CQC United Kingdom Course of Instruction May 2014

Close quarter combat course, United Kingdom,  May 3rd until May 7th with a phase test on the morning of May 8th if we have any candidates willing, able, ready.

The  Todd Group, have the longest history globally as  private specialist training providers of military CQB/CQC dating back to our founder the late Harry Baldock who established CQC training back in 1927. Harry learned his military unarmed combat and self-defence from World War I  Brit instructors and we have a commitment to making such training 86 years later available again in the United Kingdom.

The doctrine and training packages were further developed by Harry Baldock and taught to our troops in World War II.

I took control of the Baldock Institute now the Todd group in 1986 and have ensured the doctrine and training packages remained living packages that have continued to be developed tested and that are made up of proven primary practices adopted and taught to the military today.

These most current and proven tactics and skills will be delivered on this course of instruction that will hopefully identify serious combative proponents to future proof the Todd Systems in the United Kingdom.

I personally was privileged to be trained and instructor qualified in military unarmed combat and self-defence by Harry Baldock,  as well as being  instructor qualified by Col Rex Applegate and Charles Nelson.

The Todd group have continued with the work of Harry Baldock and are current military regular force and elite forces providers of CQB training. Our ranks are made up of combative lifers committed to the Todd group and Todd Systems from the military, police and civilian sectors.

This is your invitation and opportunity to join us on course  if you are a responsible committed realist seeking current proven military unarmed combat and self-defence training.

The Todd Systems are made up of our best of battle proven tactics and skills that have been developed   specifically for military special operations, the battle field and urban environment for self-defence.

We pride ourselves on being the current caretakers of the doctrine and training packages and continue with the work of our predecessors ensuring that the combative doctrine is a living work that is made up of the most current and proven means of objective achievement.

The Todd Systems include the basic phase 1 course of instruction, the advanced phase 2 course of instruction and specialist phase 3 course of instruction.

The phase 1 basic course of instruction includes the fundamental foundations tactics principles and battle proven skills that are essential to advanced phase 2 and specialist phase 3 progressions.

Completing the week-long intensive phase 1 course of instruction and gaining proficiency in preparation for phase testing is something that the committed realist with the combative smarts strives to achieve.

The Todd group has more than 50 depot instructors nationally and internationally and all depot instructors have passed the minimum requirement of the basic phase 1 test. The  course set down to be conducted in the United Kingdom is for committed realists with the combative smarts looking for our best of battle proven military close quarters combat and military self-defence training.

Those that have aspirations of being a Todd group depot instructor need first to complete the phase 1 course of instruction and pass the phase 1 test.

The Todd group is not a franchise and depot instructors keep all proceeds from their instructing duties in their location.

The Todd group is a security conscious professional training provider to the military, police, close protection and civilian sectors. Depot instructors and all member exponents must be responsible committed reliable and conduct themselves  according to our combative code of conduct and the Todd group ethos.

If you are looking for our best of battle proven close quarter combat and self-defence training. Then apply for this upcoming course. United Kingdom played a major role in the development of military close quarters combat during World War I and World War II. The Todd Group has a commitment to offering responsible UK enthusiasts and proponents both civilian and serving personnel with our specialist training.

The Todd Systems are made up of primary practices handed down from our legendary pioneers and of the most current and proven tactics principles and skills developed by the Todd group for instruction to the military.

We have the history service record and expertise to provide you with our safest and most proven methods of self-protection and close quarters combat.

The  course of instruction will include the entire phase one military CQC and military self-defence package as well as  the brain to boot psychological conditioning for battle primary practices and the Todd Systems tactical control restraint component of our defensive tactics package.

Phase One Basic CQC.

  • Offensive and counter offensive unarmed assault
  • Edged and bludgeon weapon disarming at all ranges including being held at weapon point (Phase Ambush)
  • Preventing and escaping seizure  holds and grabs
  • Psychological preparation for close combat
  • Medical aspects of close combat
  • Combat Conditioning (Toughener and Sickner phases)

You will live military close quarters combat for a week, the military way on an intensive course of instruction.

The course being a volunteer course of instruction allows attendees to participate in or observe any module of the course without question. Obviously, to achieve promotion and advancement or instructor status, exponents will need to pass the phase 1 course of instruction. Those that are not capable of undertaking the phase 1 course of instruction or are not interested in testing can undertake the phase 1 training at a level they set personally. New Zealand has a long history of continued military close quarter combat training.

This has been a result of realising the importance of protecting and continuing to develop the most basic and dire form of warfare military unarmed combat. We work on the knowledge of if your primary weapon and back at weapon are unavailable, then you better be able to go combative by means of improvised armed or the best of battle proven unarmed options.

Our strength is our people and all our instructing team have trained tested and qualified the combative way and we have direct lineage and instructor qualifications from the pioneers of military close combat of the past as well as from present military master/chief instructors. Confidence is increased when the exponent knows that the skills have been  developed and proven for military battlefield close quarters combat and urban self-defence by military CQB/CQC master level instructors that have proven themselves on exponent and instructor courses and have long instructing service records to the military.

Enthusiasts with the combative smarts seek training from highly qualified instructors to the military and this is the type of realist exponent that thrives in the Todd group environment.

To apply to join the UK course of instruction send an email request for application forms and further information in relation to location and the course fee to [email protected]

You will find considerable information on the Todd group website toddgroup.com  and on our free e-mag CQC Times cqctimes.com  including articles on previous exported courses of instruction. Some think about CQC training we live it.

Article written by 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.