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 […]
I get a lot of questions in relation to the execution of stamp kicks and the following is some of the reasoning behind the employment of military leg stamp and oblique stamp kicks. Military stamp kicks target the knee joint or immediately below the knee joint on the shin primarily to hyperextend the leg or […]
I look at the copious amount of emails and signups on my Todd Group general email list and notice that by majority most never commit to accepting the combative challenge of undertaking an intensive course of instruction. I understand that many are interested in the subject in a theory capacity only, but others claim practical capability, […]
I get a lot of questions about civilian publications, especially of yesteryear, on military unarmed combat. I have trained and instructor qualified under several World War II army CQC instructors and the following is based on my hands-on experience. Most of the publications include individual skills, often primary skills, but not the full instruction in […]
Brain to Boot psychological enhancement familiarisation exercises. The 2015 Todd group Australasian CQC course was conducted between March 19 and March 28. There were three courses of instruction conducted, beginning with a phase 3 specialist course leading into a phase 2 advanced and phase 1 basic courses of instruction. The Todd group established in 1927 […]