FIIT Academy · Training centre

Nobody holds a post by chance. They are trained for it

FIIT Academy trains FIIT's agents and those of other organisations: private security, close protection, self-defence and operational discipline, under the direction of martial arts masters.

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6combat disciplines taught

20wrestlers trained in 2021

60+FIIT agents trained by the Academy

2018in-house training since day one

Confirmed session

Life above all

Close protection training

Official FIIT confirmation. This training is mandatory for everyone: it guarantees that every agent masters the procedures, the discipline and the respect for life above all. The fee is not the price of a certificate — it is the investment in your safety and your professional credibility.

The programme at a glance

Duration2 weeks
Hours8am to 12pm
LocationGuédiawaye Nimzat — facing Ndiaréme, route du lycée Limamou Laye, Dakar
Attendance100% mandatory

On completionFIIT certificate + FIIT professional card, awarded if you pass the assessment.

Training cost shared on request. Whether you live in Senegal or abroad, reach us through the website or WhatsApp.

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Catalogue

Four tracks, from a first post to VIP protection.

Each track alternates theory, scenarios and physical training. Groups are kept small to allow individual correction.

3 weeks · 90 hours Entry
Private security agent
The foundations of the trade: bearing, standing orders, access control, conflict management, first aid and report writing.
Audience · Beginners and working agents without formal training
By the end of the course
- Hold a static post and apply written orders
- Control an access point and handle a difficult visitor without escalation
- Write a usable logbook entry and incident report
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4 weeks · 120 hours Advanced
Bodyguard and close protection
Head-of-state protection methods: reconnaissance, walking formations, escort driving, extraction and protection in crowds.
Audience · Experienced agents, former military or elite athletes
By the end of the course
- Plan and execute a protected movement
- React to a contact attack and extract the principal
- Work as a team with radio and protocol
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2 days · 14 hours All levels
Workplace self-defence and conflict management
De-escalate verbally, break free physically, raise the alarm. A short format for teams that deal with the public.
Audience · Exposed staff: reception, cashiers, transport, healthcare
By the end of the course
- Recognise escalation signs and de-escalate
- Break free from a grab and get to safety
- Apply the company's alert procedure
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5 days · 40 hours Intermediate to advanced
Intensive close combat course
Krav maga, close combat, telescopic baton and operational discipline, in immersion. The format followed by the 20 wrestlers in 2021.
Audience · Organised groups: wrestlers, clubs, security teams
By the end of the course
- Master contact neutralisation techniques
- Use the telescopic baton within the legal framework
- Adopt the discipline and rigour of a protection team
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Flagship module · International standard

Controlling altered behaviour and active resistance

A person under the influence, in crisis or in panic feels no pain and can develop many times their usual strength. Our agents — and our certified female unit — are trained to assess and control them cleanly, safely and within the law.

The doctrine, to international standard

When controlling a person with altered behaviour and active resistance, the dynamics of the confrontation, body control, distance, the environment, the number of responders and physical condition must be continuously assessed.

A framework that protects the person being controlled as much as the agent — physically and legally.

FIIT agent in a suit, FIIT Protection Internationale badge, in the corridor of an upscale establishment.

Five factors, continuously assessed

Dynamics of the confrontation
The agent reads the escalation: if tension rises, they do not match it — steady voice, calm authority. They set the tempo.
Body control
Control of the joints — wrist, elbow, shoulder — never blows. The goal: to the ground without injuring anyone.
Environment
Reading the scene: dangerous objects, slippery floors, bystanders. The intervention stays clean — no strike to the face in public.
Numbers and distance
FIIT rule: at least two agents per subject. One handles the verbal and the distance, the other the control. Never alone.
Condition & altered behaviour
Spot the warning signs: no response to pain, fixed stare, no sweat. No chokehold — risk to life. Control, then call emergency services.

Protocol · Certified female unit

Three stages, in order

Where our agents trained to international standard make the difference: de-escalate before containing, contain before controlling.

0170% of the intervention
Talk
Calm voice, open hands, measured distance. A steady female voice often de-escalates faster than a raised one.
02
Contain
A barrier with the body, not the fists. Create distance and protect the principal first: what matters is that they get away.
03if active resistance
Control
Close-protection technique: wrist grip, shoulder off-balance, taken to the ground on the side, held with the knee — never on the neck or back — and an immediate call for backup.

Absolute safety rules

No strike to the face.
No chokehold.
No repeated stun-device discharge on a subject under the influence.
Never held face-down for more than 30 seconds.

Instructors

Masters, not entertainers.

The teaching staff brings together graded martial-arts masters and former protection professionals, across six combat disciplines.

Graded masters, never exposed.

Discretion is a rule of the trade: our instructors are neither named nor photographed online. Ranks, records and backgrounds are presented to trainees on the mat, on the first day of the course.

Identities reserved for trainees

Close protection
VIP doctrine and close combat
Programmes designed by the management, drawn from presidential close-protection service: motorcades, posture, emergency extraction.
Combat and conditioning
Taekwondo and kung fu
Physical preparation, striking technique and the stamina long shifts demand.
Self-defence
Krav maga and telescopic baton
Disengagement, weapon defence and stress management at contact range.
Control and restraint
Aikido and close combat
Injury-free control techniques, essential for access control and events.

Formats

Three ways to train with FIIT.

Open session
Scheduled sessions at the Guédiawaye centre, open to individual candidates. Limited places.
In-company
We train your teams at your premises or at the centre, with a programme adapted to your activity.
Intensive course
Multi-day immersion for an organised group, with accommodation available on request.

In the field

Training as it really happens

Scenes from recent courses: shielding the principal at the range, operational first aid and life-saving skills.

Principal protection: the agent shields and returns fire at the range.
Operational first aid: immobilising an injured limb.
CPR practice supervised by our instructors.

Certificate ceremony at the end of a FIIT Academy course

Case study · 2021

Twenty wrestlers, five days, one discipline.

In 2021, FIIT Academy hosted twenty Senegalese wrestlers for an intensive course in close protection and operational discipline. Elite athletes, they discovered another use for their strength: protecting rather than fighting.