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David D’Antonio analyzes the fight instruction of Captain Chris in  this video clip.

There are times when someone says all of the right things, they will promise you the world. Promises of the ultimate defense techniques, fear no one, walk safely at night…BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!!

Could this be the case of “Captain Chris”? …captain of what I have not a clue, but none the less, this is what he calls himself.  (Sounds tough I suppose.)

On his website he shows a video clip that is full of tactical flaws which may very well get an unsuspecting and naive individual hurt or killed on the street. This guy talks a good game, however, when it comes time to deliver the goods, he has been weighed, he has been measured and he has been found wanting!

His credentials on his website read as follows, AND I QUOTE:

My name is Captain Chris… I am an unarmed combat instructor and self defense specialist. I hold black belts in 5 different martial arts, a U.S. Gold Medal in Grappling, and my students include professional assassins, international mercenaries, The U.S. & U.K. Special Forces and hundreds of elite military and law enforcement agents at the local, state and federal level.

Notice his gold medal in grappling, very trendy indeed.  His students include professional assassins…please dude! Anyone who would be training such people WOULD NOT be advertising it!

The tactical errors I see are as follows:

1: First he tells the student to “hit wherever you can” with the “judo chop” using any portion of the arm from the tip of the finger to the elbow. This chop is one of the worst techniques you can use.

Your hand will break if you chop at someones head with it. We are talking average people here, not some 25 year karate guy with hands of steel. (See karate coconut video in a previous post of this blog). This techniques is best used on soft fleshy areas.

2: No mention of vital targeting is made. Sure just hit something and pray it will work. GREAT STRATEGY!!!

3: The attacker never actually attacks and just falls down. NOT VERY REALISTIC. What ever happened to reality based fighting being real? Your attacker on the street is not going to be so compliant.

4: The student is taught to turn inwards towards the attacker. Bad idea. Turning inwards towards the attacker literally puts you in the WORST POSSIBLE POSITION in a fight. You don’t want to be squared off with an attacker. You are prone to being grabbed, pinned against a wall, in addition to having to contend with the threat of all four attacking limbs!

5: You have no clue who is behind you, or what they have as far as a weapon. Turning out and away places you in a great position to run if needed, in addition you are out of the reach of a grab. Turning in the way the Captain tells us, places our kidneys in perfect place to be stabbed.

6: He teaches the double chin jab to the female student. Why not go immediately for the throat!??! And the “marching” repeated knees to the groin, the first strike will double the attacker over in most cases making any subsequent knee strikes very difficult to land. Why not teach how to create a domino effect? Throat, groin, double the attacker up and grab the back of the head using a second knee to the face….break them down!!!!

7: Again, the attacker does not attack or resist.

8: The attacker is supposed to be attacker her while she is getting into her car. Why is he attacking her front and not from the side? This would be more realistic and conducive of scenario based, pressure tested training.

Hey, don’t take my word for it.  Go check out his entire web site yourself, and you be the judge:

http://www.closecombattraining.com/cctraining/

So there ya have it folks, some experts, are….some are not. YOU need to make a conscientious decision as to how you will decide to learn techniques that may, or may not, save your ass!!!

As always:

Be Safe & Keep It Real

David D’ Antonio

C.U.T.S. Critical Urban Tactical Strategies

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