“Staying Alive Survival is in the preparedness business. Our field manuals and training resources are available as instant digital downloads under our Tactical Blueprints™ line.”
ABOUT TODD MEDINA
My name is Todd Medina. I have been competing professionally for nearly 3 decades winning multiple World titles while holding many world records. Since retiring from competition I have been coaching both professional and amateur athletes
I have known Marisa Schaffer for the last 10 years. We both share a common goal to empower and educate others to become confident through training in self-defense. Marisa is an impassioned voice for change on domestic and criminal violence and teaches others survival techniques which will greatly increase a victim’s odds of surviving an attacker.
Psalms 144:1 “Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacher my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.”
DEFEND & EMPOWER
Self Defense, Situational Awareness, Pepper Spray Certification Training and Customized Emergency Action Plans for Homes and Businesses.
After attending the Staying Alive Survival’s
“Pepper Spray Certification Course” I feel significantly more confident and informed on the precautions and proper safety and efficacy techniques of using my pepper spray for self-defense. Situational awareness was emphasized along with the target practice of a proposed assailant. Practicing various
real-life scenarios were very impactful and I highly recommend this course!
Alisa L.
Keeping Colleges, Schools, Churches & Businesses Safe!
Train to Survive.
Our Founder
Hello — I’m Marisa Schaffer, Founder of Staying Alive Survival.
Family-owned. Field-tested. Based in Orange County, California.
I started at gun shows back in 2014 — one booth, one conversation at a time, helping people build out their everyday carry (EDC) arsenal and think through their personal security. But for every person I reached at that booth, I knew there were at least ten more out there who felt unequipped and unprepared, with no one to ask.
So, we built Staying Alive Survival with one objective: save as many lives as possible through self-defense training, tools, and preparedness resources — reaching far beyond what a booth ever could.
28 years of training in martial arts, taught me one thing above all: Skill must be sharpened on purpose — it doesn’t hold on its own. I’m also a certified pepper spray instructor and self-defense life coach, and I built this company to help everyone unleash their inner warrior.
Today, that same one-on-one guidance lives on in Tactical Blueprints™ — our field manual line, built from real training experience and available as instant digital downloads on Etsy.
There is nothing more dangerous than an opponent you don’t know.