Modern Combatives influenced too much by Martial Arts?
Hi Den, Regarding WW2 Combatives and Modern Combatives, how much has Modern Combatives Strayed away from the WW2 SOE Techniques, and Commando System? Obviously Fairbairns Police Style was heavily influenced by Jutjusu and Kano's Judo. Atemi-waza. Fo

WW2 Combatives Training NYC!!!
Hello, I know I am not a frequent contributer to this forum, but I do read a lot of the topics on a regular basis. If the Mods feel that my ad is Inappropriate please feel free to remove it. Mathew Temkin is looking for people that are

instinctive combatives in chester
just letting you know ive got a class starting in chester on the 22 of jan at saltney cp school 7.30-9.00 what i teach comes from a core of tried an tested tecniques that have worked in violent confrontaions for thousands of men and women daily

civilian combatives
Hi Lee. Welcome to the board. I was wondering if you could tell us what the difference is between civilian combatives and military combatives. I seem to remember from the old board that you teach the civilian style. How have you adapted it from the

Bob Spiegal 1st ever UK course coming up!!
Hi Folks, Just giving you all advance heads-up. Bob Spiegal is coming over to Nottingham, UK in the Spring. Details are still being worked out and should be available within the next few weeks. Bob really needs no intro, but just

Fifth International Combatives Seminar, 2007
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL COMBATIVES SEMINAR The seminar was held in the Prescot Leisure centre in Prescot Merseyside on 1, 2 and 3 September 2007. I had travelled to Liverpool the day before. On the way from Manchester to Liverpool I met fellow

GK & Defence Thread
This is the 1st of the 3 threads we said we would create (the others 2 to come being Midfield & Attack). Defence for us is an area with many uncertainties. ---RB seems to be the only position where we dont need new faces: we already have

Overview of Combatives
On this forum we talk a lot about “Combatives”, which is expected, since that is what I train in, and teach. It’s worth taking a minute to discuss exactly what we mean by Combatives is not a martial art, like Karate, Ju-jutsu, Aikido, Wing Chun. Nor is it

review of Chris Turnbull's violent intent dvd
Hi Guys got Chris Turnbull's violent intent dvd. What a wealth of information this guy has to offer. Having worked the doors for 18 years now and been involved in the Close protection sector. I have to say that Mr. Turnbull's dvd has a lot to offer. You

Favourite technique
Hi Dave! What was/is YOUR number one technique that you trusted most?

Combatives functional exercise
Just something for the forum to ponder and share ideas on. If you had limited time and could choose one exercise to do every day to enhance your combative ability, what would it be and why? Also, would you do the same exercise every day or do you have

Hi from Nottingham
My name's Wayne,originally from northern Ireland. Been stabbed, attacked with sticks, had guns put to my head, attempted abduction, from the larger 'gangs' over there. shit myself every time (not literally, haha). Had various personal training with

C2 CORE COMBATIVES WORKSHOPS - Glasgow 24/25th March 2012
JOIN CORE COMBATIVES FOUNDER AND CHIEF INSTRUCTOR MICK COUP FOR TWO 4 HOUR WORKSHOPS IN ONE OF TODAYS MOST REALISTIC & EFFICIENT COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEMS AVAILABLE. CONTENT INCLUDES COMBAT MANAGEMENT- DEALING WITH ‘IN FIGHT’ METHODS AND

Saturday Fight Live: English Defence League vs Counter Protesters
There's a big old rumble going to happen in Blackburn on Saturday apparently, between the mob formerly known as the English Defence League and the opposition composed of Unite Against Facism, Blackburn With Darwen Against Racism, Muslim Defence League

Jim Armstrong (RAW Combatives)
He was in NZ recently and I went to a quick courtesy seminar with him on Saturday. He's orginally from the UK but based in Australia now, has anybody on here trained with him before? I really enjoyed his material. It was practical, simple and