5th Anniversary Todd Group Germany

In retrospect, the last five years have been a positive surprise. Starting with a single small group workshop with focus on the Phase I urban self defense modules and everyday assault patterns our instructing capacity has constantly evolved and branched out covering the whole sector of awareness, recognition, and avoidance of potential real world threats in combination with tactically-correct counter measures to urban violence as well as camera friendly intervention skills and control & restraint applications for the law enforcement community.

All of these principles are taken from the Phase I training package of the Todd System and have been adapted to the requirements of the German workplace environment. Especially in terms of preventing violence in the public transportation sector we are proud to have successfully contributed to the corporate efforts to further increase the level of safety in the working area and constantly improving safety standards.

With the quality of violence and inter-human aggression changing our services have attracted attention from the public- and corporate service and education sector including polytechs and university level. Besides, with more than 80 million inhabitants and a considerably large martial arts community, self-defense enthusiasts have found the proven skills and concepts of the Todd System a valuable training supplement to their normal and regular martial arts regiment because our training packages are based on a scientifically validated body of research.

2009 kicked off with more national and international instructing commitments including wildlife law enforcement projects in Tanzania, Southeast Africa as well as an intensive training of more than 600 tram staff of Germany’s second largest tram network operator. And there is even more to do in the future…

Article written by Ken Oesterreich

Ken Oesterreich (Nidan Karate) is New Zealand University Games Silver Medalist Winner 2004. He is currently a Phase III exponent of the Todd European Close Combat System.