The UCI Health Workplace Violence Prevention Team has partnered with the world’s leading self-defense institution, Gracie University of Jiu-Jitsu, to provide enhanced personal safety training to our UCI Health co-workers in designated higher risk units. This will be an interactive and hands-on course tailored for front-line clinical co-workers. It will provide skills to better keep yourselves and others safe, and to reduce the risk of injury, when encountering a combative person. Gracie Medical Defense™ (GMD) is a comprehensive workplace safety system designed to address the most common physical threats experienced by medical staff. The GMD techniques are based on the time-tested principles of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) but have all been specifically adapted for use in healthcare. Here is some of what is taught in this fun, interactive seminar: • How to use distance management to mitigate threats of all kinds • How to escape the most common grabs (standing and bedside) • How to