Weapons defense: The Three C's

Our friend Craig Gray had his 15 minutes of fame up in Michigan. A local t.v. show did a segment on Krav. We invited him down to Memphis a few months ago to present a few classes. One class focused on empty hand vs knife while on the ground. The other class focused on disarms. At the seminar he talked a little about the history of Krav Maga. I found it really interesting that the mission of various units contributed to different types of development within the Krav Maga family. His teachers had a lot do with border patrol (don't quote me). So the gun disarms take the crowd of innocent bystanders into account.
Anyway I forgot about the Three C's he taught at the seminar until I saw his spot on the t.v. show.

The Three C's for weapons defense:
Clear the body from danger
Control the Weapon
Clear the area or Conquer the threat.

Weapons Class and Assault prevention for Women

As some of you may know Memphis Internal Arts has been seeking out teachers to round out our training. One of the areas of instruction that we have sought out has been in the area of modern weapons esp. that of stick/cane and knife. Chuck and Don over out of Innovative Martial Arts in Grand Rapids, Michigan have been helping us with that. Make sure you check the review of their last seminar. The way they put the curriculum together melded nicely with the way we express Sun style Hsing Yi Chuan. I have been working on using the 5 elements and animal movements on the 12 strike template of Serrada Escrima. Chuck and Don even simplified that even more using the Combat Clock of just 6 "angles".

Another aspect of the upgrades to our curriculum included ground work. Craig Gray will be helping us out this weekend by teaching a Hand 2 Weapon Ground Survival Tactics class. If you are in the area and would like to check out this seminar please let me know. My friend Xris Omotesa at Kravmagax.com will be hosting the event at his new training facility in Midtown.