Reality Based - Force on Force Training
How Does Force on Force Training Work?
The speed at which the attack occurs forces quick decision making and problem-solving with a gun in hand. The majority of violent encounters occur from three feet to nine feet. The attack, on average, lasts three seconds with about three rounds fired.
The trainee will learn that violence often occurs at arm’s length. And getting their gun into action is more difficult than drawing from concealment at the range. The role of the ‘attacker’ is to move quickly and unpredictably as the scenario unfolds. The ‘attacker’ may be shooting at the trainee or coming at them with a knife or club.
Each scenario is designed to put the trainee in a situation that induces stress and fear. The brain begins to perform at a higher level of output each time a stressful situation occurs. The process of repeatedly training at a high level of stress and fear inoculates the trainee against deadly force levels of threat and the level of performance rises.
Equipment
Scenarios that we design use a combination of specialty training ammunition, firearms and Shock knives that are non-lethal. We adhere to strict safety protocol to ensure a safe training environment.
What is Force on Role Player?
During training we give the student a training firearm and specialty ammunition to defend from the role player. The specialty ammunition contains a colored soap that is released on impact letting the student know they have hit their mark, it also leaves an impact mark that is a little painful. The role player is a trained actor with a specific script to follow. They understand safety protocol and ensure guidelines are followed.
THE FIGHT
This is a 8-10 hour class that will test your natural response to threats, known and unknown at various distances. You will be fighting for your firearm, avoiding being stabbed or shot, moving to cover, engaging active threats and much more. This is a highly active class and you WILL be tested. We use a combination of our auto target system, rubber dummies, SIRT gear, Simunition/UTM pistol and ammunition, and heavy strike bags to create a real world training experience!
The Curriculum includes:
Threat response - Fight for life drills - The One on One fight - will place student against student or role player in a controlled safe environment where they can experience fending off threats of every size and shape. We will cover basic blocking and fending techniques from standing and on your back. Tactics/techniques that are simple and work!
The Hooded Box - These Scenarios will get your adrenaline flowing and your threat response tested! When the loud angry music stops and the hood raises you respond to the information in front of you, and deal with it in a confined space. What are your force options, movements, how fast do you gather information? We will discuss distance, awareness, options, tactics to help you win the fight!
Preparing for the fight - We use training weapons, Simunition, and our proprietary targeting system to give you a real-world experience to what the fight may look like. Proximity defense drills, heavy bag drills, moving offline, striking, and moving, moving to cover as well as muzzle management drills that we cannot do in the live fire class.
FIGHT TIME bag drill which focuses on high-intensity bag drills designed to simulate real-world combative scenarios, building endurance, striking proficiency, defensive awareness, and seamless transition to weapon deployment. Students will work in pairs to practice striking under harassment, escalating, and de-escalating drill durations in a pyramid structure for progressive overload. The drill incorporates full-effort bursts and a tactical disengagement with firearm simulation to emphasize decision-making under pressure. You will learn what your FIGHT time is – when are you gassed?
This is a physical class, no sitting around, you will sleep well the night after training 🙂
What you will need for this class
- An open mind
- Clothes suitable for grappling on the ground
- Long sleeve shirt
- Gloves - similar to mechanics gloves (we can provide)
- A good belt to accept a holster
- Belly band holster if you wear one
- Water - energy bars - lunch
- We supply all of the ammunition and tools for this training
Courses cost $325.00
These classes are held at our Defense Training Academy
10802 Westville rd
Wyoming Delaware