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 […]
I always endeavour when contract duties or business takes me to cities nationally and internationally where we have Todd group depots, to drop in and meet the lads and lasses. I look forward every year when I am on courses in Auckland to visiting Johnny Adlington and his Auckland CQC depot at spec force […]
While it is vital that the trained combatant knows how to employ psychological enhancement to increase objective achievement chances it is also very important that they know how to quickly reduce the post situation affects as a result of hormones being dumped into the bloodstream. Post encounter physiological return to normal status can take between […]
I’ve been asked by a medical doctor to write an extensive article on practical footwear in relation to close quarters combat training. I will do this when time permits but for now will provide an insight into the importance of footwear in military self defence and close quarters combat training. The late Brigadier Mike Calvert […]
I have met tens of thousands of martial artists and fighters through my ownership of fight Times Magazine, and the former Australasian martial arts magazine and New Zealand martial arts magazine. I have personally attended many demonstrations as a guest and watched many highly graded individuals performing what they proclaimed to be practical self defence. […]
While you survive in the great outdoors including against adversity you certainly don’t want to have a survivor mentality up against a formidable foe in an actions on combative encounter. Often I read the term survival specialist or the like included in civilian combative training providers titles and terminology. While these terms are mere words […]
I get many enquiries in regards to instructors using military terms and titles that actually are not trained and qualified military combative instructors and the techniques being taught are far from military self defence or CQC primary practices that I am accustomed to. The techniques being instructed are what usually alert those that inquire as […]
Military CQC provides primary execution options in unarmed offensive assault skills combinations as well as secondary alternative or emergency options for specific situational employments. The primary variation of the palm heel strike and chin jab palm heel strike is executed with a flat hand configurations to protect delicate small fingers joints over having the fingers […]