The Applied Karate-Do The AKD is a non-political organisation welcoming sincere beginners or experienced students from other disciplines who wish to explore reality based training by cross training in our system. The guiding principle of everything taught at the AKD is the F.E.D.S Fighting System. This is a no-nonsense, practical personal protection system covering the intricacies of confrontation and defence as taught to hundreds of nursing, security and law enforcement personnel both in the UK and abroad.