Come March 2027 and the Todd Group will celebrate 100 years of mil close combat and mil tradecraft self defence training provision and trade craft training development. Over the 100 years we have only had just two Master Chief Instructors in our founder, the late SGM Harry Baldock, and myself, military elite combat master […]
Respire or expire in an actions on under assault at the hands of a formidable foe. It equates to a terminal error if you hold your breath as a result of not employing controlled combative required respiration, combined with proven tactics and skills, to enhance combative capabilities. Holding your breath in the execution of committed […]
The Todd Group is the longest operating private training provider of our specialist close personal protection courses of instruction in New Zealand. The demand has changed over the decades from predominantly those wanting to work in the close protection industry to also include those that want to take responsibility for the protection of their families, […]
Contact inoculation with the CQC Tru-Gard Contact inoculation is a critical requirement of preparing a combatant for the realities of close quarters actions on, just as it is for combat sports fighters inoculation against the adverse effects of competitive and sparring contact. This file is predominantly on our mil self-defence and mil CQC contact inoculation […]
Eyes on from everywhere and the nature of the beast of CQC processes are all revealing The responsibility of commanding the training group and vetting applicants and controlling training provision as I have learnt, is that you must do your best to identify individuals that do not meet course/training joining conditions and requirements as part […]
The Todd Group Schools of Instruction are truly a bastion of positive bastardisation where all ranks must conduct themselves by our codes of conduct, protocols, ethics, rules and regulations. Being instructed from the source while learning our mil elite trade-craft training skills sets is a privilege and not a given right and comes with uncompromising […]
Looking through the archives from when the late Harry Baldock was the Master Chief instructor of the facility amongst the copious boxes and piles of pictures and information I came across this picture from 1934. It depicts what we know as kill wrestling, where palm heel strikes, low kicks, knees and others as they were […]
The unexpected can be life or limb threatening In this the 21st Century European military CQC/MSD is definitely not a traditional fighting art or combat sport practiced by the civilian masses. The European military close combat trade-craft for the battlefield or urban operators/covert operator’s self-defence is not common knowledge like the civilian arts and codes. […]
Jail tally means of crossing off completed skills repetitions Just like with runners and athletes training methods have to be about increasing performance. The difference with military CQC is that there are the risks of what the enemy can do to you. This makes it somewhat different in regards to psychological considerations and mental toughness […]
Suicidal crossed forearms knife defence tendon artery and internal organs wounds Anyone interested in effective self-defence require practical realist smarts and to be honest with themselves in the evaluation of techniques and their individual capabilities to neutralise a formidable assaulter. Common sense must prevail if you want to have the best and safest chances to […]