The Todd Systems anti-and counter rape training program and manual has been decades in the development phases.
The Todd group formerly the Baldock Institute has a unique history of over 85 years instructing European military combative programs as well as defensive tactics programmes, close personal protection and self-protection.
The D-WAR course of instruction is a result of more than 30 years of my instructing special self-defence courses always striving for excellence in principles tactics and skills.
I have researched globally counter rape programmes interviewed many victims of sexual violence looked over sexual violence statistics and spent thousands of hours developing skills that would give the victim of sexual violence the best chance of objective achievement outside deadly force with a firearm.
I found many counter rape programmes were more based on individual style based martial arts techniques that were far from primary options in sexual violence threats and had never been proven under test conditions against specific sexual violence threats.
Striking high kicking grappling or throwing a serious sexual predator with considerably more physical capabilities and far greater physical attributes is nothing less than dangerous to say the least.
Combine the physical advantages with the situational advantages of the perpetrator being ready and prepared as well as criminally motivated goal driven prepared to deal out serious physical harm and the victim needs nothing less than the most proven means of threat neutralisation.
The D-WAR book went on sale and in the first three days the first print run has sold out and we are awaiting resupply.
Let me explain what makes the D-WAR very different.
The principles tactics and skills are all based on military specialist close quarters combat where one always considers the enemy bigger stronger faster physically fitter highly skilled and committed to causing them grievous bodily harm.
Bearing this in mind every primary anti combat and counter measure must be the best of battle proven as safe as humanly possible and provide the means of achieving the objective as quickly quietly cunningly and safely as possible against the serious threat and under the specific circumstances.
The D-WAR package has been designed and developed to provide the best and most proven means available under extensive test conditions to safely neutralise serious sexual predators and predatory sexual violence threats.
The Todd group training team have committed considerable time and assistance to my project at the Todd group headquarters with the testing of the individual skills as well as assisting with the publication of the manual.
During the initial introduction phase pilot courses have been conducted throughout New Zealand and in Australia and Southeast Asia.
I have also conducted instructor training courses with the requirement that all D-WAR instructors must be at a minimum phase 1 CQC qualified prior to undertaking the D-WAR instructor training.
The D-WAR courses must be delivered by a male and female instructor and assistant instructor and privacy is paramount with no unauthorised photographing or filming of such training being permitted.
The pilot courses have included instruction to military dependents and all pilot courses have received 100% positive post course reviews and in fact rave reviews as to the attendees having never seen anything like it before.
Many attended thinking it could be just another self-defence course delivered by a martial arts instructor and based on a specific traditional or sporting martial arts styles like they had learned before while at school or as adults on community or university self-defence courses.
Exponents from the outset are made aware of the degrees of danger of various forms of armed and unarmed assault and how many are more life threatening than sexual assault. this is important so they can realise they can neutralize many sexual violence threats
They were pleased and surprised when they were introduced to military style combative skills that were not based on traditional arts or competitive sports but were based on outsmarting your adversary or neutralising the adversary by means of simple gross motor skills that incorporate dirty tricks that have no respect for any predators capabilities advantages.
Utilising natural human reactions and responses in such a threat situation and using them as cover and concealment of your combat or counter actions masking your intentions and taking advantage of the sexual predators natural understanding and acceptance of such reactions is all part of a plan of outsmarting the perpetrator and setting up decided threat neutralisation.
The course is of four hours duration and includes one third of anti-rape theory on how to safeguard one-self and make one-self as harder target as possible.
The anti-rape section comprises of security and threat assessments for the individuals entire life including in the home when going pedestrian, vehicular, in the workplace, public transport, hobbies sports and leisure and when out socially.
This aspect of the package provides information on how to evaluate ones personal safety identify any weaknesses and go about plugging such breaches in the individuals personal security.
The manual and course content includes the following major chapters.
The introduction and outlining of the course methods and means of objective achievement.
Anti-rape covering the individuals general life security and safety requirements to prevent them being a target victim of sexual violence.
The physical skills include the armed improvised weapons section that provides the means to attack the sexual attacker before they can initiate sexual violence against the target victim.
A D-WAR improvised object
The combat skills also include the unarmed safest and most proven options applicable to threat neutralisation against a sexual predator that is ready and prepared and as such has cancelled out all but unarmed stamp kick options to destroy the integrity of the knee joint and kneecap and as such incapacitate the perpetrator and neutralise the threat situation.
