A Threat-Proof Life Workshop · Hosted at 88 Tactical
THE
FRESHMAN 15
VICTIM OR VICTRESS? — LIVE
Two Hours to Turn “Be Careful” Into Something She Can Actually Do.
A live personal-safety workshop for young women and the people who care about them. One hour learning to recognize, avoid, and respond to danger. One hour putting those lessons into action with hands-on Everyday Equalizer tactical flashlight training — including movement, positioning, rapid access, and basic defensive striking.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT — $75Bring your daughter. Bring your mom. Bring a friend. Or come alone and take what you learn home to your family.
The Problem With Standard Advice
“BE CAREFUL” ISN'T A PLAN.
You've already given her the advice: Be careful. Text me when you get there. Stay with your friends. Trust your gut.
She probably listened. The problem is that none of those things tells her what to look for, what to say, or what to actually do when something starts going wrong.
Most parents know this. They just don't have anything better to say, so they say it louder. Underneath that is the part nobody likes to admit: you don't really have a plan. You have a worry and a phone number.
That's a fixable problem. And we're going to spend two hours working on it.
Who This Is For
fresh·man | ˈfresh-mən | noun
1. A student in the first year of high school or college.
2. A beginner, a newcomer — someone starting something new.
She doesn't have to be leaving for college. High school. College. Her first apartment. A new job. Nights out. Traveling alone. Moving somewhere new. Each comes with more independence and more decisions she has to make for herself.
This class is for young women ages 15 and older and the parents, grandparents, family members, and friends who want them better prepared.
Take it together if you can. Take it alone and teach it if you can't.
What Changes in Two Hours
SPECIFIC THINGS YOU CAN RECOGNIZE, DECIDE, AND DO.
You won't leave with more things to worry about. You'll leave with practical skills and better decisions.
See Trouble Earlier
Recognize behavioral cues so “something doesn't feel right” becomes something you can identify and act on.
Become a Harder Target
Understand how criminal predators select people and what can make someone look like a less attractive choice.
Recognize Social Risk
Learn to recognize isolation, boundary testing, social pressure, and the person you already know who keeps pushing.
Say No and Mean It
Learn what assertiveness actually looks and sounds like when being nice is no longer working.
Have a Default Response
Move, create distance, improve your position, and know what you're going to do before stress decides for you.
Put a Defensive Tool to Work
Learn how to select, carry, rapidly access, and actually use one of the simplest everyday defensive tools available: a tactical flashlight.
Two Hours. Two Parts.
FROM RECOGNITION TO ACTION.
SEE IT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO FIGHT IT
This is a guided seminar and incident review. We'll watch real-world incidents involving young women, slow them down, and discuss what was happening before the attack.
What warning signs were there? Where did the options begin disappearing? Where was the last easy opportunity to change the outcome?
That's how we'll teach threat recognition, target selection, avoidance, social pressure, boundaries, assertiveness, and the basic defensive response.
The goal isn't constant vigilance. It's recognizing trouble early enough that you still have good options.
PUT IT IN YOUR HANDS
Everyday Equalizer: Tactical Flashlight 101
Then we get out of the chairs. The second hour is hands-on. You'll practice carrying, accessing, moving with, and defensively striking with a tactical flashlight.
We'll combine it with assertiveness, positioning, movement, and the basic defensive response — then put the skills on the clock.
No previous self-defense experience is needed. These are simple, practical defensive skills designed for ordinary people, not martial artists.
Everyday Equalizer
A TOOL THAT FITS REAL LIFE.
A tactical flashlight doesn't require a tactical lifestyle. It's useful every day, goes almost everywhere, and gives you options before a situation ever becomes physical.
Hour Two isn't a demonstration at the end of a lecture. It's an hour of action designed to turn what you just learned into something you can actually do.
Included With Registration
START BEFORE YOU GET HERE.
Register and you'll receive the Freshman 15 Quickstart immediately. It gives you the fifteen personal-safety conversations worth having together, covering both criminal threats and social situations that can be harder to recognize.
Come Ready to Train
WHAT TO BRING
Your Everyday Bag
Purse, backpack, fanny pack, sling bag — whatever you normally carry. We want to train the way you actually live.
A Tactical Flashlight, If You Have One
Bring your tactical flashlight if you already have one. Ideally, it should be small enough that you'll actually carry it, have a tail activation switch, and be long enough to extend slightly past your hand when gripped.
Don't have one? That's fine. We'll have examples available to try, and appropriate tactical flashlights are available for purchase at 88 Tactical.
Comfortable Clothes & Shoes
You'll be moving and practicing during Hour Two. All attendees complete the standard 88 Tactical registration and waiver process at check-in.
Your Instructor
TREVOR THRASHER
More than three decades across Army Special Forces, law enforcement and SWAT, and counter-terrorism work , including training and operational experience around the world.
Today, Trevor is partner and Chief Training Officer at 88 Tactical, where his team has trained more than 30,000 people, including thousands of women in personal protection.
He's also a husband and father. That's the part that decided how this class got built.
Reserve Your Seat
THE FRESHMAN 15:
VICTIM OR VICTRESS? — LIVE
5:30–7:30 PM
15350 Shepard Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Limited to 16 seats
Ages 15+
Taking it with your daughter? Reserve two seats.
Cancellation Policy: Cancel at least 48 hours before class for a full refund. Cancellations within 48 hours may be applied as credit toward a future Threat-Proof Life course. No-shows are non-refundable. Registrations may be transferred to another attendee.
Can't Make This One?
START WITH THE FRESHMAN 15 QUICKSTART.
Get the free guide and start the fifteen personal-safety conversations now. You'll also stay connected to Threat-Proof Life and hear about future Freshman 15 training opportunities.
GET THE FREE FRESHMAN 15 QUICKSTART