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Modern Warrior has been in business for over 29 years. We've been teaching officers techniques and strategies that SAVE LIVES! There are children in existence that otherwise would not be had one or both of their parents not trained with us here. We back up our techniques 100%. They work on the street and they help keep officers safe and able to go home to their families each night.

Call for a tour of our unique facility if you're in the Long Island area.

And if you're out of state and want to bring our training to your area give us a call. Our lead instructor, retired NYPD Sgt. Mr. Phil Messina, learned quickly on the streets of New York that much of his extensive martial arts training went right out the window under real world environments. He has spent many years striving to teach officers under realistic circumstances, to fight with items in their hands (radio, firearm, pen, memo book, OC spray, etc.) and to confront multiple assailants, possibly with multiple weapons.

Phil and his professional staff are available to teach a variety of courses at YOUR facility including, but not limited to Tactical Straight Baton, Confrontational Handcuffing, Tactical Ground Fighting and more! Contact Danette Adamovich for details and scheduling information at 1-888-M-WARRIOR or 631-226-8383.


Some of the law Enforcement Agencies that have trained with Modern Warrior.

 

Available Courses for Law Enforcement

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8-week PDT
Tactical Groundfighting
Confrontational Handcuffing
Instinctive Firearm Retention

Tactical Edged Weapons Defense
Knife Defense

Tactical Straight Baton
5-Day Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification Course
Firearm Alternative Survival Tactics (F.A.S.T.)
Tactical Jaw and Limb Control

8-Week Police Defensive Tactics (PDT)

This 8 week course is given exclusively at our uniquely designed Lindenhurst facility and is designed to protect you both on the street and in the courtroom. Two hour sessions are held on Mondays at 10:00 am and the session is repeated that evening at 9:00 pm to accommodate rotating schedules.

Learn how to immediately, by sense of touch, know when the opponent is going to strike, and where. Nullify any physical move the suspect makes BEFORE they do it! How? The secret is in influencing the hips, and we'll show you, in just the first few classes, dozens of ways to do it.

As thousands of Modern Warrior Students have, you too will leave this course with a new sense of confidence that will show itself as professionalism in every call you answer. Our training methods are progressive and unique. We'll help you keep your mindset sharp and ready for anything the bad guys can throw at you. This type of confident, knowledgeable presence can defeat and deflate an assailant BEFORE they even attack!

A brief outline of what you’ll get in this comprehensive course:
Practical Blocking, Instinctive Knife Defense, Effective Counter Striking, Instinctive Gun Defense, Sneaky Kicking Strategies, Firearm Retention and Disarming, Breaking Holds, Realistic Groundfighting, Confrontational Handcuffing and MUCH MORE.

At Modern Warrior, we put you back in control of your own destiny. We absolutely GUARANTEE that this will be among the most practical and realistic training you’ve EVER had. Police Academy training simply isn't practical enough or adequate for the situations that today's Police often encounter.

Modern Warrior’s highly skilled and experienced staff can show you how to keep mentally and physically sharp. Our 8 Week Police Defensive Tactics Course is the answer.

Held once a week, this course is designed to cover the aspects you DIDN’T get in the Academy but should have, as well as improving on what you did learn, making it smoother, more economical, more practical and more effective under stress. Don’t wait another year. Ensure that you go home safely to your family. Do it for them. Do it now.

Street proven techniques are taught by Retired NYPD Sergeant Phil Messina.
Class sizes are limited in order to ensure an effective and safe teaching environment and a maximum of sixteen students will be accepted per course. If you are interested, please contact us as soon as possible. Save even more with early registration! Regularly $395; $350 if you sign up within a month of start date; Or just $325 per person when you sign up with a friend! Law Enforcement only. ID required.

To register, call 631-226-8383 or 1-888-M-WARRIOR


Tactical Groundfighting

You’ll be absolutely devastating on the way down to the ground and gain street-proven, extensively researched strategies that work in the real world.

Introduction

1. Why do officers go to the ground?
2. Use of force as it applies to groundfighting:
3. Comparisons of GF systems

General Strategies and Concepts

1. Physio-kinetics™
2. High Risk Physio-kinetics™ (vision, wind, limbs™)
3. Time Framing™

Falling Dropping and Rolling

1. How to fall safely
2. How to drop safely
3. How to roll tactically

Defensive Strategies

1. Maintaining position
2. Redirecting
3. Blocking

Course includes defending against single or multiple assailants, practical suggestions for law enforcement officers on winning from the ground and defending against all types of weapons.


