Our team

The team consists of personal defense and combat sports experts, as well as highly experienced healthcare professionals who have real-world expertise in operating within environments where there is a risk of aggression.

Alberto Barbieri

(Creator of the F.A.S.E.M. method, civil and professional self-defense consultant, course instructor)

Alberto Barbieri

He began studying Martial Arts in 1982 with Yoseikan Budo, focusing on unarmed self-defense and the use of traditional weapons. In 1986, he trained in Wado Ryu Karate under Professor Tatsuo Suzuki, a direct student of the style’s founder and the founder of the Wado International Karatedo Federation. At the same time, he studied Okinawan Kobudo under Master Shinpo Matayoshi, specializing in traditional Okinawan weapon techniques. Additionally, he explored various Jiu Jitsu styles, exclusively aimed at self-defense, both against unarmed and armed opponents.

With extensive experience, a deep understanding of traditional defense techniques, and a passion for modern self-defense methods, he established Personal Defense courses in Verona. These courses were specifically designed to maximize effectiveness and learning without relying on physical strength, utilizing both bare-handed techniques and common objects as defensive tools.

Following the 2007 Ministry of Health Recommendation No. 8, he developed the F.A.S.E.M. Method, a specialized training system for healthcare professionals to handle and defend themselves against aggressive patients in hospital departments and professional settings.

Since 2009, he has served as a consultant and instructor in ECM-accredited professional training courses for healthcare companies in Veneto, Lombardy, and Emilia Romagna. These courses focus on "Managing Aggressive Patients", teaching medical, nursing, and technical staff how to prevent, handle, and safely contain aggressive patients quickly and efficiently.

The training is primarily conducted for staff working in Emergency Departments, 118 Emergency Services, Psychiatric and Child Neuropsychiatry Units, Mental Health Centers, Nursing Homes, and Shelters. Additionally, he collaborates with private training companies, organizations, and ONLUS associations as a consultant and instructor.

To share his extensive experience in Martial Arts and Personal Defense, he published his first Italian eBook manual, "Difesa Personale", with Bruno Editore in November 2008. In July 2011, he published another Italian eBook, "Autodifesa femminile", which illustrates the techniques taught in his civil self-defense and anti-violence courses for women.