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Tank Todd

Special Operations CQB Master Chief Instructor. Over 30 years experience. The only instructor qualified descendent of Baldock, Nelson, and Applegate. Former instructors include Harry Baldock (unarmed combat instructor NZ Army WWII), Colonel Rex Applegate OSS WWII and Charles Nelson, US Marine Corps. Tank has passed his Special Forces combative instructor qualification course in Southeast Asia and is certified to instruct the Applegate, Baldock and Nelson systems. His school has been operating for over eighty years and he is currently an Army Special Operations Group CQB Master Chief Instructor. His lineage and qualifications from the evolutionary pioneers are equalled by no other military close combat instructor. His operation includes his New Zealand headquarters, and 30 depots worldwide as well as contracts to train the military elite, security forces, and close protection specialists. Annually he trains thousands of exponents and serious operators that travel down-under to learn from the direct descendant of the experts and pioneers of military close combat. Following in the footsteps of his former seniors, he has developed weapons, and training equipment exclusive to close combat and tactical applications. He has published military manuals and several civilian manuals and produced DVDs on urban self protection, tactical control and restraint, and close combat. He has racked up an impressive 100,000+ hours in close combat.

Todd Group Thailand Specialist CPP Course 2015

Conducting small group specialist tactical subject courses globally is common practice for the Todd Group and the recent Thailand CPP course was one such course. This recent circuit of training provision in Africa and South East Asia also included meetings to formalize future courses in several countries including a major training provision contract that will […]

South Africa CQC 2015

Phase 3 Training. The Todd Group’s annual close quarters combat course was conducted out of the SWAT range facility Centurion. The course ran for nine days providing training in phase 1 basic, phase 2 advanced and phase 3 specialist packages of the Todd systems of military CQC. Phase 3 Disarming Seated. Phase 3 alternate threat […]

CQC Clinching

Military CQC with its specific stamp kicks, flat hand, palm heel, and bent fork finger striking attacks requires stances and hard cover guarding that provide best set up and execution of such CQC skills. Maintaining point blank body to body contact to reduce risk and enable enemy capabilities reduction by jamming extremities is essential. Utilizing angle to interfere […]

Civilian styles and systems observations and assessments for CQC purposes

For close to 3 decades my work has included observing and assessing fighting systems. This is an important aspect of identification of combative primary tactics and skills and also familiarization with potential enemy fighting arts. I have also had to process military close combat instructor applications for the International Close Combat Instructors Association including observing […]

Medical Implications and Body Mechanics

Military CQC benefits by considerable from combative medical aspects and implications knowledge and expertise. Having knowledge on how to target specific bodily targets to achieve enemy incapacitation, manipulation and elimination provides capabilities to achieve specific objectives for various roles and against wide ranging threats. Understanding required impact requirements to destroy the integrity of joints and ligaments and […]

The swivel transition in Todd System CQC

The swivel transition in Todd System of European Military CQC is a straight line slide and pivot action. There is an orthodox option and an unorthodox option. The orthodox option is employed for centre line alignment offensive actions delivery and the unorthodox option for off centre line side quadrants targeting. The orthodox slide and pivot transition from […]

Military combative primary principles and foundations

Military close quarters combat foundation basic principles by majority are based on land air and sea warfare requirements. Ground combat. Like climbing keeps three points of contact with the surface at all times. Ground combat movement and weight distribution is a variation of commando crawling and provides considerable capabilities in relation to enemy threat neutralisation […]

Role threat and environment required combative skills

Role threat and environment required combative skills Skills must be in relation to rules of engagement or laws of self defence of the land being commensurate with the threat. For specialist roles employments. The need for specialist tactics and skills to safely and effectively as humanly possible eliminate the threat is the necessary requirement. Skills […]

ESC – Extra sensory cheating

Extra sensory cheating is not a practice you ever want to get into. This applies often to studio type training where it is more choreography and totally expected  unrealistic  threats  very different to the real world of sudden aggressive shock actions on encounters. This applies not only to the training combatant but also to their […]