Confrontational Handcuffing

This is NOT academy cuffing!
Participants will learn to handcuff an armed suspect, effective wall, kneeling and prone cuffing, handcuffing while moving the suspect through a crowd and controlling the suspect who is cuffed with one hand and throws a punch. You’ll get to know commands for those who are hard of hearing or may not speak English. Open to Law Enforcement and pre-screened civilians only.


Instinctive Firearm Retention and Gun Disarming:

Unlike any other course offered anywhere. With minimal practice, participants learn to retain their weapon blindfolded! In this way, it becomes an instinctive reaction to protect and retain the firearm, whether holstered or from the hand.

This class will include (time permitting) disarming opponents with handguns, from the front, rear, sides and from different distances, as well as long guns, plus how to deal with the most difficult hostage situations. This very practical course is great for lighter and smaller officers because the training is based on leverage, not strength.

Officers should bring gun belt and holster. Practice (plastic) firearm optional, but recommended.


Tactical Edged Weapons Defense

A two day intensive course with basic or instructor certification at the end.

Participants will learn:
1) The safest ways to defend against overhead, thrusting, arcing and spinning edged weapons attacks
2) Best counterattacks to stop the assailant
3) Defense against multiple opponents with edged weapons
4) Defense against an opponent with multiple knives
5) Defense against long bladed weapons such as swords and machetes
6) Defense against edged weapons from the ground
7) Defense when your hands are already occupied, such as with a firearm and radio, flashlight or handcuffs, etc.

This system is extremely effective and can also be used against empty-handed attacks.

Soft body armor and duty belt are optional.


Knife Defense

Participants will learn simple concepts that work empty handed or against all types of edged weapons, regardless of angle of attack. Practical and realistic, easy to learn and easy to remember and employ under stress.

$60 with advance registration


Tactical Straight Baton

A two day course with basic or instructor certification upon completion.

A system that is adaptable for any straight baton, including expandables. This very practical system enables officers to discover the versatility of the straight baton. It includes baton use in low, medium and high level of force situations, covering Physio-kinetics, Time-framing, multiple assailants, edged weapon defense and groundfighting.

Soft body armor and duty belt are optional.


Five Day Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification Course

Course includes basic or instructor certification upon completion.
Typically held Monday through Friday, with 8 - 9 hour training days.

There is no other course offered anywhere that offers this type of instructor training! Specific techniques are chosen for their ability to demonstrate particular concepts that are vital for the defensive tactics instructor to be completely familiar with in order to be the most effective trainer possible.

These concepts include, but are not limited to: Physio-kinetics, Time-framing, Multiple Assailant Confrontation, Edged Weapons Defense, Instinctive Firearm Retention and Gun Disarming, F.A.S.T. (Firearm Alternative Survival Tactics), Tactical Groundfighting and Confrontational Handcuffing.

Liability protection is discussed throughout different points in the course, with the main emphasis on developing and sharpening the instructor’s various teaching and defensive tactics skills, including the area of adjusting to individual student skill levels and answering “What if…” questions.


Firearm Alternative Survival Tactics (F.A.S.T.)

A two day course with basic or instructor certification upon completion.

This course works to bridge the gap between empty-handed defensive tactics and use of the firearm. F.A.S.T. techniques are utilized in situations where the officer is confronting multiple opponents and one or more of the assailants has or is likely to have a weapon.

F.A.S.T. doesn't mean alternative to your firearm. It means alternatives with your firearm.

Course includes safe positioning tactics, which give the officer more time to assess the situation and from there, the officer may then shoot or not shoot as appropriate.

This course has already saved the lives of officers!

Topics covered include:
1. Transition to firearm vs. disengage to firearm
2. Avoiding involuntary discharges
3. Physio-kinetic control tactics
4. Grappling with firearm
5. Blocking with firearm
6. Groundfighting with firearm
7. FAST with edged weapons defense
8. FAST with firearm retention

Soft body armor and duty belt are optional.


Tactical Jaw and Limb Control

The concepts of Tactical Jaw & Limb Control teach officers what to do when something isn’t working or when they need a physical edge. No strikes are taught in this course – it’s meant to enhance the skills in your toolbox and make them work better!

A conceptual class, participants will quickly become familiar with the principles of Physio-Kinetics: the science of influencing a person’s balance, power and mobility through an understanding of how the skeletal body functions.

Use of the Tactical Jaw & Limb Control system is practical in all levels of force. Participants learn how to ADAPT so that no matter how an assailant acts, or reacts, they will have options. It is truly the “mortar between the bricks.”

See the Upcoming Events Page for time and date of the courses.