Extreme Close Quarter Concepts (ECQC)
The ShivWorks Extreme Close Quarter Concepts (ECQC) course is a two and a half day (20 hours) block of instruction which focuses on a multi-disciplinary approach to building functional, combative handgun skills at zero to five feet. The course is designed to instill core concepts of seamless integration and provide the platform for aggressive problem solving during a life or death struggle. A heavy emphasis is placed upon commonality of body mechanics between skill sub-sets, which means that all combative software is reinforcing. Once the student’s skill sets are initially ingrained, the participant will be stress inoculated with force on force drills utilizing marking cartridges and protective equipment.
Instructor: Craig Douglas aka "SouthNarc"
Class dates: July 26th - July 28th, 2013
Cost: $450
Range Fee: TBD
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Class size: Maximum 18 students
Topics covered include:
Day One (4 hours):
Criminal Assault Paradigm
Unequal Initiative Events
Managing Unknown Contacts
Practical Unarmed Combat
Day Two (8 hours):
Introduction to the components of the Combative Drawstroke
Building the #2 position in live-fire
Firing throughout the horizontal line of presentation
Off-hand fending positions
Default position
Basic empty hand blows
Theory of in-fight weapon access
Grounded basics
Day Three (8 hours):
Challenging the potential attacker
Preemptive weapon access
Multiple attackers
Negotiating the F.U.T.
ECQ Handgun retention in holster
ECQ handgun retention out of holster
Handgun recovery
Handgun striking
Weapon & Gear Class Requirements:
Reliable handgun
Minimum two (2) magazines
Quality holster and magazine pouches.
400 rounds of ammunition
Heavy sweatshirt or soft body armor
Mouthpiece and cup
Seasonal weather gear
Ballistic Eye protection
Ear protection
Weapon lubrication and cleaning supplies.
Good attitude
This class is not recommended for beginning shooters and prior documented firearms training requiring holster work or instructor approval is required. Students should be relatively fit as this is a contact class. Most of the latter half of each day will be spent utilizing marking cartridges and FIST helmets, to allow the students to gain confidence in applying their newly acquired skills against moving aggressive opponents.
Instructor: Craig Douglas aka "SouthNarc" is a retired 21 year police officer and former commander of his agency’s SWAT team. Craig was a full-time police officer from 1990-2011 and held line assignments in corrections, patrol, narcotics, investigations, and has been a narcotics group supervisor. He was also the primary defensive tactics instructor at the Southern Regional Public Safety Institute from 1992-1999 and has personally trained over five thousand police officers at the academy level. Craig has extensive operational experience in an undercover capacity which is reflected heavily in the Extreme Close Quarter Concepts coursework. Craig has a thirty year background in Phillipine, Indonesian, Brazillian and Japanese martial arts and is a veteran of the U.S. Army. He has been conducting training in the private sector in the U.S. and abroad for the past 8 years.
Point of Contact: bradkidd@windstream.net
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