ia, short for (improvisational adaptation) is quite literally “the science of human survival.”

It is designed to equip individuals with skills that allow them to survive as William Shakespeare so aptly put in Hamlet, “the thousand natural shocks that flesh is aire to.”  Practitioners must learn how to become self-reliant, prepare for, survive and recover from disasters, emergencies and crises of all types, defend themselves from aggression and attack, improve their health nutrition & physical condition along with living green and sustainably.