MARBLEHEAD — As the new year enters its first few days. the world continues to be unpredictable in more ways than one. So, expect the unexpected by taking emergency preparedness classes with Calm in Chaos.
What began a few years ago as a couple of classes for the community quickly grew into a wide range of courses covering topics from women’s self-defense to firearm education and training.
Founder Matt Christensen is a former U.S. Army Veteran, a Firefighter/EMT, and currently the director of EMS for the Fire Department. Christensen also has a background in boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu with further certifications as an instructor and is a firearm expert with more than a decade of experience.
Christensen decided to take all of his knowledge, experience, and expertise and share it with the community to ensure it can be safe in any emergency that may occur.
“The goal of the company is to teach the everyday person how to be their own first responder,” Christensen said. He added the world has seen a lot of bad lately and it hasn’t been getting better therefore it’s important to know how to protect yourself in any situation.
Setting his course apart from others in emergency preparedness, Christensen offers a presentation portion. He explained many self-defense courses in particular simply display the tactics and moves that should be used without explaining what to look out for or anticipate.
The Calm and Chaos courses, alongside displaying self-defense techniques, provide participants with thorough explanations on how to spot someone who may be armed or what to look out for when returning to their vehicle late at night. While knowing what to do in a situation of being detained is important, knowing what signs to look out for could prevent a situation from occurring.
One of the most popular classes Calm in Chaos holds is the firearm class — one that Christensen says is necessary before one can obtain a firearms license.
Christensen said, “A couple of times it’s sold out and I typically teach them on Saturdays but had to open up Sundays a couple of times last year.”
Opening up the new year, Christensen hopes he can reach even more people so that Calm in Chaos can continue spreading the knowledge in hopes of saving a life someday.
The first courses announced include a trauma first aid course, an intro to modern shooting, a basic firearm safety course, firearm cleaning, and women’s self-defense and awareness.
The trauma first aid course has two dates Feb. 8 and Mar. 22, and the intro to modern shooting has four sessions beginning on Tuesday and Mar. 7. The basic firearm safety courses and firearm cleaning courses will be on the same dates on Jan. 25, Feb. 16, and Mar. 15. Lastly the women’s self-defense and awareness courses will be on Jan. 22 and Feb. 19.
On top of the already scheduled courses, Christensen also offers at-home private training sessions for groups of five or more.
There can be more information on Calm in Chaos found on their website, calminchaosllc.com.
