Protection Response Tactics (PRT) Module 6

Course Description:

Armed Hand Fighting & Pummeling

Loosely defined, Pummeling is standing grappling. Any weapon retention or weapon disarm that goes in the wrong direction tends to end up in a standing grappling encounter. Due to this fact, understanding Hand fighting, Pummeling, and giraffe wrestling (control methods using the head and shoulders) are essential in the survival of this type of encounter. Learning gun disarm “Techniques” and gun retention “techniques” are a good place to start your training, Just like any child learning the beginning basics in kindergarten. But, if your program is not allowing you to graduate and grow past the basic “techniques” and start learning a more principle-based method, then your program is doing you an injustice.

Doing a few disarming techniques is one of the lowest forms of education in this study area. Unfortunately, this seems to have become the standard in the industry. To become truly proficient in this type of encounter, the practitioner must learn how to actively train to survive. Surviving in this arena depends on your ability to develop attributes, sensitivity, timing, and other elements. The practitioner also needs to have the ability to gain experience and more “time in” training. If you do not have these educational elements, front, and center, after you have gone through any gun retention or gun disarming program, again, you are being done a disservice. This is the reason we developed the applied pummeling program. Due to the lack of information and good training in the industry, it is our goal to amend this problem. We built the Applied Pummeling Program to deliver the full spectrum of training and education needed to become effective and not just give you a list of techniques.

Principles Of Retention

The same principles of retention that you learned when working in the gun disarming program must be maintained while applying any of the techniques in this program. Techniques and technical application are an important part of any program, but the true depth of skill and development lies in attributes and body state training.

The following are the fundamental body state principles we follow in the Protection Response Tactics Armed Pummeling Program.

• Double Reinforced Grip (The Two On One Grip)
• Work Area Control
• Root (One Root)
• Posture (The Pummelers Posture)
• Core Mechanics (Torso Mechanics / Close to Center)
• Timing (Three Ways)

**Discounts Available for Current NLA Members and Groups of 3 or more  

*** Discounts Available for Current and Former US Military, Law Enforcement, Firefighters and First Responders (Verification Required)

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