Basic Edged Weapons Course

[mercop]

Modern Combative Systems LLC
Basic Edged Weapons Course
Morning Session - Spontaneous Edged Weapon Attack Defense
Afternoon Session- Inverted Edge Tactics

04APR09 9-5 Warminster PA (30 min from Philly)

Cost $125 (pre-registration required by 15MAR09) 12 student max

Payment options- Pay Pal to George@mercop.com or check/MO to-
Modern Combative Systems LLC
PO Box 143
Felton PA 17322

For more information contact George@moderncombativesystems.com

www.moderncombativesystems.com

Syllabus:
Morning: Spontaneous Attack Survival for Edged Weapons

This course is geared towards the citizen who wants to know how to survive an edged weapon attack. The following topics will be covered-

Personal risk assessment
Implementing a personal protection plan
Selection of self-defense tools
Physics of edged weapon use
Offender's selection, carry, deployment and use of edged weapons

Combative Anatomy
Constant Tactical Positioning
Dangers of task fixation
Understanding Preparatory Movement
Use verbal commands
Understanding timing and distance
The three stages of an attack
Most probable attacks
Principle Based Responses instead of specific techniques

Staying off of and recovering from the ground
Self-defense vs attack intervention
Dealing with the police
Post-incident survival


Afternoon: Inverted Edge Tactics
Inverted Edge Tactics is for the person who may have to rely on an edged weapon to safe their life but does not wish to attend ongoing training to learn "knife fighting" secrets. IET requires no prior training and does not rely on any specialized blades. IET is the only defense driven edged weapon system. Topics included-

Knife fighting vs defending yourself with a knife
Selection of a primary defensive folder
Carry of the primary defensive folder
Deployment of the primary defensive folder
Combative Anatomy
Intentional vs default targeting
Use of the knife while standing, kneeling and on the ground

[mercop]

BTT, few slots left

[unloved]

George, are there any slots still available? I'd like to attend this course.
I sent you an email @ your MCS site.

It was nice to meet you at the last Valley Forge show.

I got your Street Stick video and I found it intriguing. Do you have any plans to offer Kubotan training in Lower Bucks?

[mercop]

I e-mailed you back. We have a few slots left. Stick training is usually done in conjunction with another course.

[unloved]

George,
Is this class full yet? A friend of mine would like to attend.

[mercop]

Few more slots. Have him e-mail me.- George

[mercop]

Just had two guys have to withdraw because of work. If you are interested PM me.- George

[unloved]

I just returned home after a day of training with George. I'll post a review of the course soon. For now I just want to tell y'all that if you have an opportunity to train with George, grab it!

I also want to thank everyone that attended today for making it a really great experience for me.

Special thanks to Pete for hosting the class.

[jpavoncello]

Seconding what unloved said. I will be posting an in-depth review on Modern Combative Systems' basic edge weapons course from Saturday and the condensed combat pistol course George did today on my blog in the morning. Would do it now, but my ass is worn out. Lots of great information in two days!
John

[unloved]

Sorry it took me so long to post this review. I've been really busy all week.

This course was my introduction to self defense training. I've never studied martial arts or boxing or wrestling of any kind. Other than practicing drawing and opening a folder, I've never trained with a knife.
The MCS Basic Edged Weapons course seemed like it was designed for me personally. It very quickly became obvious that I didn't need a background in martial arts to understand or implement what George was teaching.

The day started with a lecture on SAS (Spontaneous Attack Survival). I'm not sure how long it was because mercop is a friendly, funny, and generally interesting instructor, so I wasn't watching the clock. He demonstrated the most common types of edged weapon attacks(namely a high-right to low-left slash and a straight stab) that you're likely to face on the street.

He covered what he calls Combative Anatomy, showing us how to use natural reactions to stress to defend against those attacks and how to exploit structural weaknesses in an attackers body. Basically, destroy his elbows and he can't attack, destroy his knees and he can't pursue.

Next came the fun part. We partnered up and drilled on a few very simple empty handed techniques that George had demonstrated previously.Then we geared up and did some force on force. FoF was an eye opener. The defensive stuff we'd learned worked very well but most of us were unable to land effective cuts or stabs.

After FoF we went back into lecture mode for a while. George explained the theory behind IET (Inverted Edge Tactics). He showed us the best targets for our defensive folders and a few more simple techniques for diverting an attack and turning the situation to our advantage. At one point George said "I didn't invent holding a knife backwards." but he certainly showed me how effective a knife held backwards can be.

We went back to drilling for a while and then came Force on Force training to kind of bring everything we'd learned together. It worked. In my final FoF session of the day I faced a full speed, full force attack from a guy with an extensive background in martial arts. I was able to hold him off, draw my knife, and land a fatal(I think it would have been a fight stopper too) cut even after being knocked onto my knees. There's no way I could have pulled that off before this class.

Throughout the day I could see that everything I was learning would work equally well against an empty handed attacker or one armed with a stick . It was also clear that the skills I was picking up for transitioning from empty hand to blade would be just as effective for empty hand to pistol.

All in all it was a thoroughly enjoyable training session and I learned a ton. I will be attending a Combative Pistol course with mercop next month and I plan to work with him as much as I can in the future.

I can recommend Modern Combative Systems as a training resource without reservation. If you have have a chance to work with George, get there!