CORE question 1

After participants compete my 4-day CORE Course

The most common question they ask is, “Why don’t more instructors teach this stuff?”.  And of course as you reflect on that question yourself it will be difficult to explain ‘this stuff’ to you if you’ve never taken CORE!

I guess the Readers Digest answer to that question is, ‘experience’ mine. 

An old army WWII vet I knew well Joe Glass (S/Sgt FSSF) when once addressing bunch of us current vets started his talk with some very clear truths and this is the one that stuck out in my mind as the most truthful of all, “How can you really explain war to someone who has never been to war.  You can’t”.   And the same is very true for a serious street assault (you’ll note I said assault not a fight because there is a big difference.)   Joe’s passed away now but that truth is what he and that generation of warriors tried to teach us before we ‘crossed the start-line in battle’.  Like Joe I find it hard to explain to those who have never done it.

So I decided to design a 4-day course

That would give the best answer to that question I knew how.  Experience has taught me many hard lessons; lessons learned as the army calls them and so has police service.  A long time ago I experienced the weakness in traditional martial arts and sports-based training when faced with high levels of life threatening violence.  Whats on CORE is what I have always defaulted too, its saved my life.  Not many people can say that but I can hence why I approach training perhaps differently.  Men like Joe Glass and soldiers like him ingrained that knowledge and skill in me physically, mentally and tactically.  Not only was I given the mindfulness to us my skill and knowledge but the indomitable fighting spirit to never give up in the face of a threat or obstacle.  Having that ‘driven home’ is what makes you conquer yourself.  And CORE is designed to bridge that in who ever participates.  

Of course CORE’s level of training

On that realistic physical, mental and tactical plane is what they are referring to as ‘this stuff’.  I don’t know why others instructors don’t have that standard or teach it my way.  Of course its experience but as I said “how can I really explain the difference if you’ve never been on CORE!  You can’t!”