So this weekend I returned to Alma, Michigan to train with my core group of Instinctive Response Training practitioners!  There of course were lots of familiar faces and a few new ones as well!  It was good to see everyone moving and maintaining their training and I am looking forward to some of them coming out in January for a seminar here in Vegas as well as my returning to Michigan in the summer for more intensive training!  Gary Haffey is doing a great job continuing the tradition of quality over quantity that we have established in Michigan.  It is also important to note that Scott Sober is helping a lot and will be ready to test for his Associate Instructor in the summer!  So it was great to see Scott, Gary, Mike Hammer, Jose Prieto, Dominik Lazarski, Pat, Andrew and more throughout my stay!  Keep on training everyone and improve daily and seek new knowledge all the time!

Now onto the seminar we started out working on some armbar counters and then into a great heel hook that I was fortunate to learn recently.  We moved eventually into the unique IRT Draw Point technology that allows a practitioner to draw a tool ie. folding knife, knife, firearm, etc. in a moment when an opponent reaches for a weapon while grappling.  I was glad to see people understanding the movement and at the end of the seminar there was no doubt in my mind that with practice this will be some thing they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.  That is important because some of them may need this special skill set!  Following are some pictures from the seminar training!

Here is a quick video showing this style of IRT Draw Point Methodology within our system:  

Of course no good seminar would be perfect without a trip to a local pub for food and drinks!

In IRT we are a family/tribe helping each other out along the way to learn the Martial Sciences to the best of our abilities!

See You On The Mats!

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Brian R. VanCise

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