Alf Vockler Snr I first learned of Alf Vockler from Blue Curran in the 1990s on a course in Australia, when he told me Alf was an Australian Army military unarmed combat pioneer and Senior Instructor. Blue showed me some of Alf’s preferred unarmed combat skills on that course and I visited him sometime after […]
The annual August Mil CQC and Self-Defence for serious civilian enthusiasts is both an exponents and instructors course of instruction conducted at Todd Group HQ Dunedin. Todd Group instructors/assistant instructors and training exponents and proponents staying current in their skills capabilities as well as being privy to the most recently introduced primary skills and practices […]
Respire or expire in an actions on under assault at the hands of a formidable foe. It equates to a terminal error if you hold your breath as a result of not employing controlled combative required respiration, combined with proven tactics and skills, to enhance combative capabilities. Holding your breath in the execution of committed […]
Sharp Hard and Hot Intensive CQC Course Late May/early June Todd Group Thailand summer Phase 2 Advanced Close Quarter Combat (CQC)/Military Self defense (MSD) course at the Todd Group stand-alone close combat training facility. The training included advanced threats neutralisation and improvised weapons to save oneself under dire and deadly threats/assaults. There is no art […]
These workshops were made up of a full muster of serious exponents all looking to learn new skills and upskill in capabilities for their role duties or as part of their CQC training. From services personnel through to Todd Group HQ exponents, proponents and instructors, all participants trained with a willingness to learn new tactics […]
The Todd Group is the longest operating private training provider of our specialist close personal protection courses of instruction in New Zealand. The demand has changed over the decades from predominantly those wanting to work in the close protection industry to also include those that want to take responsibility for the protection of their families, […]
Contact inoculation with the CQC Tru-Gard Contact inoculation is a critical requirement of preparing a combatant for the realities of close quarters actions on, just as it is for combat sports fighters inoculation against the adverse effects of competitive and sparring contact. This file is predominantly on our mil self-defence and mil CQC contact inoculation […]
Eyes on from everywhere and the nature of the beast of CQC processes are all revealing The responsibility of commanding the training group and vetting applicants and controlling training provision as I have learnt, is that you must do your best to identify individuals that do not meet course/training joining conditions and requirements as part […]
Another annual HQ conducted course at Camp Todd done and dusted and we are pleased to report some very high standards achieved and excellent outcomes. It was 27 years ago that we conducted the first national and international open application course. Societal changes over the last two decades have seen the type of applicant and […]
The Todd Group Schools of Instruction are truly a bastion of positive bastardisation where all ranks must conduct themselves by our codes of conduct, protocols, ethics, rules and regulations. Being instructed from the source while learning our mil elite trade-craft training skills sets is a privilege and not a given right and comes with uncompromising […]