Wheelchair Self Defence Manual and Training Package Forward by the course developer Wheelchair Self Defence Manual author Geoff “Tank” Todd As a military armed and unarmed combat as well as military self defence master chief instructor, I thrive on the challenge of skills and tactics development to ensure the military combative doctrine and training packages […]
I can remember as a young exponent asking my instructor Harry Baldock how to escape some difficult holds that I had difficulty with as a youngster escaping, especially some of the heavy weight pro wrestlers applied holds that I trained with. Holds being applied correctly and forcefully are very different to a less than correct […]
Entering SpecForce the signage says it all accept the challenge or walk away. The Todd Group and SpecForce joint-venture training provision in military close quarters combat and military physical fitness is truly a winning partnership. This is the second annual combative course to be conducted at SpecForce. The sound of the 5am opening and making […]
The Todd Group has a very strict training and testing regime and a business model based on setting and maintaining the highest possible combative standards over attracting the masses. Being established in 1927 and only having two instructors commanding the group in this time is testament to just how well the training provision model works. […]
I was well accustomed to the “mad minute” with boxing gloves as a common toughener practice for military CQB/CQC courses when I started instructing on military courses over two decades ago and well before that as an exponent coming up through the ranks. In my early days, as part of my training in physical culture […]
The reason behind the Todd Systems version of the hand edge strike known as the flat hand edge strike in the Todd Systems for military close combat is simply because it is a safer most current and improved variation for military CQC. Todd CQC systems angled for outwards backhand contact flat hand edge strike. Inside […]
Let me lead into this report article on the annual International Todd Systems headquarters course 2013. The following are comments made by instructors and exponent’s attending the annual course between March 21st and March 31st 2013. The long history of the Todd Group from when it was the Baldock Institute is something very special and […]
The Todd Systems anti-and counter rape training program and manual has been decades in the development phases. The Todd group formerly the Baldock Institute has a unique history of over 85 years instructing European military combative programs as well as defensive tactics programmes, close personal protection and self-protection. The D-WAR course of instruction is a […]
The Todd group’s involvement with hand-to-hand combat or CQC as it’s also known in Thailand began in 1991 when I first trained there. Since then in the last 21 years I have returned many times instructing on courses on jobs and on business. In the past three years I have conducted four courses at Royal […]
My best mate Bill passed away on October 27th 2012 in his 92nd year. I never thought of Bill as being old and although after the recent car accident where he was rear ended while waiting for the traffic lights to turn green led to him being hospitalized and as a result becoming unwell, I […]