Leave them decentralised and incapable of recovering their footing and as such pursuing their target victim or continuing with the sexual assault.
The course also includes abduction prevention and counter skills that have complete commonality with the combat armed improvised weapons employments and the counter stamp kick executions.
One of the many D-WAR variations of stamp kicks, in this case to prevent abduction
The medical aspects in relation to the employment of armed improvised weapons and unarmed combat options to neutralise serious sexual predatory violence are also detailed.
The Todd systems brain to boot psychological conditioning for military close combat primary practices applicable to serious sexual violence are included as a most necessary component of any combat or counter employment to effectively neutralise the threat.
The course manual outlines how sexual violence provides the opportunity to utilise natural human expected responses to such specific violence as a means to mask the employment of combat or countermeasures.
The package outlines how the constant assessment of the perpetrator and the situation is required to ensure any combat or counter actions are the best means at the specific time to neutralise the threat and situation.
This is important to ensure the target victims actions or words do not escalate the threat risk.
By utilising expected human victim reactions under the threat circumstances by means of an Academy award-winning performance the target victim can buy time and set up their decided means of threat neutralisation.
The programme also includes information on conflict resolution, negotiation and threat reduction options to reduce risk while providing a means to prevent sexual penetration combined with providing forensic evidence important to bring the perpetrator to justice.
Right from the outset exponents are told that although non-consensual sexual contact is not lawful and may well find it repulsive it is a far less life-threatening threat category of violence than the following threats, a knife, firearm, machete, baseball bat or being punched and kicked. Sexual violence is less life-threatening and less immediate.
Sexual violence threats provide the opportunity to employ verbiage in regards to the reducing threat escalation employing conflict resolution and offering a non-penetrative means of sexual relief to the predator and as such securing forensic evidence.
All this may sound disgusting and repulsive but needs to be put into context that outsmarting the perpetrator by either convincing them not to sexually assault you or by offering a less invasive means that can be used to mask genital destruction or to prevent sexual penetration and provide forensic evidence shows commitment smarts and taking control of a dire situation.
The genital destruction skills in the manual that I physically developed will leave the perpetrator incapacitated to the point of being subject to excruciating pain and as a result puking.
The outcome of D-WAR genital destruction
Two of my advisors with the medical aspects of the D-WAR book are respected medical doctors and the medical implications content is very definite and graphic.
Having such experts willing to assist and interested in CQB/CQC is something I am very fortunate to have at my disposal and very appreciative of. The physical skills are promoted as a last resort option only.
They truly are the best specific means of objective achievement against a serious sexual predator determined to achieve sexual relief.
The training equipment for the course is simple practical and specific to such training providing safe realistic training where exponents can achieve proficiency executing the skills with calculated controlled aggression.
The course includes information and training on how to counter covert home invasion predatory sexual violence when the first indication of the intruder is when the victim is awoken in their bed and the sexual predator is smothering them to silence and intimidate them to the point of submission.
The course includes the skills to counter improvised ligatures and clothing being used as an improvised means to blindfold or contain and control the target victim.
The physical counter content of the book and course includes methods to counter common sexual positions by improvised weapons means as well as unarmed genital destruction.
High heel shoes and how to execute a stamp kick to reduce the risk of an ankle sprain is outlined along with when smothered how to create a breathing duct to reduce the effects of the physical and psychological aspects of being smothered.
The course and book also has the obligation to advise on how there are some situations that the target victim will simply not be able to physically or psychologically combat or counter and under such situations how they must go into a personal detective mode.
Contrary to what a lot of self-defence instructors and friends and family of victims of sexual violence like to tell unfortunate victims in relation to them being survivors the reality is very different if they did not do their utmost to take control but merely survived leaving their fate in the sexual predators hands.
The reality is very different when the victim of sexual violence made no effort to prevent the sexual assault, reduce the risk, and offer an alternative less invasive option or employee every means of evidence and information gathering in an effort to bring the sexual predator to justice.
When lying in their bed for example thinking about what if I only had the inner resolve and prior training to prevent combat or counter the sexual assault, I may well have prevented being a helpless victim of sexual violence.
