What is Survival Centric: Stick? Survival Centric: Stick (and all impact weapons) is a comprehensive course built around the tactical use of impact weapons, whether straight fixed sticks or expandable batons. It develops both single-hand and double-hand applications, standing through the floor-ground, with an emphasis on the ability to transition fluidly between grips as conditions change in real time. At its core, the system focuses on your ability to block, strike, and grapple while armed with an impact weapon, integrating principles drawn from police, military, and martial arts disciplines.
The program is designed for seamless performance across all ranges of conflicts, from standing to kneeling to ground fighting. It addresses the full spectrum of engagement, beginning with visual presence and command posture and extending, when legally justified, to the application of deadly force. The curriculum is structured to educate practitioners in the effective use of visual, audible, and physical tactics, ensuring a well-rounded and adaptable approach to real-world encounters. Here is the impact weapon matrix, set as doctrine to be thorough.
Stick versus unarmed.
Stick versus stick (rare).
Stick versus knife.
Stick versus gun threats.
Crime fighting applications.
War fighting applications.
“I know who you are, what you want. The primary reason you carry or keep near an expandable baton, some sort of sturdy flashlight, cane, axe handle, bat, even a straight stick, and have these tools in your home, work and car, is to protect yourself. This Impact Weapon course is from and for:
- martial artists.
- civilians.
- military.
- police, enforcement, security.
I have discovered, after 50 years of military, police and martial research, training and experience that each group knows things about impact weaponry and survival that the other groups do not know. Each can improve upon each other’s training. Hock has forged this hybrid course, like his other courses, to further this body of knowledge and training. This course stands alone and also represents one-fourth in a series of courses on Hand, Stick, Knife and Gun fighting. It is a hand, stick, knife, gun world.
“Stick fighting”
In this course you will learn:
- Impact weapon strategies used by military, police and martial sources.
- Impact weapon tactics and strategies to intimidate and disperse opposing personnel.
- Expandable and fixed-straight stick stress quick draws.
- Impact weapon tactics to control and contain opponents.
- Application to bayonet tactics and strategies versus deadly threats.
- Disarming sticks and rifles and their counters! Weapon retention to prevent disarming.
- Use of force, legal issues, mental and physical preparation.
The Core 10 LEVEL Training Progression In this martial course, you will learn command and mastery movements of the impact weapon, riot baton, block and strike drills, support flow drills, disarming, weapon retention, control and contain methods, grappling, police, civilian and military-based combat scenarios, “stick fighting,” plus many other urban, suburban and rural survival tactics and strategies in long range, close quarters and ground fighting.
Hock’s courses change and evolve through time to incorporate improvements in learning styles, law enforcement agency requirements and additional training methods as they become available. If you need information about current certification requirements for impact weapons-stick combatives courses or riot baton training, or just maybe how your past FMA courses translate-relate to Survival Centric: Stick. Contact Hock using the link in the menu.
Rank, instructorships are available or just train for knowledge.