Basic law-enforcement training includes a variety of intense instruction, exams and skill tests for the purpose of an individual becoming a certified law-enforcement official, like a member of a police force. Police officers undergo self-defense training to develop effective skills in close-quarters combat. This expertise offers valuable alternatives to less-lethal options, such as executing arm locks on aggressors or learning how to talk someone down. Law-enforcement training also encompasses training regiments for bureaus like the FBI, Secret Service and DEA.
Law-enforcement training deals with how the escalation of urban warfare has made it more necessary for police officers to develop street-survival skills. These skills include creating a proper mindset to stay safe on the street, removing job complacency that occurs when a police officer settles into a routine, undergoing extensive crisis-scenario training, preparing for unexpected off-duty encounters, and learning how to quickly process stress in order to prevent the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder. Because of the scrutiny that officers face from the public, this idea of remaining calm under duress is crucial to law-enforcement training.
– October 3, 2011
To help us learn more about traditional training in a modern world, our friend GK Zachary from AdultMartialArtist.com sat down with combat-hapkido founder John Pellegrini.
Pellegrini’s been inducted in more than 20 martial arts halls of fame and has been on the cover of 17 self-defense magazines, including our own. Why?
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– July 21, 2011
To help you improve your grappling game, we asked George Kirby to share with us the top 10 jujitsu techniques from his book Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art Expanded Edition.
Here’s what George Kirby had to say about the elbow lift:
“This is one of those ‘dirt-simple’ ketsugo techniques I
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– July 19, 2011
Black Belt asked jujitsu master George Kirby to tell us about a few of his favorite techniques from his new book, Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art Expanded Edition.
Long before Brazilian jiu-jitsu came to the United States, George Kirby wrote a book that would shape America’s understanding of
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– June 9, 2011
Harinder Singh is a senior instructor in jeet kune do and a certified kettlebell instructor. He is the CEO and senior training officer of Paul Vunak’s Progressive Fighting Systems and Descendants of the Masters programs. His two-part article, “Roots of Combat,” appears in the July and August 2011 issues of
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– March 23, 2011
Judo and kendo are part of law-enforcement training in Japan, and many police officers continue to study the martial arts throughout their careers. In most cases, the toughest dojo in a city in Japan is a police dojo. Civilians who have gone there for martial arts training or who are
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– March 21, 2011
A military branch commissions an expert to create a high-tech weapon that uses an electronic pulse to wipe out the enemy’s computer chips and thus reduce the amount of deadly force needed—and blood shed—during combat. In addition, he’s asked to develop nanotechnology (tiny computers that can be injected into the
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– March 21, 2011
People tell me I tend to sound like an old-timer. I tell them to shut up and get off my lawn! Then I explain that a lot can be learned from comparing the way we did things in the past with the way people do them now. Case in point:
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– March 20, 2011
The art of policing doesn’t change much from one country to another.
When citizens commit crimes, the police respond and arrest them; and if a suspect resists arrest, force is frequently used. What changes a lot is how much force may be applied under the law and which martial arts techniques
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– March 20, 2011
In any kind of street combat, fighting on the ground for an extended period can put you in a world of hurt. Although grappling has proved its effectiveness in controlled environments such as the dojo and the cage, it’s very different on the street—for several reasons. First, you can grapple
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– March 20, 2011
In 2004 John Pellegrini was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame as Instructor of the Year. Since then, it’s been tough to get in touch with him because his art, combat hapkido, has become one of the most sought-after systems in the world. That means the master is
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