Officials Training Book for Combat Sports

Opener:

This book will cover standard self-defense, a standard set for running any combat sports event, and it’ll go through rules and regulations for Muay Thai, full-contact kickboxing, continuous point fighting, and MMA.

Setting up good self-defense is half the battle in any fight.  In most of this self-defense course, we learn to defend without having to use any strikes. There are some techniques that do require strikes, which is the last resort in any self-defense system.  In true self-defense, you protect yourself and set up a way to be able to escape the situation. A defense to set up to get away can also be changed to a set up to counterattack with a strike or move into a reverse or restraint.

There are different variations of what people consider self-defense and a lot of schools promote their art such as Tae Kwon Do, Karate, jujitsu ...etc. as teaching self-defense.  Were, in those arts, there may be some self-defense moves in there, but those arts teach primarily to attack and not necessarily to defend. Either way, learning any art increases your awareness and ability to react to different issues that may come up.  In most cases, you would not be able to use those skills in a profession. In a profession such as a Human service job, maybe working with troubled youths or working in a rehab center, or as a bouncer, law enforcement officer, teacher, or officiating at sports events, you would only use defensive tactics with no strikes and joint manipulations or minimum joint manipulations.  However, in law enforcement there is a great deal of flexibility on what they can do to a hostile person, there should be a protocol on what should and shouldn’t be used depending on the circumstances.  Learning some proper self-defense and de-escalation techniques could help decrease the possibility of someone getting seriously injured or killed.

In any case, learning an art ends up being a good confidence boost and you’ll be able to handle different issues, more professionally and with confidence.

This program was designed to instruct and qualify combat sports officials and security personnel but the self-defense section has been useful in several jobs such as law enforcement, human service, and security and has created an extra course for martial arts businesses.  The first chapter will be a standard self-defense course and the other chapters are on rules and regulations of different combat sports.

The self-defense portion of this book is written as if you were teaching a class.  Each technique will state how many times you are to do the technique before you switch to the next technique. However, you should feel comfortable with that technique before moving on to the next.

Disclaimer

The publisher and author of this instruction book and CD are not responsible in any manner whatsoever for any injury that may occur by reading and/or following any of the training activities wither it be physical or otherwise. It is advisable that before you start a training program to have approval from your physician so you have a professional opinion of whether or not you are capable of putting yourself through the rigorous training program.

Warning

I (Scott Bolinger) wrote this book for the beginner on up to the coaches’ level. Which would include fighting techniques, training programs, toning up, and weapons. I however will not guarantee that the techniques described or illustrated in this book or CD will be safe or effective in any self-defense situation or otherwise. You may be injured if you apply or train with the techniques illustrated in this book and/or CD. To minimize the possibility of injury you should train with a professional and you should consult a physician before attempting to try anything in this book or CD. There is a possibility that a Local,