The unforgiving dagger is always loaded and lethal Skills for self-defence and unarmed combat need to provide high-level chances of maintaining safety in the achievement of threat neutralisation under deadly assault situations. History didn’t always get it right and some traditional techniques instructed under self-defence training have been proven to be doomed to failure. To […]
Procrastinators that can’t make the decision when it comes to stepping up fronting up and undertaking CQC training have become more common in today’s society. Along with procrastinators there are higher numbers of individuals that aren’t prepared to accept the realities of MIL CQC training but like the thought of it. Some end up looking […]
The Todd Group has the longest history as a private specialist training provider of European military self-defence and European military close quarters combat not only to the military but also to responsible civilian enthusiasts. While we have a responsibility to do our utmost to ensure we recruit responsible law-abiding citizens of integrity our vetting process […]
The Todd Group’s Master – Chief instructor and director of training Geoff “Tank” Todd is well versed in delivering training briefs on European military armed and unarmed combat. He speaks of a very different subject matter than the norm when it comes to his lifetime’s commitment to his specialist military Close Quarters Combat trade-craft proving […]
We live in times of realities of urban massacres being globally more common occurrences that can change not only the lives forever of casualties of such horrific attacks but also ongoing everyday life for the general populations of cities and countries of such heinous cowardly attacks on innocent citizens. I am not referring to specialist […]
Caution: The contents of this article are for education purposes only. The principles described are extremely dangerous and are for military close combat training and operations only. Their application applies solely to the military. Is there anyway someone that is not qualified to train in your phase 2 and phase 3 training can take a look […]
Understanding how to prevent limb threatening excruciating pain or reduce the effects of limb and joint pain provides the opportunity to set up and employ armed and unarmed threat neutralisation. In a green role environment on the ground maintaining a pre-offensive or counteroffensive action compound grip ensuring the limb fixed reduces risk and having to […]
At the Todd Group we get a lot of questions in regard to not only skills and military instructors but also training equipment and weapons. We design training equipment weapons and protectors for mil CQC/MSD specific training purposes. There is not generally available military CQC role and duty specific training equipment designed and developed by […]
Military ground combat is all about enemy incapacitation or elimination. It is not about fighting someone on the ground trying to make them submit. The toughest of tough cannot overcome the effects of life support systems destruction. Combatants skilled in mil CQC enemy elimination know that such terminal effects cannot be overcome and this enhances […]
The Cpt Ben Mangels top left,Tank Todd top right,CQC chin jab training Thailand Bottom squenence Above are Just some of the past and present palm heel strike variations Upward diagonal palm heel under chin contact Palm heel strikes for military close quarters combat area primary close range unarmed offensive assault practice as that reduces the […]