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. My question is: Is there only one correct way to combat breath i.e. inhale through the nose and exhale through the […]
Grahame Reid was born in Otahuhu Auckland the 29th of March 1937. Grahame’s mother was a nurse and his father was a wool classer and he had two younger brothers. Grahame’s family moved to Wellington during the war and he attended primary school at Kilbirnie and Ngaio in Wellington. The young Grahame. In 1948 his […]
2009 was a capacity schedule year with courses running for 48 weeks. These courses included military, police, close personal protection, security and civilian courses. The Todd Group global depots increased in number to 35, and when you consider every depot instructor has been independently tested by the headquarters here in New Zealand and that we […]
The Todd Group, formally and formerly the Baldock Institute, have a history second to none in New Zealand for conducting specialist close personal protection (bodyguard) training. The Todd Group close personal protection involvement dates back to our first chief instructor the late Harry Baldock a World War II chief unarmed combat instructor to the Army who not […]
Often the most skilled instructor may use terminology that is not the best way to describe primary practices, however the physical skills, tactics and procedures on evaluation are correct in practice. The concern of this edition of the Close Combat Files is not so much error in verbiage, but is to outline and uncover potentially […]
The means of advertising and promotion for combative, self-defence, martial arts and related services and supplies are very different from years gone by. The Todd Group, formally and formerly the Baldock Institute, was established in 1927 and is the oldest global private training provider to the military of its kind. A stand-alone organization over 80 […]
Introduction This article was made possible by Wahid Wennekes formerly of the Mejiro gym in the Netherlands and now the owner trainer of the Mejiro Gym, Milton, New Zealand. Wahid is a friend of Bas from back in their home country and gave me the introduction making this interview possible. The approach I've taken to […]
Corona Eliminator Kills Corona Type Viruses This multipurpose cleaning and disinfection product was developed by a friend of mine’s company in Canada as a preventative measure against SARS. It was decided to make it a broad spectrum sanitizing agent and initially it was a product to be used undiluted. This is an excellent product that […]
Billed as global warming’s big show it really lived up to this title. 1987 the Todd Group conducted boxing competitions at Sammy’s Entertainment Venue followed by a prize fighting series in 1992 and again in 1994 and then kickboxing which were all great successes and they have returned there for this their final Promotion. It […]
Chris Storrie, Mark Grayling and the Mount Maunganui wrestling club did a fine job hosting the 2009 championships. Conducted at the Mount Maunganui Sports Centre commencing with the first weigh in on Thursday, August 20 it was apparent that this was going to be a first-class national championships. Being the first year the new code […]