Ground Defense – Instructors
The goal of this course is to provide the trainer with the skills and concepts necessary to prevent them from being taken to the ground during a violent assault as well as how to handle encounters that do go to the ground. In addition, at the conclusion of training the trainer will be able to effectively lead, instruct and train basic, advanced and inservice students in the concepts and skills obtained during the course of instruction.
The explosion in popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has brought awareness to many regarding the need for anyone who goes in harms way to be able to fight both on the ground as well as on your feet. This course is designed specifically, however for the realities of a street encounter for officers, not sport grappling. One of our sayings is “In the ring, there are no gunbelts and in the street there are no referees.” You could add that in the ring there is no concrete, glass, hidden weapons or multiple attackers either! If you have grappling experience, we do not suggest “leaving your skills at the door” but rather attempt to bridge the gap between what works in the Gym with what works on the street through a progression of drills and skill builders performed in a realistic training environment that simulates an encounter on the street and allows you to utilize your skills and improve your survivability.
Every fight that ends up on the ground probably started on the feet so we put heavy emphasis on awareness, pre-assault queues, the inherent dangers of going to the ground, not being predisposed to going the ground and skills necessary for an officer to stay on his feet (takedown defense). In this course we also cover close quarters striking, standing grappling, various ground positions, weapon retention during a ground assault as well as hidden weapon considerations during the encounter.
A ground assault on the street can be an explosive, violent and extremely dangerous event for an officer so we have designed our program around the realities of the street and not the ring. We try to build training success, not training scars.
The course will also cover the following; instructor methodology, critical philosophies in ground defense; how to teach concepts and principles not just techniques; inherent problems such as, physical limitations of students; how to set up in-service training with limitations such as, time, money, facilities and other common problems. At the end of this program the trainer will have the skills and abilities necessary to develop, implement and instruct ground defense programs for basic, advanced and inservice students. They will also be able to utilize these skills to incorporate Non-Lethal Training Ammunition (NLTA)/CCMCK in a variety of reality-based training exercises that blend skills and concepts across such disciplines as firearms, tactics, arrest techniques as well as Close Quarter Combatives (CQC).
PROGRAM DETAILS
Course Costs: Call for pricing or let us customize a program for your agency or unit (International scheduling may incur additional costs).
Certifications: Instructor Certifications entitles you to train and certify training for others in this course. Certification is valid for two years.
GSA Contract Number: GD15D12
Course Length: 5 Days
Attendance Requirements: Law Enforcement, Military or Security (up to 24 persons maximum)
Attendee Requirements:
All duty carry related equipment
T-shirts, long pants and long shirts
Note-taking material
Facility Requirements: Classroom and Outdoor Area for NLTA/CCMCK training.
Mat room
Agency Requirements:
Red/Blue Guns
NLTA/CCMCK safety equipment
NLTA/CCMCK Weapons
Strike Pads
Boxing Gloves/MMA Gloves
Headgear
*Also required 100 NLTA/CCMCK rounds per student
Note: UTM Reality Based Training will assist agencies with facility/equipment requirements on request.