The weekend of November 21st and 22nd was taken up with the self- minder short specialist course of instruction at Camp Todd.
This was another NZ based course made possible through the current border restrictions leading to postponement of scheduled international courses.
The self- minder course, like all European military close combat and military self-defence courses are evolving packages to enable stay ahead of the threat.
This is important to ensure the most current primary tactics and skills are included in the training packages.
The self- minder course is made up of tactics and skills specific to both the protector’s self- protection and the protection of the protectee.
While the principles are similar to our mil CQC/MSD the role and scope is considerably different with the added protection of others under the protectors care.
This course included not only all the residential and urban out and about safety and security aspects including undertaking personal security threat assessments and surveys but also how to identify an intruder’s presence by reading the signs of entry, groundcover and concealment.
These specialist short courses tend to attract practical realists looking for primary skills to make themselves as safe as possible and that are based on our best of battle proven formidable threat neutralisation means and methods that provide immediate over-dog stopping capabilities.
This is what they get when they learn best of battle proven tactics and skills that are strictly about stopping aggressors in their tracks.
We have seen more females than ever at intakes and on courses in recent times simply because they are becoming more aware of the facts of the matter in regards to how gender and physical attributes disadvantages increase risks and dangers.
Our military self-defence and close combat through trade-craft dirty tricks brigade means of over-dog incapacitation capabilities maximise chances of fast and safe threat neutralisation.
Techniques based on civilian self-defence that are ineffective against their male family members and friends under controlled conditions have been the motivation for a lot of ladies in seeking our military self-defence training.
They find confidence in being trained by a military Master Instructor in military self-defence methods and as soon as they commence such training they realise the effectiveness of such trade-craft practices.
They have come to the realisation that if under threat from those that are violent criminals that don’t abide by laws or codes of decency there is no substitute for less that proven military close combat/self-defence means to incapacitate such threats.
They can achieve threat neutralisation by military self-defence and CQC means by simple overkill incapacitation to put an end to a big thug with bad intentions that knows how to hurt them and are surprised how such skills are quick and easy to learn. They are reminded how the most important ingredient required to win and not merely survive up against violent threat is a high level of mental toughness.
We wrote the Brain to Boot manual on the subject of mental toughness enhancement for military combative actions on and the primary practices are included in Todd Group HQ training and on intensive courses of instruction.
The anti-threat tactics and skills kicked off the weekend training and were then followed by physical intervention and threat neutralisation tactics and skills.
The threats included both unarmed and armed assaults of the protectee and the protector.
Camp Todd being close to the Dunedin airport and comprising of full accommodation mess hall and multiple training environments makes conducting of such short courses top up-skilling experiences.
Having our own major camp with specialist training facilities and fully resourced with all required kit is most beneficial for not only introductory training, but also continuation training and for conducting testing.
Attendees get their training from the HQ source that develops the training programs and writes the manuals on specialist subjects.
The scope of the self-minder course provides male and female attendees with capabilities to prevent counter or combat threats to those under their care as well as maximising their own safety in the process.
Being able to effectively protect oneself and your family, friends and staff including young children, provides those that have undertaken such short course of instruction with vital capabilities if they find themselves in such unpredictable risky situations.
From Camp Todd it was back to HQ for the final set up for next weekend’s Phase 1 Basic and Phase 2 Advanced Todd systems European military CQC and military self- defence short courses of instruction.
Being the HQ source of the tradecraft training packages and having our own HQ and training camp facilities is important to conducting new entry level exponent courses as well as on going continuation and qualification courses.
Like all leaders in our field, it must be a full-time commitment to our tradecraft and not just a hobby undertaking.
Including assistant instructor and instructor under assessment courses as part of Phase 1 and 2 recent courses has further increased our training team numbers and has seen more depot’s established.
The 2020 training year will end with a phase 3 specialist course of instruction and development work over the holiday break in preparation for the January commencement of another year of capacity schedule training provision.
For training information on upcoming courses www.toddgroup.com multimedia www.cqctimes.com
The international courses schedule including at our hub country of Thailand will be announced as soon as border closures and restrictions are favourable for international attendees to travel and undertake intensive course of instruction.
The applications from new entry exponents and inquiries from within our ranks for upcoming Thailand hub country courses information has been constant and we are looking forward to getting back to conducting our international courses of instruction as soon as possible and practical.
