C.B.T. – Commando Battle Tactics ®

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Commando Battle Tactics is the premier training organization for martial artists, military personnel and stunt professionals around the globe. We make elite techniques and training strategies available to 1,000s of serious professionals who otherwise would not have the knowledge to use them, by offering instructional DVDs, downloadable resources and personalized instruction.

The art C.B.T. (Commando Battle Tactics) is a little under 60 years old. It was developed by 3 Special Forces Operators. 1 was Ghanaian, another Italian and the 3rd U.S. Native American.

They’d each trained in a variety of martial arts styles over the years yet didn’t like how so many of them were not combat focused or were lacking in some other way.

C.B.T. is an ORIGINAL art. Meaning that it is not a mish-mash of other martial arts styles. They based it on nature (Ghanaian and Native American influences), geometry, physics and personal growth and development.

It had to be able to be learned quickly and used in the field by military operators. Since they traveled around the world, it had to work in all environments – deserts, jungles, mountainous regions, arctic type regions and even urban environments.

It is called Commando Battle Tactics for a reason. It is an art for elite soldiers who operate behind enemy lines. Which is what our founders did.

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It consists of Empty Hand – Striking, Trapping, Grappling & becoming expert with all known martial arts weapon types (Club, Knife/Sword, Spear & Flexible Weapons + Firearms). Firearms (attacking with them & counterattacking them) is an important part of the art as they are the weapons of modern day warriors. We address them all.

It takes on average 5 – 7 years to become a certified instructor. Our rank consists of military pistol belts – white, then 2 degrees, green, then 2 degrees, black, then 2 degrees and finally a certification pin. Many of the students, called Commandos, were already experienced martial artists when they came to CBT and were searching for something different. The art instantly hooked us.

The movements are unlike any art that anyone else has seen. At our height, our schools and classes were on the East coast in the PA, NJ and DE area. Now a few of us still teach. More so because we enjoy it, not really to grow a large commercial enterprise.

As far as our martial arts weapons, we train in the use of weapon types (i.e. 2 handed single edged sword, 1 handed double edged sword, etc.) so the cultural origin of the weapon is irrelevant. We can pick up a weapon (of ANY origin), study it’s design and instantly know how to use it. This was done to bridge the knowledge across all cultures instead of confining it to just 1 or a few.

Every class from day 1 consists of both empty hand and martial arts weapons training. So at 6 months everyone is proficient with both. We also learn military strategy, psychological warfare and what we call Combat Medicine (how to live with the land, the use of natural herbs and healing methods, etc.) with each pistol belt.

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C.B.T. Commando Battle Tactics

‘Real World Tactics…For Real World Situations’.