Tactical Defensive Combatives 1 – 10/28/2023

This is a physical course developed for people wanting to learn tactics to improve personal safety in an increasingly dangerous world. Level 1 is developed for the person at any skill level and develops the basic fundamentals of Self Defense tactics and strategies.

This workshop, developed by Raider Tactical (RT), is taught by Gary Drake and Julia Valencia who are both USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductees. More importantly Gary and Julia (and the RT team) each hold 20 plus years law enforcement experience, work as celebrity/executive protection agents, MMA competitors, trained in many different Martial Arts styles with many instructors and have had to use many of these techniques in real world situations. Julia and Gary teach internationally, for many local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, Fortune 200 Executive Protection Teams, military and citizen defenders.

The course will teach skills and tactics used by military teams, Law Enforcement and Tier1 protection teams. You will learn to use these skills to increase your safety and confidence by recognizing potentially unsafe situations. This course will teach concepts and principles of Defensive Combatives in a simple and effective way. The principles are developed to dissuade, disable, and to escape an attacker. The course will also provide= drills to practice and assist in remembering the tactics well after the course is completed.