Just a quickie to say congratulations to you Lee for your new gang of instructors, and of course a big pat on the back for the gents involved....i have a feeling you made them work their socks off for it!!!

cheers Jim

Thanks Jim.

You are right. The standards were high on knowing and being able to deliver all Lee's material - under pressure. Also, all the hard skills, sharp-edge material, multiples and counter-grappling had to be spot on - always aiming at Lee's high standards. And then there was the fight stress test .....

Cheers
Steve T

Tommo wrote:And then there was the fight stress test .....

Do you mind if I ask what that involved?

Hi Guys,

Congratulations.

Kind Regards,

Nick Engelen

Yea guys

Congrats to all that passed. Well done indeed

"Do you mind if I ask what that involved?"

there will be an article coming up on that

cheers

paul

please don't remind me that again

Hi guys,
as Paul said at some point soon there will infact be a video article about the whole course. I am working on it right now just need to get all the resources in one place i.e. the photos, video clips then write and organise the text. Should be good.

In regards to the test the bones of it was this;
One guys comes in then lifts a moderately weighted Kettlebell (alternaing left and right) for approx 5 mins, then the next guy comes in to take his place.

As the second guy starts to lift, the first guys begins his stress test. This start with 10 push ups/10 squat thrusts/10 burpee jumps,

stand up and get hooded (visual impairment) get spun around in a circle 10 times (disorientation) then the hood comes off, now fight padded assailant from lost initiative, (trying to knock you out) to a successfull conclusion

from here I pull the trainee to the ground from behind from where a second padded assailant mounts to ground and pound, candidate must deal with it and get back to his feet ASAP.

Now he must deal with a third assailant via a knife attack (training weapon) but fully non-compliant.

Once negotiated he must find the exit, through a hostile crowd of 5-7 pad-men (one has boxing gloves) but all are on a mission to put you down.

Once through the door there is one final surprise (ambush/baseball bat) to deal with.

Now you must leave the main exit, then work your way around the entire perimeter of the building through a wooded area on uneven terrain (where something else may or may not happen

find the rear exit and re-enter the hall as if nothing happened, controlling fatigue and emotion to

finally answer a question to break state. That's about the jist of it;

the test hit all areas, one on one from lost initiative under stress/fighting on the ground/dealing with an edged weapon/multiple hostile assailants/counter impact weapons/heart/grit/determination/mindset/state access and state management and they all tackled it like warriors, I'm proud of all of them.

Peace....

Sheesh....my hat's off to you guys!

Look forward to the article Lee.

Congratulations to Lee and all his new instructors.

They obviously worked hard for it. I've met quite a few of them, and they are all a class act.

Take care

Dik

well done you all !
what a test!!!!
mick x

Big well done guys