Even in the most dire situations where the individual does not have the psychological or physical capabilities to combat or counter the threat if they have the tactics to reduce risk and proactively commit to becoming their own personal crime scene detective with the motivation of revenge by bringing the perpetrators to justice, then they have employed the safest and best option available to them against the threat in the specific threat situation and this will make post sexual violence recovery and continuation with life that much more manageable.
The programme and manual also outlines while this course is specific to preventing combating or countering serious sexual violence the skills can equally be employed against serious physical assault including serious domestic violence where the likelihood of severe physical injury is imminent if the victim does not neutralise the threat.
Contrary to the military method of instruction in relation to close combat where the candidate will undergo basic course CQC training before any advanced or specialist training courses of instruction, this specialist anti-and counter rape package provides specialist threat situation skills training first up.
There are some threat categories such as being held at weapon point and incoming weapon disarming that are not covered in this course due to the nature of the threat of sexual violence and the modus operandi of the sexual predator in relation to ensuring everything is in their favour.
D-WAR being a specialist and specific program to neutralize sexual violence and not a complete advanced combative or serious threat self defence course of instruction, does not include armed abduction counter measures. the reason for this is the nature of the threat and the requirement for extensive training to neutralize such threats
The dark of night a secluded and unpopulated location combined with the greater physical attributes of the sexual predator would make attempting to disarm a razor sharp edged weapon held at point blank body contact range unwise and unsafe in the dark of night with only minimal training.
These modules are instructed on CQB and CQC courses and exponents spend considerable time learning how to set up and employ ambush phase weapon disarming.
High repetition practice is required as well as familiarity with the ambush phase weapon disarming contingency options.
D-WAR course attendees are encouraged to continue with urban self-defence and or close quarters combat training after they complete their D-WAR course if they so desire.
Knowledge is power and promotes confidence continued practice develops competence and undertaking a threat assessment and Security survey of ones life and plugging any breaches in their personal security and making themselves as harder targets as humanly and situationally possible is emphasised throughout the D-WAR manual and course of instruction.
This book and course of instruction makes no apologies for the contents being so directly and unemotionally presented.
The Todd group have a professional obligation to provide the facts plain and simple and provide the most relevant proven effective and safest means of threat neutralisation.
From the outset the course instructor clearly states that he is sorry if the teachings offend or upset attendees especially those that have previously been subject to sexual violence, however there is no way of effectively providing the required skill set to prevent combat or counter serious sexual violence without being factual and definite in tactics principles skills and terminology.
To date all attendees have found the training to be practical and delivered in a clinical manner with the ever important human touch ever present including the occasional bit of humour in relation to the practices and required training equipment to destroy the genitals.
We have received enquiries from around the world including United States of America, Canada United Kingdom, Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and Australasia in relation to the D-WAR program and book.
And have already delivered courses throughout New Zealand as well as in Australia Southeast Asia Africa and Germany.
This is a very different book and course of instruction that has the support of everyone that has been involved with the pilot courses delivery to date.
We have had offers from ladies with marketing management expertise as well as gyms and many martial arts instructors interested in the D-WAR program and manual.
Outside the legal use of deadly force in relation to firearms for self-defence in countries that permit such options under non-lethal options and related threat circumstances the D-WAR course of instruction provides you with physical unarmed and armed improvised weapons options that are situation and threat specific providing realistic proven safe and effective means to neutralise serious sexual violence.
The Todd group are experienced in not only providing military elite forces and regular forces combative training but also providing training for those that are vulnerable including those with physical handicaps.
We have recently released a book on wheel chair self-defence and have trained disabled groups including a group of blind citizens in personal safety skills.
Our modus operandi is to arm our understudies with the best of proven knowledge that will provide the means to prevent avoid or as a last resort employ physical combat or counter skills.
If there is no preventative or out option available to them by arming them with specialist skills specifically designed developed tested and selected for being best means of objective achievement gives them the ability to be the victor over being the victim.
The D-WAR has shocked and surprised many if not most that have been privy to the training or have read the manual and this has led to the endorsements excellent reviews and offers of support and assistance with promoting the D-WAR courses.
Selling the initial print run out in several days has only enforced the need for the program and publication.
The Todd group write military and police doctrine and programs and have an 85 year history in the fields of European Military armed and unarmed combat and self-protection and our understudies relish the chance to be trained by subject expert subject training providers in such each to learn easily retained skills that give them the best combative change of threat neutralisation.
