Here at the Todd Group we get constant requests for the provision of training courses. The reality is our courses calendar is close to if not capacity up to a year in advance and we have some courses confirmed two or more years in advance. Our instructing team demand usually exceeds instructor availability by considerable. […]
The Late Highly Respected Cpt Ammo and Tank. Civi and Mil pers CQC pics Thailand in the last 20 years. The Todd Group Thailand training connection began in 1991 when I first visited Thailand to undertake my military elite forces combative instructor qualification course. In the last 25 years, the Todd Group have conducted […]
Increased risk under threat You only have to look at amateur and professional sport to see excellent spatial awareness and primary decision-making capabilities. Rugby league players while completely in mid-air scoring a try before their boots touch the ground over the side-line or Olympic wrestlers staying in bounds by opposing or yielding their opponents actions. […]
Intervention Drill The Todd Group self- minder course was conducted so attendees could achieve capability and competency in the provision of protection capabilities for their family, friends and staff in country and abroad. Many people today have come to the realisation that they may not be able to rely on anyone but themselves to protect […]
The bigger candidate combines his weight and eye gouging to overpower and overwhelm his physically fitter enemy per The physical fitness requirements using Todd systems military CQC/MSD to defeat a physically fitter or bigger fitter aggressor are more a combination of mental toughness, the best of CQC/MSD (close quarters combat/military self-defence skills) and controlled/conserved physical […]
The Todd Group, formerly the Baldock Institute, has a 91-year history of providing military CQC, military self- defence, close protection and defensive tactics training. This specialist training provision history includes WWII training by our founder, the late Harry Baldock as well as expertise gained from lifetime US military pioneer experts that were involved in high […]
Day 1 departure for Sattahip A Quick Stop Off On The Way Into Camp To Pick Up Kit The decision to conduct a standalone CQC course at the Royal Thai Navy facility Sattahip Thailand was a good one. This was a small group course comprising of current Todd Group phase 2 advanced exponent’s and Royal […]
The dangers of instructing unapproved risky tactics such as taking your eyes off of the weapon to check rear flank terrain. When it comes to developing military close combat and military self-defence tactics and skills, there has to be a definite process to ensure any adopted skills have been officially proven and approved by the […]
Depicted above an aggressor of considerably greater size and strength threatening a smaller man. In the second depiction the smaller man stamp kicks his aggressor with the objective of destroying the integrity of aggressors knee joint/knee cap. Decentralisation and incpacitation are the intended outcome of employing the stamp kick. The physically smaller man from a […]
Phase edged weapon ambush After a long circuit of overseas courses it was a short turnaround time at Todd Group HQ before heading for Auckland. I was assisted by Glen Duncan instructing the Phase 1 and Phase 2 courses of instruction. Instructors and assistant instructors wanting to achieve quals or get or remain current must […]