From Techniques to Adaptability: An Ecological Approach to Weapons-Based Defensive Tactics

Small-sided games and designed constraints across handfighting, clinch, grounded, and transitional ranges.

Saturday 05 Dec / 9:00 AM / Cary Police Department, North Carolina

The session

A practical introduction to weapons-based defensive tactics on the mats with training weapons, aimed at developing officers who perceive opportunities and act rather than officers who apply prescribed solutions to predetermined problems. Small-sided games and designed constraints work across the operational ranges: handfighting, clinch and wall-pin, grounded encounters, and the transitions between them. Covers representative learning design, implementation inside an existing defensive tactics program, and the common misconceptions and lessons learned along the way.

About the presenter

Randy serves with the Cary Police Department.