CQC

European Military Close Combat Update

We Want You! The Todd Group calendar is extremely hectic with military and civilian depot courses, through until 2008. The Todd Group has an 80 year history as specialist military unarmed combat and civilian self defence instructors come 2007. They are the largest European military contract armed and unarmed combat training providers. The current instructing […]

Patrick O'Neill — The Man with the Light Rucksack

In 1961 I had taken a brief hiatus from big game fishing and was working at the Underwater Ordnance Station at Newport RI in the Oceanographic Department. All was going well when I got a letter. It said, "Greetings. The United States Army really needs your expertise." I made a panic-stricken dash across the road […]

Real Life Situations

Real Life Experiences highlights the stories of operators and civilians who have had to use the skills they've learnt in self defence or combat. If you have had to defend yourself as a civilian or in the execution of your duties as a service person, then don't hesitate to forward your story. These stories will not include […]

CQB Q&A — Close Combat Questions, Answers and Comments

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. What are the dangers of strangles on the sides of neck? There are many aspects of chokes and strangles that must […]

Capital of Close Combat

Photos compliments of Normanton Photography. Dunedin, New Zealand, the location of the Todd Group, is truly the world capital of European Military close combat. Dating back to when Harry Baldock was the chief instructor the Todd Group is in its 80th year and leads the way in military close combat training and a wide range […]

Profile: Lee Morrison

Lee Morrison was born in London and has been training for the past twenty four years. Lee has trained in a variety of martial arts and in the past seven years has concentrated on training in civilian close combat. He has spent fourteen years working on the doors in some rough places in London, Southampton […]

CQB Q&A — Close Combat Questions, Answers and Comments

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. I recently was lucky to have been shown some of the Todd System by a fellow American visiting our state. I […]

Real Life Experiences

Real Life Experiences highlights the stories of operators and civilians who have had to use the skills they've learnt in self defence or combat. If you have had to defend yourself as a civilian or in the execution of your duties as a service person, then don't hesitate to forward your story. These stories will not include […]

Todd CQB Systems Update

Since returning from the UK and Middle East at the end of December nothing has slowed down for the Todd Group and Tank. January began with two weeks in the UK consulting, followed by two weeks in the US evaluating products and various other functions. While in the UK I conducted a low key two […]

Kiwi Close Protection Agent in South East Asia

On the afternoon of December 19, 2005 a group of 17 models from Australia, Lebanon, Brazil, USA and Indonesia arrived in Pattaya, Thailand. The models were on a promotional tour for the Fashion TV World Model Contest, which will be held in Thailand in 2006. The models stayed for 8 days and had a full […]