchie
“Hearing Tony present is like listening to a philosophy professor, a neuroscientist, and a world-champion combat athlete explain the secrets of the universe. ”
AJ Madden
“I have been a HUGE fan/proponent of SPEAR and have been a Garage Gym member since the beginning. I love how well you explained the form in the Human Weapon System program. I am currently about 50% through the program - reviewing the basics in this course gave me a much deeper understanding of why we do things than I had before and I thought I already had a pretty good grasp of it. Thank you for continuing to give me a deeper understanding of real violence and a better coach to my students.”
Randy Linder
“”I have been following you for about 2 decades now, I already knew most of this, but the way it is organized is an amazing refresher course for me.””
-Bob Jensen
““I’ve followed your system for years and I’ve already picked up more than I ever have before.””
Nick Birch
MEET YOUR COACH
SELF-DEFENSE PIONEER TONY BLAUER
Tony Blauer
Founder
[email protected]
Coach Tony Blauer is a world-renowned self-defense & fear management expert and has been a visible force in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades.
COACH, MENTOR, SPEAKER
Coach Blauer founded Blauer Tactical Systems (BTS) in 1985 and it has grown into one of the world's leading consulting companies specializing in the research and development of performance psychology, personal safety, and close-quarter tactics & scenario-based training for law enforcement, military, and professional self-defense instructors.
- His research on the neuroscience of fear and the startle-flinch led to the development of the SPEAR System® which has been used by defensive tactics and combative trainers all over the world for over 30 years.
- Mr. Blauer's programs have influenced three decades of trainers, coaches, and most contemporary reality-based martial artists.
- Learn more here.
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$497.00
Includes 10 key lessons, an 80-page manual, 1 month LIVE training and much more!
WHAT THE PROFESSIONALS THINK
“Having attended over 104 contact hours of Tony Blauer’s courses and studied an additional 200+ hours of seminars and DVD videos, it is my professional opinion that Mr. Blauer’s combatives system possesses the requisite scientific applications in research that make his system “scientific”. The SPEAR System® is a “total combatives system” that is intrinsically inclined—based upon kinesiology, physiology, neurobiology, and other, natural sciences. ”
Brian A. Kinnaird
“The SPEAR system® utilizes instinctive motion to effect a combative change in both participants. Its effectiveness is grounded in basic physiology and as a result, although initially apparently simple it is fundamentally as complex as the system it is designed to protect, humans.”
Dr. Robert Smith
“The flinch response is a well recognised reflex response in which the threatened subject adopts an automatic protective posture. The SPEAR system® promotes recognition of the flinch response to sudden potentially threatening stimuli and advocates a system of self-defence that commences from the postural position the response produces. As the resultant posture from the startle response is one we cannot choose, it makes sense that techniques of defence in sudden ambush start from this position”
Dr. Anthony Bleetman
Violence Doesn't Care What Martial Art We Study
The Greatest Hack Is When You Learn To Use Your Own Body's Survival Reflex To Help You Protect Yourself.
Learn directly from self-defense pioneer, Coach Blauer. He is one of the only combatives experts who has successfully affected training across all these related communities: self-defense, combat sports, the military & law enforcement sector.
The SPEAR System® – Entirely based on physiology, kinesiology, physics, & psychology
Weaponize your “startle-flinch response” so you that can protect yourself and your loved ones.
