Down The Range Combatives

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The world can be unpredictable. Most people will never go looking for trouble — but trouble has a habit of finding good people.
Down The Range Combatives was created for exactly that moment.

A practical, honest, street-relevant system built not for trophies, belts, or grading… but for urban survival, personal protection, and getting home alive.

This is not a martial art.
This is not a sport.
This is a toolbox — simple, direct skills for when avoidance fails, de-escalation breaks down, and you have no option left but to protect yourself or someone you love.

As we say:
“The street doesn’t care who you are. Skill is the only equaliser.”

Our instructors come from a wide range of global backgrounds, collectively bringing decades of experience from:

• Military control & restraint units
• Police and law-enforcement combatives
• International close protection operations
• Boxing, fencing, hybrid striking & grappling arts
• Tactical and operational use-of-force frameworks
• Film and performance combat
• High-risk environment training
• Court-recognised expert witness work

Across their careers, they have delivered professional training in:

• Control & Restraint
• Advanced Baton Systems (PR24 / Friction Lock)
• Bodycuff, CareCuff & Restraints Development
• Handcuffing & Tactical Escorting
• Sudden Assault Response
• Impact Weapons & Improvised Weaponry
• Hybrid Silat / Krav / Aikido Applications
• NFPS & MAYBO Advanced PI
• Fencing (Foil / Epee / Sabre)
• Police Dynamic Scenario Training
• OC / Marker Spray (Redweb / ID)
• Tactical Take-downs & Scenario Coaching
• Use-of-Force Court Expertise
• Unarmed Defence & Urban Survival Skills

This breadth of experience isn’t here to impress, it’s here so you can feel confident the system is built on truth, reality, and hard-earned lessons, not ego or theory.

We don’t shout about instructors by name, because Down The Range isn’t about personalities —
it’s about people.
Good people. Normal people. People who deserve to feel safe.

And as always…
Daring To Really Care sits at the heart of everything we teach.

A non-graded, non-competitive, pressure-tested, reality-based combatives program designed for:

• Men
• Women
• Teens
• Professionals
• Anyone who wants to stay safer in a sometimes-dangerous world

No belts.
No bowing.
No politics.
Just functional skills you can actually use.

Using behavioural cues, threat indicators, and simple models such as:

• S.I.M.P.L.E.™ (Assess, Move, Plan…)
• S.A.F.E.R.™ decision-making
• Trace™-inspired threat recognition
• Conflict indicators & pre-assault cues

Awareness is everything.
Fights avoided are fights won.

Because 99% of violence prevention is in the conversation before the punch is thrown.
We teach:

• Voice, posture & movement cues
• Distance & angle management
• Boundary setting
• Disengagement strategies
• When to leave, when to talk, when to shut up, and when to act

A direct, gross-motor skillset built for adrenaline, fear, and chaos:

• Striking that works under pressure
• Clinch survival & takedown control
• Ground escapes & reversals
• Targeting for control vs survival
• Breaking structure & balance
• Defending the vulnerable person with you
• Dealing with grabs, holds, pins & chokes

Simple. Brutal. Effective.

“If it’s in your hand, it’s a tool. If it’s on the floor, it’s an opportunity.”
We cover principles for:

• Everyday carry items
• Bags, pens, phones, belts
• Environmental use (walls, corners, doorways)
• Creating space to escape

We demystify what you can and cannot legally do.

Covered topics include:

• Reasonable Force
• Pre-emptive striking (yes, it is legal — if justified)
• Disproportionate vs grossly disproportionate force
• Protecting others
• Householder law myths
• When self-defence becomes excessive
• How to articulate your actions after an incident

We keep it clear, honest, and based on real case law.

Self-defence isn’t violence It’s the refusal to be a victim.

Knife crime. County lines spillover. Unprovoked assaults.
Mental health related incidents.
Random street violence.
And the growing trend of mobile phone robbery assaults.

We’re not here to scare you.
We’re here to prepare you.

Because pretending the world is safe does not make it safe.
But learning how to move, think, react and recover?
That changes everything.

Down The Range Combatives is open to anyone, but participants must:

• Complete a basic medical disclaimer
• Disclose injuries or mobility limitations
• Work within controlled intensity
• Respect the controlled, safety-first environment

A reasonable level of fitness is beneficial — but you don’t need to be an athlete.
Just willing.

We don’t do macho nonsense.
No chest beating.
No “tough guy” culture.

You will sweat.
You will learn.
You will laugh.
You will get humbled.
And you will leave every session more capable than you arrived.

A favourite quote in our team:

“In a world where you could choose to be anything… choose to be prepared.”

And another:

“Courage is not the absence of fear. It’s moving anyway — especially when someone needs you.”

If you’re interested in hosting a Down The Range Combatives seminar, booking private training, or discussing how our instructors can support your organisation, reach out any time at wayne@dtrc.uk or visit www.dtrc.uk. We’re here to help good people build real capability in a world that sometimes demands it. Daring To Really Care isn’t just a motto — it’s how we teach, coach and protect.

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