The Todd group formerly the Baldock Institute has a unique history of over 85 years instructing European military combative programs as well as defensive tactics programmes, close personal protection and self-protection.
The D-WAR course of instruction is a result of more than 30 years of my instructing special self-defence courses always striving for excellence in principles tactics and skills.
I have researched globally counter rape programmes interviewed many victims of sexual violence looked over sexual violence statistics and spent thousands of hours developing skills that would give the victim of sexual violence the best chance of objective achievement outside deadly force with a firearm.
I found many counter rape programmes were more based on individual style based martial arts techniques that were far from primary options in sexual violence threats and had never been proven under test conditions against specific sexual violence threats.
Striking high kicking grappling or throwing a serious sexual predator with considerably more physical capabilities and far greater physical attributes is nothing less than dangerous to say the least.
Combine the physical advantages with the situational advantages of the perpetrator being ready and prepared as well as criminally motivated goal driven prepared to deal out serious physical harm and the victim needs nothing less than the most proven means of threat neutralisation.
The D-WAR book went on sale and in the first three days the first print run has sold out and we are awaiting resupply.
Let me explain what makes the D-WAR very different.
The principles tactics and skills are all based on military specialist close quarters combat where one always considers the enemy bigger stronger faster physically fitter highly skilled and committed to causing them grievous bodily harm.
Bearing this in mind every primary anti combat and counter measure must be the best of battle proven as safe as humanly possible and provide the means of achieving the objective as quickly quietly cunningly and safely as possible against the serious threat and under the specific circumstances.
The D-WAR package has been designed and developed to provide the best and most proven means available under extensive test conditions to safely neutralise serious sexual predators and predatory sexual violence threats.
The Todd group training team have committed considerable time and assistance to my project at the Todd group headquarters with the testing of the individual skills as well as assisting with the publication of the manual.
During the initial introduction phase pilot courses have been conducted throughout New Zealand and in Australia and Southeast Asia.
I have also conducted instructor training courses with the requirement that all D-WAR instructors must be at a minimum phase 1 CQC qualified prior to undertaking the D-WAR instructor training.
The D-WAR courses must be delivered by a male and female instructor and assistant instructor and privacy is paramount with no unauthorised photographing or filming of such training being permitted.
The pilot courses have included instruction to military dependents and all pilot courses have received 100% positive post course reviews and in fact rave reviews as to the attendees having never seen anything like it before.
Many attended thinking it could be just another self-defence course delivered by a martial arts instructor and based on a specific traditional or sporting martial arts styles like they had learned before while at school or as adults on community or university self-defence courses.
Exponents from the outset are made aware of the degrees of danger of various forms of armed and unarmed assault and how many are more life threatening than sexual assault. this is important so they can realise they can neutralize many sexual violence threats
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