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My 11 year-old daughter and I just visited a Tae Kwon Do school in our area. The school also offers a (CQC) Close-Quarter Combat class for adults that I'm interested in. I read the literature and visited the website for this particular course (I don't refer to it as a "style" since I don't think qualifies as a traditional art). Here's the web address:
http://www.hockscqc.com/
I've never heard of W. Hock Hochheim, but it looks like he's put together an effective system. Here's an exerpt from his site:
I saw it all coming together into the true essence of combat. I came to understand the only reason I learned and taught fighting systems was to defeat two targets, the enemy soldier and the criminal, not to pass on grandmaster dynasties, become a trophy/sport champion or to preserve art for the sake of tradition.
There are two ways to defeat the enemy, less-than-lethal means and lethal means. In short-sometimes we take them prisoner and sometimes we have to kill them. A competent warrior can do both as legally, morally and ethically needed in a proper use-of-force continuum. If you want to defeat the enemy soldier or the criminal, this is the system for you.
No one system, such as karate for one, or no one discipline, such as military science, holds the answers to ever scenario. I began to forge a course that bridges the gap between the police, the military, the martial artists and the aware citizenry. To structure it as realistically as possible, I used a “reverse-engineering†approach by starting with the fight first and working backward in probabilities.
After almost 30 years of real world, hand-on experience and training, in the Year 2000, I began to organize all my fighting tactics and strategies into one comprehensive program called the Close Quarter Combatives Group. The CQCG is made up of four primary foundations, each a 10 level training program:
-Unarmed Combatives Course
-Knife/Counter-Knife Course
-SDMS Impact Weapon Course
-Gun/Counter-Gun Course
This doesn't seem like one of those corny courses advertised in some gun rags promising to teach the "ultimate death-touch" or making you a "super warrior in 3 easy lessons." Looks like a pretty solid course that encompasses real-world survival. I've studied TKD, Jeet Kune Do, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the past, and this seems like a pretty complete course.
I think I'll give it a try unless someone here can convince me otherwise...
http://www.hockscqc.com/
I've never heard of W. Hock Hochheim, but it looks like he's put together an effective system. Here's an exerpt from his site:
I saw it all coming together into the true essence of combat. I came to understand the only reason I learned and taught fighting systems was to defeat two targets, the enemy soldier and the criminal, not to pass on grandmaster dynasties, become a trophy/sport champion or to preserve art for the sake of tradition.
There are two ways to defeat the enemy, less-than-lethal means and lethal means. In short-sometimes we take them prisoner and sometimes we have to kill them. A competent warrior can do both as legally, morally and ethically needed in a proper use-of-force continuum. If you want to defeat the enemy soldier or the criminal, this is the system for you.
No one system, such as karate for one, or no one discipline, such as military science, holds the answers to ever scenario. I began to forge a course that bridges the gap between the police, the military, the martial artists and the aware citizenry. To structure it as realistically as possible, I used a “reverse-engineering†approach by starting with the fight first and working backward in probabilities.
After almost 30 years of real world, hand-on experience and training, in the Year 2000, I began to organize all my fighting tactics and strategies into one comprehensive program called the Close Quarter Combatives Group. The CQCG is made up of four primary foundations, each a 10 level training program:
-Unarmed Combatives Course
-Knife/Counter-Knife Course
-SDMS Impact Weapon Course
-Gun/Counter-Gun Course
This doesn't seem like one of those corny courses advertised in some gun rags promising to teach the "ultimate death-touch" or making you a "super warrior in 3 easy lessons." Looks like a pretty solid course that encompasses real-world survival. I've studied TKD, Jeet Kune Do, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the past, and this seems like a pretty complete course.
I think I'll give it a try unless someone here can convince me otherwise...