OSS Taiho Jutsu

Officer Safety System presented a Nevada POST certified 40 Hr. Defensive Tactics instructors course. Many officers from several different agencies received their certification and several others received advanced certification. In February the O.S.S. presented a seminar of four blocks of certified instruction from the main training track, including Scenarios. Several martial artist and officers from around the country attended, accumulating valuable skills and credits toward their certifications and rank validation.

The purpose of O.S.S.Taiho Jutsu is to encourage (motivate) front line officers to pursue the perfection of the skills necessary in their profession. Many individuals are satisfied with just a few hours of training each year in the techniques that are the most valuable to officer safety.

This is the biggest misnomer that we as instructors have to deal with. In a potential deadly force incident, officer’s skills must be flawless to affect the successful apprehension of the offender in a safe manner not only to themselves but also to their “partners who are relying on them”.

Another factor (legitimate to a certain extent) is a career ending injury while off duty in a typical martial arts class.

Our job is to provide officers with a

“SAFE Method of PRACTICING”

So they may want to continue training.

 

The first step is to teach effective techniques that are very simple to learn and consistent with their present departmentally approved procedures. Most importantly the techniques must be simple to apply by an officer that weighs just 120 pounds and has never been in a fistfight before in his/her life. The next step is to provide them with a “safe” method of ongoing training that will encourage them to continue their practice on at least a weekly base.

Using these criteria we have employed an instructor-training program that will accomplish this goal.

To satisfy the simplicity criteria we are teaching techniques that incorporate as few Psycho Motor Skills as possible to apply; takedowns, handcuffing, search, weaponless self defense and weapons defense.

The new aspect about this approach is that they are techniques that come naturally (not usually taught) Plus

“The way we are teaching them”.

To satisfy the “safe continuous practice” we are offering eight (8) Scenarios (Taiho Jutsu no kata one thru eight). These begin with an Assaultive subject then de-escalate to restraining the offender. They incorporate the entire spectrum of general standing and prone escapable situations along with many control and incapacitating techniques.

 

These Scenarios are not professed to be ancient forms or are they something that was just thrown together. They have taken 14 consecutive years of development. LEO’s have used the specific techniques in the kata on the street for many years. They are tested and designed for their simplicity and applicability for the front line officer who wants to increase his/her repertoire of defensive tactics techniques that are compatible with most existing department policies.

O.S.S. has formulated two distinct paths in which a Taiho Jutsu ka can develop his/her skills and move up in rank.

The first is for working law enforcement officers who have a desire to become DT instructors and existing DT instructors who desire positions as local, state, regional, and national directors

 

The second is a Martial artist who wants to get into law enforcement training or develop his/her existing skills for actual street applications that are consistent with the range response to force continuum. Martial arts Instructors who also desire positions described above.

O.S.S. has implemented complete rank and certification system. Study materials including Instructor manuals and DVD’s are available for line officers and Martial Art students. Our advanced instructor’s DVD includes all of the advanced scenarios for individual practice and rank advancement.

 

Sworn officers and martial arts instructors may accumulate at least (8) hrs. Of the 40 plus hrs required for certification. On occasion the 40 hr. course will be offered. If you or your department would like to sponsor a seminar or the course please contact:

For More Class Information Contact:
Dan Piller dpiller@kimartialarts.com	Robert Davis omegatkd@aol.com	Doug Fuechsel protkd@comcast.net