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Former SBS Reserve Operator· Close Protection Specialist· Covert Surveillance Expert· BKFC Pro Boxer· ESAS Certified Methodology· Trusted by Individuals & Organisations Globally· Former SBS Reserve Operator· Close Protection Specialist· Covert Surveillance Expert· BKFC Pro Boxer· ESAS Certified Methodology· Trusted by Individuals & Organisations Globally·

For Those Who Refuse to Leave Safety to Chance

See The Threat
Before It
Sees You

"Awareness isn't a skill you're born with. It's one you build."

Most people believe physical self-defence is their only safety option. Six Sight teaches something more powerful: the trained ability to perceive danger, comprehend your environment, and project outcomes before a threat ever materialises.

OP.STATUS: ARMED
METHOD: ESAS-V1
CLEARANCE: OPEN

// The Environment You Move Through Every Day

[ For Individuals ]

Protect Your
Family

// Build The Protector Mindset

Operator-honed situational awareness skills, designed for the man who refuses to leave his family's safety to chance.

Personal Training

[ For Organisations ]

Fulfil Duty
of Care

// Certified ESAS Corporate Training

Reduce workforce violence exposure, mitigate liability, and meet your legal Duty of Care obligations with certified ESAS training built from real operational experience.

Corporate Solutions

[ Credentials ]

Former SBS Reserve Operator ◆ Close Protection Specialist ◆ Covert Surveillance Expert ◆ ESAS Certified Methodology ◆ Corporate & Consumer Training ◆ Former SBS Reserve Operator ◆ Close Protection Specialist ◆ Covert Surveillance Expert ◆ ESAS Certified Methodology ◆ Corporate & Consumer Training ◆

[ The Founder ]

Sonny
Smith

Founder, Six Sight · Close Protection Specialist · Surveillance Operator

"We don't teach people how to fight. We teach them how to never have to."

Sonny Smith is a former British Special Boat Service (SBS) Reserve operator, surveillance specialist, and close protection professional. His career has taken him from protecting high-net-worth individuals and celebrities across the globe, to operating at the intersection of corporate intelligence and covert surveillance.

He currently competes professionally in bare-knuckle boxing with the BKFC, a discipline that demands the same qualities that define his training philosophy: composure under pressure, precise threat assessment, and the discipline to act only when the moment demands it.

Six Sight exists to give ordinary people the perceptual tools that operators spend years developing. Not to make them fighters. To ensure they never need to be.

Former SBS Reserve Close Protection Covert Surveillance Corporate Intelligence BKFC Pro Boxer HNWI Protection

Sonny Smith

// Founder · Six Sight · Former SBS Reserve

[ The Reality ]

The Wrong
Assumption

85%

Of violent incidents are avoidable with early threat recognition. Before physical confrontation begins

Six Sight was built on a single premise: awareness is the highest-leverage safety skill available to any human being. Drawn from real-world operator experience, close protection tradecraft, and the neuroscience of threat perception. The ESAS methodology rewires how you read your environment, every day, without disrupting your quality of life.

Situational awareness in urban threat environment

"Most people equate personal safety with physical self-defence. They are preparing for the last 10 seconds of a situation they could have exited 10 minutes ago."

[ The Framework ]

The ESAS
Methodology

ESAS, the Enhanced Situational Awareness System, is a three-stage cognitive framework built from real-world operator and surveillance tradecraft. It doesn't teach you to be paranoid. It trains you to be precise. Perception without comprehension is noise. Comprehension without projection is reactive. ESAS closes the loop.

Perception

The trained ability to observe your environment with disciplined accuracy. Signal from noise. Baseline from anomaly. Most people look without seeing. ESAS trains you to see what others miss.

Comprehension

Rapid, calibrated threat assessment. What does this anomaly mean in context? Comprehension is where awareness becomes intelligence: the conversion of raw data into situational judgement.

Projection

The ability to model probable outcomes before they occur, and select the optimal decision point for action or withdrawal. Projection turns reactive people into proactive ones.

Condition Yellow

Relaxed Alertness. Not Paranoia.

The goal of ESAS training is not to make you vigilant to the point of exhaustion. The goal is to install Condition Yellow as your default operating state. A calm, sustainable awareness that demands nothing extra from you, because it has become the way you naturally move through the world. Elite operators don't scan harder. They scan smarter. Over time, that precision becomes instinct. ESAS doesn't add a burden to your day. It removes the blind spots you didn't know you had.

[ Free Download ]

7 Situational
Awareness Mistakes
That Get People Hurt

A free guide from Sonny Smith. The most common errors civilians make in public environments — and the simple corrections that could keep you and your family safe.

