Todd Group

The Todd Group, established by the late Harry Baldock, have been providing CQC, CQB, unarmed combat, defensive tactics, and self protection training since 1927.

They are instructors and consultants to military, police, close protection, corrections, security, and civilians.

The Todd Group has over 35 training depots nationally and internationally.

Eyes on and open – combative visual focus

Maintaining visual focus is testament to the individual combatant’s confidence and competency in their combative capabilities. The reality is when you cannot see your foe and the incoming threat you are disadvantaged in relation to contact avoidance, cover guarding against contact or deflecting straight-line or uppercut lines of contact. Turning away from a threat or […]

CQC United Kingdom Course of Instruction May 2014

Close quarter combat course, United Kingdom,  May 3rd until May 7th with a phase test on the morning of May 8th if we have any candidates willing, able, ready. The  Todd Group, have the longest history globally as  private specialist training providers of military CQB/CQC dating back to our founder the late Harry Baldock who […]

Jessica Todd – Combat Sports School Most Successful Wrestler Retires

  Jessica Todd, after 14 years of wrestling, has retired from competition and training in the sport of wrestling that she loved so much. Competing in wrestling and more recently grappling she has won 19 national titles in wrestling and grappling, competing at national championships conducted under the control of the two major governing wrestling […]

South Africa CQC – September 2013

2013 sees the Todd Group, through its African exponents and instructors, conducting a week-long intensive course of instruction in the phase 1 Todd Systems CQC. Keith Roberts, the Todd Group chief instructor for Africa, will manage the phase 1 intensive course of instruction and the defensive tactics/control restraint and D-WAR (declare war against rape) anti-and […]

The Military’s Expert Civilian Close Combat Chief Instructors – Part 3

We have courses confirmed up to five years in advance and constant inquiries to export the Todd Systems internationally from a wide range of services, riot control, prison staff training, civilian self-protection and every possible requirement for combative self-defense prisoner handling control and restraint and crowd management imaginable. A great percentage of my time is […]