Hock Fightin' Words Talk Forum

How much experience do I need to come to a seminar?

None. All training is meant to be simple. Level 2 and up only exist because these simple things need to be spread out to digest, not because they grow in their complication. We always have beginners in every seminar.  We always puch your enevelope just a bit to increase your knowledge and skill levels.


Do I need to be in shape?

Not really. All ages, shapes, sizes and skill levels attend every seminar. You just do what you can and don’t do what you can’t. These classes are VERY informal, non-classical and user-friendly. The goal is your improvement.  Walk out smarter than when you walked in.


What should I wear?

-Wear long pants with pockets and a belt. We will need these modern clothes to for all kinds of weapon training. 

-Any shirt is fine.

-Matt Shoes. You never know where these classes will be held.  Sometimes they are at martial arts schools that have expensive mats and street shoes scar and rip them up. To be on the safe side wear the standard wrestling mat shoes. You can ask for them at sports shoe stores. Buy them also at athletic show stores. We will most likely be defending ourselves while wearing shoes, so we train wearing shoes.


What gear should I bring?

Gearing up a crowd is really hard for the host and myself, so try, I mean really try, to bring:

* One hard metal or wooden training knife.

* One soft training knife

* Two training sticks. This could be a martial arts stick, an expandable baton, or some such facsimile.

* One padded stick.

* One Replica pistol and holster. Buy replicas at

* Buy a cheap holster at a pawn shop or sports store.

* Eye protection-buy at any sports store.

* Elbow and knee pads-buy at any sports store

* One or two Thai-sized Focus mitts. See Century products or buy at any sports store.

* A Helmet: Any helmet. There are martial arts helmets, hockey and football helmets. Hockey helmets are a moderately good idea. Buy them at any new or used sports store

With the proliferation of kid’s karate, almost any sports store in USA has some affordable, martial arts gear.

Please keep a CLOSE eye on the seminar listings on this webpage, even look at it the day before, or even the morning before the seminar. Remember to reload/refresh your page.  It is constantly updated and your best way to confirm the latest times and information.

I look for the bare-bones tactic.
The essence of the tactic.
I strip away all the art aspects.

if something I teach looks like karate or Wing Chun or whatever...it might be by accident! It have a generic collection of things that simple work a lot. A good precenatge of success. There is a propensity for these good things to appear in various systems.

The idiots and the ignorant at times criticize me for being..."Asian-based."

          "How can this system be effectice I wonder if it is Asian based."

Then some wonder-boys criticize me for being "filipino-based." While I have a diploma or two from these colleges, what I teach is based on the essence of combat.

That is the base I seek. The true "esence of combat" found at the base of all good systems. But you still have to go to college. Colleges - with an "s" even. Former Police Chief and Airborne vet Mike Gillette once said of me years back-

   "You don't pay Hock to watch him perform at a seminar. You actually pay Hock
    for his 'eye,' - his discerning eye."

Which I thank Mikey for saying that. And it does help define my mission pretty well, as there are hundreds and hundreds of wonder boys out there with a rather blind eye.

Hock

The mad elephant is really the symbol of the CQC Group. Shown here on this page, to the left. The SFC Congress - the big umbrella - has the classic eagle, here on the left also. We have other symbols. The knife course has its logo. The PAC course, its logo. The Stick course has two logos actually, the two fists on a stick and the radical Killshot skull logo.

I was looking for something different.

Hock 

A few always ask, "Hock, why an elephant as a logo?"
 
Veteran insiders in the military and police world have long used the expression when talking about experienced operators.
 
''Work with him! He's seen the elephant,"
 
or
 
"Train with him-he's seen the elephant."

The elephant symbol and expression has come to represent real action and real experience. If you can't live it, then train with the people who have....kind of thing. The training mission is to collect this type of information.

That is why I selected the elephant as the CQC emblem. We try to be a repository for as much of this type of information as possible. Our books have true stories from all kinds of vets, this talk forum does, etc. It is a never-ending, and somewhat ever-changing process, of course.

Hock

Have a look at the instructors world wide at-

USA - http://www.forcenecessary.com/fighting-instructors/us-sfc-combat-instructors-2/

The ones advertising down the side columns are the ones more serious about doing privates, semi-privates, seminars and so forth. That list is growing as soon as we get the word out it is available...

International list (all outside the USA)
http://www.forcenecessary.com/fighting-instructors/international-sfc-combat-instructors/

Hock

Q: Must Instructors Teach Only Congress Material?

A: NO! You are free to do as you wish. Some SFC instructors...

- Exclusively teach Congress material.

- Run Congress courses in their school or other schools.

- Mix Congress material into their existing program.

- Lease time in schools, gyms, rec. centers, etc..

- Use their backyards and garages to teach.

- Travel on their own seminar circuit.

- Are also instructors of other very famous courses! And teach those too.

- Are military and police instructors and teach those services too.

Hock

Q: Must Instructors Teach Only Force Necessary Material?

A: NO! You are free to do as you wish. Some FN instructors...

    - Exclusively teach FN material, or...

    - Run FN courses in their school or other schools, and-or...

    - Mix FN material into their existing program, and-or...

    - Lease time in schools, gyms, rec. centers, etc..

   - Use their backyards and garages to teach.

   - Travel on their own seminar circuit.

   - Are also instructors of other very famous courses! And teach those too.

   - Are military and police instructors and teach those services too.


I don't care! It is important to improvise and grow. These programs are about you not me. Your growth, success and education.

                                                                                            Hock

Also, of course, your regional instructor, or your favorite non-regional instructor can promote you too, in his or her regular classes, semi-privates or privates.

Hock

Many of your students like to be connected with an international organization with roots worldwide and a good, worldwide reputation that has stood the test of time.

The SFC is 11 years old, soon to be 12 (written Sept, 2007)
The SFC magazine-CQC Magazine- had subscribers in 26 countries.
I teach in 8 countries a year, 9 counting the USA. 10 next year.
We receive 300,000 to 600,000 webpage hits a month, many are worldwide sources.

It is a good idea to be connected to a worldwide group. Being an isolated renegade in a back-alley, school in a low-rent district is just not your formula for success. You might think its cool, you "lone renegade ronin you," but odds are? It ain't going to work.

Failing to promote these affiliations on your windows or signs, is missing a subliminal and psychological business attraction, especially to the untapped adult market.

Hock

Can I promote people?

SFC instructors can promote people up to one rank level under their rank.
SFC instructors can promote people up to one instructorship level under them.

Only I can make CQC Group instructors.

The SFC headquarters gets a small fee per certifcate.
The Instructors keeps all the money he made training the student. He keeps a very large percentage of the test fees.

Hock