RI – Ground Control and Edged Weapon Instructor

L.O.C.K.U.P. ® Police System
Ground Control and  Edged Weapon Instructor
Hosted by
Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy
Aug. 22 – 26, 2022  0800-1630

Congratulations to the new L.O.C.K.U.P. Ground Control Edged Weapon Defense Instructors. The course was held at Camp Fogarty RI. The officers actively participated in the physically demanding instructor program. Lead Instructors were Percy Smith and Bryan Palagi. Both instructors have extremely extensive law enforcement and Jui Jitsu experience.

Evaluation Summary
Ground fighting and Edged Weapon Instructor Training
RIMPTA East Greenwich, RI

This is what the attending students had to say:

Please assess the quality of this presentation.
100% rated it at its highest level (Excellent)
• Techniques are well designed for LEO’s
• This course broke down every position to a beginner’s level
• Very Easy to Understand and all moves connect well
• Steps easy to follow
• Everything was very easy to follow
• Excellent
• Very engaging
• Presentation was great

Was this program relevant to your work assignment?
100% rated it at its highest level (Excellent) 
• Yes!
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes, I am one of the lead instructors in the department
• Very much so
• Yes, going to training bureau
• Extremely relevant to all aspects of work
• This program was perfect and I gained so much from it

Please comment on the instruction of this program. (Training aids, multimedia etc.)
11=0 out of 12 rated it at its highest level (Excellent) 1 rated it as (Very Good)
• Fantastic hands-on exercises
• The instructors demonstrate everything and also used visual aids
• Again, easy to understand and quick reference guides to help refresh you of the moves
• Very informative. Excellent hand-to-hand training & scenarios
• Writing steps for each move on large wall posts its helps for visual learners
• Both instructors were extremely knowledgeable
• To me the instruction couldn’t be better it was perfect for me. I learned so much

Would you recommend this training to other officers?
100% rated it at its highest level (Excellent)
• Every officer in Rhode Island needs some elements of this course
• Yes
• Always do
• Yes, I would love to see it required of all officers
• A definite
• Yes, I wish I was provided with this training years ago
• Yes. Very helpful in all aspects of arrest/control
• I highly recommend this training for all officers
• I definitely would, this is well needed

Please rate the instructors in this program. (Lt. Bryan Palagi and Officer Percy A. Smith)
100% rated it at its highest level (Excellent)
• Professional and thoughtful instruction. Great job staying on task with course objectives
• Both are extremely knowledgeable and taught the class and techniques to perfection while creating a fun learning environment
• Percy and Bryan are very helpful and also will help their students through issues
• Both instructors are the highest level in their craft. They taught the class in a manner that was simple and easy to retain. Their presentation was excellent in the fact that the techniques and their experience with them were of the highest quality
• Great knowledge of subject matter, excellent instructors
• Great instructors really took their time to make sure you understood everything that was being taught
• Both instructors really spent extra time with me as it was my first time doing any moves like this
• Both Percy and Bryan were great the entire week. After going through L.O.C.K.U.P. 3 years ago I thought I had a good grasp on the concepts. Both Percy and Bryan showed me numerous that I had forgotten/never seen
• Excellent, both highly experienced both know how to break down the material so it is easy to learn and teach
• Percy and Bryan are extremely knowledgeable and make learning techniques easy and stress-free
• Both instructors were knowledgeable in this area. Instructing was amazing, the pace was great, and knowing when to break ease up, and give extra instruction. Was a great, great course

Other comments
• Aside from being safer on duty, I will be able to instruct other officers on techniques
• Definitely has improved my skillset to defend myself at work and enhance my abilities to teach at the academy
• We can now add knife defense to our training
• Overall more confidence and better overall knowledge on subduing combative suspects
• Will use these skills daily in Providence, will make an immediate difference in my confidence
• Gives me more confidence in effectively taking people into custody
• We have no jiu jitsu program, this will start us off
• I will improve with confidence in areas not just with defensive tactics but also on defusing a situation with less force used

The  L.O.C.K.U.P.® Police Ground Control Edged Weapon  Instructor Course is an in-depth presentation of police ground control tactics integrated with edged weapon defense. The course will provide a solid foundation for law enforcement and corrections ground engagements. This is not sport-orientated grappling! These are tactics and techniques designed for law enforcement  / correctional engagements wearing full equipment. L.O.C.K.U.P. ® orientation provides the base of the system with the course specifically focusing on grounded and edged weapon engagements.

 COURSE TOPICS 

• The L.O.C.K.U.P. ® Police Combat System
• Environmental and Situational Awareness
• Understand the limitations of grounded combat
• Weapon integration
• Mount, Guard and Side Control Platforms
• Counter Offense from the Guard Position
• Counter Offense from the Mounted Position
• Maintaining and Escaping the Side Control
• Submission Holds to Handcuffing positions
• Learning to keep tactical distance from assailant (s)
• Understand the dynamics of an edged weapon assault
• Defensive strategy/technique against five most likely edged weapon attacks
• Instructor methodologies and concepts
• Teaching techniques for psychomotor skills

Plus much more…

SUMMER SPECIAL $795.00

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LOCATION of TRAINING:

Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy
Camp Fogarty, 2841 S. County Trail, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Contact – Stephen A. Lombardi – Director of Continuing Education
stephen.lombardi@risp.gov       401-205-1678