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 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 […]
The Todd Group has had considerable association with training protectors of wildlife anti-poaching personnel. This begun with operators making contact with Todd Group HQ and being referred to our UK depot for training initially.
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 […]
My Brain to Boot recently released manual all 449 pages of it and soon to be released accompanying audio training package has been a work of over 30 years. I have been most fortunate and privileged as a civilian to have been European military close quarters combat exponent and instructor and master instructor trained and […]
A method I have developed for increasing confidence and competency in cover guarding and deflection of strikes is by utilising a basketball or soccer ball. Putting on your hard cover guard locking the hands on the highest part of your skull above your ears and keeping your arms in- line with your outer body line […]
If you are unable to immediately recover your footing when decentralised you need to know how to ground protect counter engage and recover your footing. Keep your feet facing your foe and utilise stamp kicks and oblique stamp kicks to combat their approach kicks and stomps. Combat a kick with a kick. When the time […]
An important part of military CQC is the combating of enemy fighting arts by means of dirty or deadly threat neutralisation. The utilisation of primary through emergency dirty and deadly options that can neutralise stand up, clinch and ground combat threats can be the difference between winning and losing life or death. Understanding how to […]
Always remember threat recognition and identification is essential to increase your chances of threat neutralisation. The only time you will employee blind skills employments is when visual assessment is not available to you. Under such conditions your additional senses will be heightened primarily your sense of hearing and utilise your sense of touch to locate […]
Planning preparation practice applies to training in actions on tactics and skills employments. Anti-and counter skills through prior planning and preparation are very important in relation to self protection as well as close protection. Doing your research and recce’s of places you will visit and avoiding danger and risk areas is a means of anti-encounter […]