Learn to protect the people who count on you.
The same skills our team uses to protect clients, taught for your everyday life. Private coaching and small classes across South Florida, built around you and never rushed.
Taught by professionals
You learn from people who protect clients for a living, so what you're taught is what we actually do in the field, not theory read off a manual.
Built around you
Every program starts with where you are and what's on your mind, then builds from there. No two people get the same plan, and nothing here is one-size-fits-all.
Skills that hold up
Calm, simple, and repeatable, so they hold up under stress. That's the only test that matters, and it's the one we train for.
Ways to get more capable
Start with one. Most people begin with private coaching and add a family or firearms track from there.
Personal Protection
Awareness, boundaries, and the skills to handle yourself if it ever comes to that. The core of everything else we teach.
Fit-to-Fight
Get in shape while you drill the protection skills. Conditioning and defensive technique in one track, at your pace.
Defensive Firearms
Safe, confident handgun work. Fundamentals first, then how to actually use it under pressure. Total beginners welcome.
Family & Home Defense
One full day, the whole family. A safety plan, a rally point, and drills everyone remembers, from the kids to the grandparents.
Emergency First Aid
CPR, AED, and bleeding control. The skills that matter most in the minutes before help arrives. Private or in a group.
ARDENT Protector's Academy
Executive protection training in four levels, from a one-day foundation to high-profile protective operations. For people who protect others for a living, or want to.
Five ideas behind every session
It's the same approach professional protection teams use to keep people safe, kept simple, because simple is what holds up when it counts.
Deter
The best outcome is the one that never starts. How you carry yourself and read a room does most of the work.
Detect
See it early. Awareness is a skill, and we train it like one.
Delay
Buy time and space. Distance and a simple barrier beat speed and strength almost every time.
Disengage
Get out clean. Leaving is winning, so we drill leaving like any other skill worth having.
Dominate
If it truly comes to it, act decisively and then stop. Nothing wasted, nothing reckless.
What you won't get here
No big egos. No know-it-all, been-there-done-that attitude. No hyper-tactical operator act, and no jargon you have to translate.
Here's what we actually believe: you should be able to protect yourself and the people you love, and you deserve that. We're in a position to help because we do this professionally, every day. So we won't preach at you, and we won't make you feel small for not knowing something yet. We'll build from where you are and take you as far as you want to go, right up to the honest edge of our experience, and never past it. Expect care, patience, and humility in every interaction.
What we want is simple: you, walking around with earned confidence.
Darryl leads, with a team behind him
Your sessions are led by Darryl Johnson, who built ARDENT's training and the standard behind it. His background runs through the military, law enforcement, and executive protection, the same work he now teaches.
Alongside him is a small team of experienced professional instructors, so you're always learning from someone who does this work, matched to what you're training for.
ARDENT runs executive protection details for clients whose risk is real, and we are doing that work now rather than remembering it. That is where this material comes from, and it is why it stays current.
Everything we teach traces back to one curriculum Darryl built, so whoever you train with, you're getting the same standard, taught the same way.
Florida licensed and insured (Lic. #B1900411). Full instructor credentials available on request.
Commit more, pay less per session
Private coaching is package-centered, and single sessions are always available. Covers Personal Protection, Fit-to-Fight, and Defensive Firearms.
Every package includes a personal plan, short home practice between sessions, and a monthly readiness check. Firearms live-fire adds a range and ammo fee, billed at cost. Dry-fire work carries no range fee.
Family & Home Defense
Whole household, one full day. Safety plan, rally map, and drills included. Firearms optional.
Emergency First Aid
Private 4-hour core. Group rate from $95 per person, minimum four.
Concealed Carry (CCW)
A focused course to get you carry-ready and confident, built around real skill.
Group Seminars
Per person. Awareness and personal protection for teams and groups.
Protector's Academy (EP)
Four-level executive protection program, from one day through fourteen.
Corporate / On-site
Per day. Team training at your location. Custom quote to fit the group.
People arrive unsure. They leave capable.
That arc shows up again and again on ARDENT's Google profile, where our training work first earned its reputation.
Rated on Google
"Never felt undermined when I did not know or asked question. The instructors really make you feel like you belong."
"Regardless of your level of experience, there is ALWAYS something new to learn. Not only will you have great instructors, you will have great people to confide and talk to."
"Environment was extremely comfortable, and course was very focused on the customer. This company strives for excellence, and it shows."
"Never would I have thought that I would be as confident as I am now in handling a firearm. I was one of those people who were afraid to even see a gun let alone pick up one."
Pick a time that works
Book a session online in a couple of minutes, or call and we'll set it up together.
Request your session time.
Tell us what you want to train and when works for you. A real person confirms your slot, usually the same day.
Having trouble with the form? Call (954) 787-3700 and we'll set up your session together.
Good to know before you start
Do I need any experience?
No. Most people come in with none. We meet you where you are and build from there, whether that's your first time holding a firearm or your tenth year in the field.
Do I need my own firearm?
For the firearms course, plan to bring your own if you have one. If that's a problem, tell us when you book and we'll help you figure out the best path. Personal protection and the other courses need nothing but you.
Where do sessions happen?
Across South Florida. We use our own space, a partner range or gym, or your home or office, whichever fits the training and your schedule.
Can you train my whole family?
Yes. Family & Home Defense is built for the whole household in a single day, with a plan and drills everyone can remember, at every age.
Do you train security professionals?
Yes. The Executive Protection Course is a professional cohort, and we run corporate and team training on-site. Both start with a conversation about your goals.
How do I get started?
Book a single session online or give us a call. We'll talk through what you want to be ready for, then set your first session around it. No pressure, no long sales pitch.
Ready when you are
Book a single session or ask about a program. It starts with a short conversation, not a commitment.