Course Outline

• Levels of Control in Self-Defense

• Levels of Control by Law-Enforcement, Security and Caregivers

• Resistance and Control Management

• Available Control Options

• Four General Levels of Control

• Officer and Individual Factors and Escalation Through the Levels of Control

• Levels of Resistance and Control Diagram and Dynamic Resistance Response Model

• Recognizing Aggression

• Sample Use of Force Policies

• Post Control & Defense Guidelines

• In-Custody Deaths and Excited Delirium

• Agency Policies and Procedures

• Elements of Reporting Resistance and Control

• Principles of Balance, Movement, Center and Reaction Time

• Relative Positioning

• Three Ranges of Physical Defense

• Evading Aggression and the Clock Principle

• Introduction to Control & Defense Skills

• Escorting an Individual

• Disengaging

• Directing an Individual to a Prone Position and Prone Control

• Supine Control

• The Effects of Pressure or Impact to Nerve Centers

• Zone of Safety and Defensive Blocking

• Personal Weapons and Vulnerable Areas of the Body

• Reasonable Target Selection and Target Levels

• Characteristics of Defensive Skills

• Science of Energy and Motion

• Defensive Counter-Strikes

• Introduction to Ground Defense

• Introduction to Holstered Weapon Retention

• Introduction to Static Weapon Defense

• Methods of Instruction (Instructor Course)