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7
Situational
Awareness
Mistakes

That Get People Hurt

Sonny Smith · Six Sight

Father and child in busy shopping environment

[ For Individuals & Families ]

The Protector
Mindset

"You are the first line of defence. The only question is whether you're prepared to be."

Six Sight's personal training programme gives everyday people the operator-grade awareness skills that make physical confrontation the last resort, not the only resort. Built for real life, not the dojo.

Threat recognition in everyday environments: shopping centres, car parks, travel
Family security protocols and exit planning
The neuroscience of the fear response, and how to override it under pressure
Pre-incident indicators: what to look for, and what it means
The Man Protect book: your entry point into ESAS doctrine

[ For HR & Risk Managers ]

Duty of Care.
Delivered.

"Ignorance of risk is not a legal defence. Preparation is."

When your workforce operates in the field, whether in homes, clinics, high-crime areas, or international risk zones, your legal and moral Duty of Care obligation is active. Six Sight delivers certified ESAS training that fulfils it.

Duty of Care compliance documentation for HR and legal teams
1-Day certified workshops tailored to your industry vertical
Train-the-Trainer licensing for ongoing internal deployment
Measurable risk reduction metrics for post-training reporting
Bespoke consulting for high-exposure roles and international travel

[ The Book ]

Man
Protect

Fulfil Your Primal Duty

The foundational text of ESAS doctrine.

Written by former British Special Forces commando and professional bare-knuckle fighter Sonny Smith. Close-protection drills, anti-surveillance tradecraft, primal psychology, and real violence principles. One clear system that turns ordinary men into primal protectors.

The book that makes you the man your people can rely on.

Format

Paperback & Digital

Author

Sonny Smith

Doctrine

ESAS Framework

Level

Entry · Foundation

[ Corporate Verticals ]

High-Exposure
Industries

⚡

Field Service & Utilities

// High-Risk Entry Environments

Your engineers enter private residences and isolated sites daily, often alone. ESAS training equips them to read unknown environments before they step inside.

⊕

Healthcare & Social Services

// Workplace Violence Prevention

Frontline professionals face disproportionate rates of aggression. ESAS equips them with pre-incident recognition skills, detecting escalation before it reaches physical threshold.

◈

High-Value Retail & Logistics

// Asset Protection & Staff Safety

Luxury couriers and boutique staff operating with high-value inventory are prime targets. ESAS provides surveillance detection and counter-surveillance awareness.

⌂

Real Estate

// Solo Worker Threat Exposure

Estate agents routinely meet unknown individuals in vacant properties. ESAS delivers the pre-meeting vetting protocols and environmental scanning procedures that protect your people.

✈

International Business Travel

// High-Risk Zone Operations

Executives and project personnel deployed to elevated-risk environments require bespoke ESAS pre-deployment briefings and country-specific threat assessment tailored to local conditions.

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Bespoke Consulting

// Don't See Your Sector?

Every high-risk environment has unique threat vectors. We conduct full exposure audits for Family Offices, HNWI security reviews, and complex duty of care obligations.

[ Training ]

Training for
Every Level

From your first encounter with ESAS doctrine to full enterprise certification. Six Sight's training scales with your needs.

[ Entry · B2C ]

Man
Protect

The Book

The foundational book. Your first entry into ESAS thinking: the Protector Mindset, core frameworks, and real-world application.

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[ Digital · B2C ]

Online
Courses

Self-Paced

Self-paced microlearning: The Alert Mind and The Protector Mindset. Interactive and modular.

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[ Professional · B2B/B2C ]

ESAS
Certification

Certified

Full ESAS certification for security professionals and team leads requiring credentialled proof of competence.

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[ Corporate · B2B ]

Workshops
& TTT

On-Site

1-Day certified corporate workshops. Train-the-Trainer licensing for permanent in-house capability.

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[ Premium · HNWI ]

Bespoke
Consulting

By Engagement

Family Office security audits. HNWI protection reviews. High-risk zone pre-deployment briefings.

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"Six Sight didn't teach me to be afraid of the world. It taught me to read it. There's a difference between paranoia and precision. That difference is exactly what ESAS gave me."

— ESAS Graduate · Former Corporate Risk Manager

"I travel internationally for work and always felt exposed. After ESAS training I move through environments completely differently. I see things I never would have noticed before. It's become second nature."

— ESAS Graduate · Senior Project Director

"As a father of three, this wasn't about learning to fight. It was about knowing I could get my family out of a situation before it ever became one. Man Protect changed how I think every single day."

— Man Protect Reader · Father of Three

"We put our entire field service team through the ESAS workshop. The shift in how they approach lone-worker situations has been immediate and measurable. This should be standard across our industry."

— Corporate Client · Head of Health & Safety · Field Services

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