
Become an Instructor
Become a part of our expanding team of SAMI Instructors and share your enthusiasm with others.




Why become an instructor?
Teach what you love
As a SAMI-X instructor, you have the opportunity to positively impact the lives of your students. You'll be teaching them valuable skills that can improve their confidence, fitness, and ability to defend themselves.
Receive a world-class education
Expand your skills and abilities by joining one of our many instructor seminars. You will get mentored by the world's best instructors and receive regular training.
Enjoy flexible training options
Our flexible training options with our face-to-face and online courses offer an optimal way of efficient, fast and also affordable training from all parts of the world.
Get exclusive access to new training material and ideas
Receive ongoing new training material and training inspiration through our online instructor portal to inspire your own courses and training classes.
Get exclusive benefits
Take advantage of our network, social media channels and comprehensive support from SAMI International.
- Instructors
- 150+
- SAMI Locations
- 40+
- Online teaching videos
- 6.000+
- Years of teaching experience
- 20
How to get started
Join one of our in-person courses or sign up to one of our online coursesOur online courses can be started at any time and you can progress at your own pace. All content is delivered in video and accompanied by assignments that you must complete and we will review. Regular video call sessions make sure you keep on track and get feedback from us for your progress. Your final exam will also be taken via video call.
Teach what you love
Our SAMI-X Combat Systems are divided into 3 categories.With SAMI-X Defense, we provide a unique approach to self-defense that relies on not only easy-to-learn, efficient methods but also on cultivating the right mindset.
Is an effective self-defense system, that builds on natural instincts and can be quickly learned as an emergency program for everyone.
SDS Concept (Self Defense Stick Concept) is a highly efficient self-protection add on, which focuses on the utilization of improvised weapons and daily items such as bottles, keys, bags, books, pens, and every other available object. SDS is aplyable to any Defense System and thanks to its simple techniques and approaches, it is suitable for everyone.
The SAMI-X Defender is an extraordinary fist knife that the user can use both as a punch and pressure intensifier and as a cutting and stabbing object. Due to the unique and practical design, special handling is also possible, which we pass on to interested parties in courses and seminars.
Our Fighting Arts Systems are focused on practical, modern martial arts training, rather than the traditional Martial Arts methods. This makes them a unique combat fighting art.
Is one of the most comprehensive free-fight systems, which is not subject to any rules and can optimally develop physical and mental skills.
Is a system, in which fighting and defense with the stick is taught in one-handed and two-handed use.
Is a martial art in which the aesthetic side as well as the realistic use of this martial and historical weapon is the focus.
Is a martial art, in which the defense against all types of cutting and stabbing weapons as well as the handling of the short blade is trained.
SAMI-X PRO is tailor-made for professionals, emphasizing defensive and offensive strategies for armed forces, government organizations, and businesses that depend on it in their daily operations.
EBC (Expandable Baton Concept) provides new answers to many topics as well as adapted training concepts for practical use. We start where there are problems. From optimizing daily work processes to training extreme situations, we adapt our techniques and concepts to requirements, proportionality and the legal situation especially for professionals in law enforcement by using the telescopic stick as well as the tonfa or the EMS and for civilians even a normal stick. EBC is part of SAMI-X PRO and can be experienced separately or as an integral part of the overall system.
SAMI-X PRO (Professional) is focused on improving defensive and offensive skills of (armed) operational forces. Training is oriented to armed defense and defense against armed or unarmed attacks by single or multiple aggressors. This professional system program was specially developed for emergency services such as the police, judiciary, military and security forces, authorities and weapon carriers.
Again and again weapons are snatched away from those who carry weapons. "The protection of the weapon" is an important topic for weapon bearers. In most cases, only handling the weapon is trained, but hardly preventing it from being snatched away by force. We have developed this course that makes the participants sensitive and capable of action. Our system is taught and trained by various authorities in different European countries. Weapon Protection is part of SAMI-X PRO and can be experienced separately or as an integral part of the overall system.
SAMI-X SEC (Security) is a purely purpose-driven program tailored to the needs of security personnel, taking into account local legality and proportionality. In addition to self-protection, the focus is also on teamwork, the order and legal situation, the professional environment, protection of other people, approach techniques, fixation techniques, transport techniques and much more.
Your instructor journey
All of our combat systems offer a range of levels with optional and mandatory specializations.
Hear from other SAMI Instructors
See how becoming a SAMI Instructors changed these peoples lives.Our Instructor Teaching Team
Meet the people that will guide you along your journey.
Peter Weckauf is the Founder of SAMI Combat Systems. He is Head Instructor in SAMI Combat Systems and always develops new techniques and exercises for the SAMI Combat Systems!

Irmi Weckauf-Hanzal is the Co-Founder of SAMI Combat Systems and founded SAMI together with Peter Weckauf in 2002. She is Head Instructor in SAMI Combat Systems and always here to help!

Robert is an Advanced Instructor in SAMI Combat Systems and one of our main instructors on SAMI-X. You will get to know him in one of our instructor courses. He is always here to help!

Anton is an Advanced Instructor in SAMI Combat Systems and one of our main instructors on SAMI-X. You will get to know him in one of our instructor courses. He is always here to help!
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