4 HR IN-EXTREMIS KNIFE

The ShivWorks In-Extremis Knife course is a 4 hour block of instruction which focuses on a non-stylized method that will work with any edged weapon or any improvised weapon as well. The course places the knife or improvised implement within the usage context of realistic criminal assault and provides a simple decision making process for access and application. A heavy emphasis is placed upon disparate confrontations where the defender lacks proportional armament and equal initiative. Pre-fight and In-fight tactics to dissuade, break and recover from violent, criminal assault are practically bridged into tool access and the specifics of edged weapon application.

**This class is being held in conjunction with SouthNarc’s ECQC Oct 12-14 class. This class starts at 1PM and ends at 4PM. The follow on 2.5 day ECQC will start at 6PM that same day. Students can choose to attend only the 4-Hour In-Extremis Knife Class or sign-up for both to have a complete three day SouthNarc class. **

 

SOUTHNARC

SouthNarc has been a full-time police officer since 1990 and has held line assignments in corrections, patrol, narcotics, investigations, and for the past seven years 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. SouthNarc has extensive operational experience in an undercover capacity which is reflected heavily in the Extreme Close Quarter Concepts coursework. SouthNarc has a thirty year background in Philippine, Indonesian, Brazilian 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 5 years.

-COMFORTABLE CLOTHES

-WRAP AROUND EYE PROTECTION

-MOUTHPIECE AND CUP

-STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO BRING THEIR CARRY KNIVES AND ANY TRAINING DRONES THAT REPLICATE THEIR LIVE BLADES

-SOFT (NOK) TRAINING KNIVES ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED

 

SOUTHNARC AFTER ACTION REVIEW

ECQC

Training Day One:The course began at 6:00 PM with introductions and a bit of everyone's personal background. The class was about half law enforcement, which Southnarc said was above average. Two students were repeat attenders. Southnarc believes in an honest assessment of yourself and avoiding focusing your training on what you are good at. The next two days would reveal and address plenty of weaknesses, both natural and trained. The criminal paradigm and managing unknown contacts was covered. Distance equals time. The distance would be close and the time would be short the rest of the weekend. Keeping alert, maintaining distance and keeping your hands high and compressed in a defensive posture were stressed and then illustrated with drills. We then we moved outside for some additional drills. We were sort of chased out by a lady training boy scouts. When we moved towards scenarios (unarmed) the importance of being able to maintain a dialogue while focusing on positioning and awareness became apparent. Southnarc used the illustration of having your commands on your mental ipod so you can just press play and focus on staying Upright and Conscious, his two primary objectives. Having to talk slows down your ability to do other functions. A drill to prove this is to be engaged in meaningful conversation while being timed on a shooting drill. We focused on moving in arcs, into your peripheral vision, to maintain distance. Southnarc was a wealth of real world knowledge and it showed. His understanding of pre-fight indicators and his ability to demonstrate them is uncanny. He could be an actor, and was in a way I guess.

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