UNDER PRESSURE — Cyber Elite Edition

The expertise behind the experience

Elite performance meets real cyber leadership.

The programme is built around two complementary disciplines: performing under pressure and leading through a live cyber crisis.

Elite performance

Elite Performance Coach

A globally recognized kickboxing legend and one of the most decorated fighters in the history of the sport. A two-time K-1 World Max Champion™, four-time Shoot Boxing S-Cup Champion™, and multiple-time world champion across promotions like Glory™, It's Showtime™, and K-1™, his career is defined by elite-level competition and technical mastery. His legacy in combat sports now continues outside the ring as the co-founder of the World Kickboxing Series (WKS™) and Super Seminars World Series™, where he brings his experience and global reach to empower the next generation of fighters.

He leads the physical pressure drills and remains active during the crisis as a performance observer and challenger.

Cyber Crisis Lead
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Cyber crisis

Cyber Crisis Lead

Cybersecurity Operations Lead in Swiss private banking, with a telecommunications and IT engineering background and a Master’s in Cybersecurity.

Long-time Muay Thai practitioner and former amateur MMA competitor. He designs and runs the cyber crisis, and shows the team the real business consequences of each decision.

Fluent French support.

Hosted by Irina Santin, founder of Zanshin Cyber Combat CH. Speaks English, French, Spanish, Catalan and Italian, and intermediate Russian.

What makes it different

Crisis simulations test the plan. We test the people who run it.

Cyber crisis simulations already exist. Around a calm table, most teams look composed. UNDER PRESSURE adds our elite performance coach’s way of testing people when the pressure is real: first we expose how your team reacts as pressure rises physically, then we see whether the same behaviour comes back during the cyber crisis.

Classic crisis simulation compared with UNDER PRESSURE
	Classic crisis simulation	UNDER PRESSURE
Setting	Around a table, in a calm room	On the mat first, then at the crisis table
Pressure	Discussed more than felt	Felt first, physically, under control
What you see	What people say they would do	How people actually react when control disappears
What it tests	The plan	The plan, and the people who have to run it

It’s not about teaching people how to fight. It’s about showing them how they actually perform when control disappears.

Elite Performance Coach · Two-time K-1 World Max Champion

No sparring
No combat-sport experience needed
Physical drills are voluntary

How it works

Two arenas. One team.

Arena 01 · Expose

On the mat

Short, controlled drills led by our elite performance coach raise the pressure physically. Within minutes, the team’s real reactions become visible. No sparring. No combat-sport experience required.

Arena 02 · Test again

At the crisis table

A cyber incident tailored to your organisation keeps evolving while the team is away from the table. Now we see whether the same behaviour comes back, when decisions are business-critical and information is incomplete.

What we watch in both arenas

The same behaviours, first under physical pressure, then in the cyber crisis.

Behaviours observed on the mat and at the crisis table
Behaviour	On the mat	Then, at the crisis table
Hesitation	The split second of doubt when the pressure rises.	Waiting for certainty while the incident spreads.
Communication	Calling out what you see, or going quiet.	Whether critical information reaches the people who must decide.
Initiative	Stepping forward without being told.	Taking ownership of containment, escalation and notifications.
Composure	Breathing, focus and control as the pace rises.	Decision quality when new information keeps arriving.

Physical pressure → human behaviour → cyber decision-making

Each engagement is tailored to the organisation. The exact drills, scenario and crisis injects stay confidential and are shared with the client during preparation.

The method

Four principles from elite performance

Our coach’s combat language, translated into how leaders decide in a crisis.

Attack

Initiative

Act decisively before the situation controls you.

Counter

Adaptation

Read what changed, update the hypothesis and change the plan.

Interrupt

Intervention

Recognise the critical moment and act before escalation becomes harder to stop.

Spirit

Composure

Maintain clarity, communication and decision quality when pressure rises.

Client value

What your company gets

You leave knowing how your team performs when control disappears, and what to fix before a real incident tests it.

The deliverable

Confidential team debrief

What we saw on the mat, what came back at the crisis table, and three to five practical recommendations. Focused on the team, never on individual ranking.

An honest read of your team under pressure
Behaviour observed in action, twice, instead of self-reported in a workshop.

Patterns, not one-off moments
One reaction can be a bad moment. The same behaviour on the mat and again at the crisis table is how your team really works under pressure. That is what is worth fixing.

Gaps found in rehearsal, not in a real incident
Your executives work through a realistic incident tailored to your organisation. Unclear ownership, slow escalation and broken communication lines surface while mistakes still cost nothing.

Resilience and team cohesion
Practical tools to stay clear under stress, and a shared experience that builds trust across levels.

Learning from a world champion

What our coach brings to your team

Leaders listen differently to someone who has performed at the very top.

Experience under real pressure

Our coach has fought on the biggest stages in kickboxing, where one moment of hesitation decides the outcome. He knows from the inside what pressure does to people, and what holds up.

An expert eye on your team

He watches your team on the mat and again during the crisis. He spots the hesitation, lost composure and silent moments most observers miss, and his observations go straight into your debrief.

A way of teaching that sticks

Our coach doesn’t lecture. His way of teaching is to put people in the moment, let them feel it, then show them what changed. It is how he teaches fighters around the world, and why the lessons stay with your team long after the day.

Year-round programme

And after? Keep the gains.

Pressure skills fade without practice. The debrief shows what to work on. For teams that want lasting results, we train it all year round, in a programme built together with you.

Start with the seminar

The year-round programme is open only after a first executive seminar.

Train all year

Regular drills and crisis exercises, organised around your calendar and goals.

Your seminar is credited

The seminar fee is deducted from the annual contract if you sign within 30 days.

Private corporate engagements

Bring UNDER PRESSURE to your leadership team.

Find out how your leadership team performs when control disappears, before a real incident shows you. Tell us what matters in your environment and we will shape the crisis around your organisation.

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