Tank Todd

Special Operations CQB Master Chief Instructor. Over 30 years experience. The only instructor qualified descendent of Baldock, Nelson, and Applegate. Former instructors include Harry Baldock (unarmed combat instructor NZ Army WWII), Colonel Rex Applegate OSS WWII and Charles Nelson, US Marine Corps. Tank has passed his Special Forces combative instructor qualification course in Southeast Asia and is certified to instruct the Applegate, Baldock and Nelson systems. His school has been operating for over eighty years and he is currently an Army Special Operations Group CQB Master Chief Instructor. His lineage and qualifications from the evolutionary pioneers are equalled by no other military close combat instructor. His operation includes his New Zealand headquarters, and 30 depots worldwide as well as contracts to train the military elite, security forces, and close protection specialists. Annually he trains thousands of exponents and serious operators that travel down-under to learn from the direct descendant of the experts and pioneers of military close combat. Following in the footsteps of his former seniors, he has developed weapons, and training equipment exclusive to close combat and tactical applications. He has published military manuals and several civilian manuals and produced DVDs on urban self protection, tactical control and restraint, and close combat. He has racked up an impressive 100,000+ hours in close combat.

Todd Group Close Quarters Combat Courses

Todd Group Close Quarters Combat Courses

The Todd Group offer close quarters combat courses and training in military self-defence techniques in New Zealand and internationally: Dates Place Title Feb 2024 Dunedin, New Zealand Todd Group HQ February 2024 Intake Induction 24 Feb to 25 Feb 2024 Kapiti, New Zealand Kapiti Short Course 16 Mar to 23 Mar 2024 Dunedin, New Zealand Todd Group HQ […]

Fight Times Combat Sports Ongoing Thailand Connection

Fight Times Combat Sports Ongoing Thailand Connection

Former US Marine and fight fan Jake and I after watching UFC 281 at a Thailand Sports bar and restaurant After close to a three-year forced break from conducting courses in Thailand due to Covid-19 travel restrictions and travel difficulties, we are up and running at full tilt once again. I was fortunate to be […]

Johnny Lloyd the Travelling Kiwi Fighter

Johnny Lloyd the Travelling Kiwi Fighter

I have known Johnny for many years through the fight game and Fight Times magazine. We both share an interest in unlicensed boxing and bare knuckle fighting and have mutual fighter friends from days gone by that were ferocious fighters and renowned for their fighting prowess. In the closed shop world that bare knuckle fighting […]

Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski

Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski

  December 14, 2019 and the New UFC Feather Weight Champion of the World Alex Volkanovski defeated Max Holloway I had wanted to do this interview for some time now and it was made possible by our mutual friend in Dr Steffan Eriksson. Steffan is a proponent and instructor of my Todd Systems military CQC […]

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Todd Group Dunedin training options – July-August 2020

Self-Defence SchoolA division of the Todd Group established 1927 Global leaders in European military close combat and military self-defence Civilians opportunity to train under a European military elite close combat Master-Chief Instructor. NZ HQ and training camp Dunedin New Zealand [email protected] Ph: 03 4778902 The border restrictions have meant we have allocated available NZ slots […]

Combat Sports School Champion Wrestler Joe Dobson

It was 2018 and two weeks out from the New Zealand wrestling championships that were going to be held in Dunedin when Joe Dobson decided to start training in wrestling to compete at the nationals. Joe has been a long-term exponent of our CQC and has passed phase 1 testing and is a phase 2 […]

Combat Sports School's long history of training champions continues

Combat Sports School’s long history of training champions continues

One of the Baldock Institutes champion wrestling teams, 1938 The combat sports school a division of the Todd Group has been involved in the sport of wrestling for over 90 years through our founder, the late Harry Baldock. The headquarters facility in Dunedin has only had two chief instructors in 91 years, the late Harry […]

Annual Australasian CQC/MSD Course Camp Todd 2018

March 18-24, 2018 was a top training experience for Australasian military close quarters combat and military self-defence enthusiasts. Todd Group HQ promoted recruited facilitated managed and conducted this course of instruction for phase 1 basic exponent’s, phase 2 advanced exponents and phase 3 specialist proponents. The three phases of training were conducted simultaneously in separate […]

Close Protection Operators specialist course Thailand 15-28 October 2017

The Todd Group has just completed another annual close personal protection course in Thailand, our international hub country of over two decades. This report will follow Pete and Gaz through their two weeks of training and training exercises. The Todd Group have the oldest history as private specialist training providers of European military self-defence MSD […]