The Todd Group has over nine decades as training providers of self-protection, close protection and military close combat specialist programs. Our people have been CPO’s for Royalty the Rich and famous and we have given training to close protection units to Royalty as well as training diplomatic protection teams. We have a history dating back […]
One of the Baldock Institutes champion wrestling teams, 1938 The combat sports school a division of the Todd Group has been involved in the sport of wrestling for over 90 years through our founder, the late Harry Baldock. The headquarters facility in Dunedin has only had two chief instructors in 91 years, the late Harry […]
The intake comprises an introductory brief and the checking of all admin requirements, the taking of ID photos and a short video presentation showing the longest history of our kind in our CQC/MSD tradecraft as well as training and testing footage from Todd Group HQ and our global civi and military combined exported courses of […]
September 15-16, 2018 will be the SELF-MINDER course at Camp Todd. Background information: Self-Minder This short specialist course for protecting yourself and the protection of others will be conducted on Saturday September 15 and Sunday September 16. It is for Todd Group HQ and Country members that are current and active members only. Course fee $200.00 includes meals. Attendees need to […]
The Todd Group has a lineage of no other current European military CQC/MSD training provider. You will not find any other military close combat training provider with instructor qualifications and lineage achieved directly from the three following WWII pioneer Master Instructors.
Tactically flawed partial evasion of the kill zone Correct primary evasion clearing the kill zone when the enemy is fully committed The military CQC trained combatant must have high level competency and confidence to enable effective unarmed enemy evasion. This requires the individual combatant to understand the required trade craft undertakings of unarmed evasive counter […]
New Zealand has had a long history in European military armed and unarmed combat dating back to the forest and bushrangers.
Whether it be close quarters combat on the battlefield or military self-defence under battlefield or urban operators conditions, European military CQC/MSD sudden aggressive overkill shock action tradecraft practices provide the safest and best means of threat neutralisation. Using covert or deceptive/distractive set up military CQC/MSD sudden aggressive shock action over kill threat neutralisation is a […]
Todd Group exported courses are about providing the opportunity for interested individuals to undergo Todd Systems European military close quarters combat (CQC) and military self-defence (MSD) training on a week-long course of instruction.
Pippa has been awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Palme by the French on the 16th January 1946 and the Member of the British Empire (MBE Military) on the 4th September 1954 (London Gazette 37250), French Legion of Honour 2014 for services to France in WWII. In her twilight years, just recently Pippa was recognised […]