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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 MILITARY CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT: AN EVOLVING AND PROGRESSIVE TRADE-CRAFT

TODD MILITARY CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT: AN EVOLVING AND PROGRESSIVE TRADE-CRAFT

  Skills and threats evaluations identify primary best of battle proven threat neutralisation as well as high risk options   Constant skills evaluations and skills evolution ensure the most current primary practices are included in our mil CQC training packages to arm the combatant with best of safest, effective and proven capabilities required to neutralise […]

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The Difference Between Combat Sports Side Kicks And Military Stamp Kicks

A two part article from our military Elite CQC Master Instructor and Combat Sports Head Coach Since the recent sidekick generated fight injury in the UFC we have received numerous communications from followers of both mixed martial arts and military close quarters combat. The reasoning has been simple in that unarmed close combat stamp kicks […]

RANGE RECOGNITION TRAINING

RANGE RECOGNITION TRAINING

Depicted M-CQC controlled range tethered training Range along with commitment and skill are most important components of CQC/MSD threat neutralisation. The combatant must be inside the primary execution range of the specific selected threat neutralisation to increase chances of achieving threat neutralisation. Range recognition requires effective real time assessment and decision-making in relation to decided […]

PAIN REALITIES

PAIN REALITIES

If you’re not prepared to deal with pain and injury fighting is not an option for you. Pain and injury are realities of close quarters combat, self-defence and street fighting. Instructors or practitioners that have not experienced actions on pain and injuries can hardly consider themselves as having real life experience up against formidable foes […]

MSD/MCQC Situational Awareness

MSD/MCQC Situational Awareness

In our military self-defence MSD or military close quarters combat MCQC combating and countering of armed and unarmed threats, being aware of environment hazards and dangers and making yourself as safe as humanly possible by employing preventative tactics is as important as hard targeting yourself against your aggressor. While you may well be able to […]

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Long boot Unarmed Offensive Assault

    Objective of mil CQC stamp kicks Long boot or long leg as it is also known as in mil CQC unarmed offensive assault skills terminology equates to fluid action entry footwork comprising of an increased sliding boot action stride to maximise momentum and sudden aggressive shock action entry. While the majority of close […]

UNARMED OFFENSIVE ASSAULT ENTRY

UNARMED OFFENSIVE ASSAULT ENTRY

Depicted one type of entry strike as part of setting up a finishing skill Unarmed offensive assault entry skills as part of unarmed offensive assault combinations are most important initial component actions to maximise unarmed offensive assault combinations finishing skills objective achievement. Entry skills that are best of battle proven dirty tricks brigade tradecraft practices […]

The Trench Warfare Mace

The Trench Warfare Mace

The military mace of the great wars was nothing new in warfare, having a history dating back to medieval times and before that to prehistoric mankind. Both Allied and enemy forces had their own versions of trench warfare maces. Maces were also known as war hammers and battle hammers. These maces for trench warfare were […]