Liability

SPEAR has the lowest injury rate in the world. Integrating natural movement that scientifically use our primal and gross motor skills reduces injuries in training as well as in actual confrontations.

*An independent study was conducted in the United Kingdom by Dorset Police and the statistics revealed a drastic drop in injuries. We will send you this report.

Reptilian Brain to Neo-Cortex

SPEAR integrates neuro-science. When taught properly, the SPEAR System creates a bridge between the reactive brain and the cognitive brain and speeds up this transition time during a confrontation.

In Your Fight You're Point.

In a real fight, its not who's right, its who's left that matters. Otherwise, the bad guys would always lose!

Are you learning everything you can to make yourself safer?

Economy of Movement + Economy of Integration

Because SPEAR is based on instinctive movement it is the fastest system to learn, it is also the least perishable. This is incredibly important for communities that have time and budget restrictions.

The most dangerous moment in your confrontation is sudden violence inside the reactionary gap.

HYPOTHESIS The natural human response mechanism to a physical threat revolves around the fight or flight principle. The working hypothesis for Blauer’s clients (law enforcement & military professionals) is that 'flight' is not an option. Therefore, the instinct of flight must be overcome so that the individual engages tactically in the shortest time possible. Our DT, combatives, and scenario R&D team has developed human performance technologies to reduce startle‐flinch conversion time.

RATIONALE An individual who is confronted by a physical threat will have an autonomic response or startle‐flinch that is part of the unconscious physiological 'self‐defense' mechanism [medical data that shows how the neocortex, limbic system, and reptilian brain can run conflicting messages during real combat stress]. This occurs even before the cognitive identification process, which allows a victim to process the available information and make a conscious decision that results in the fight or flight response.

"Extensor strength is engaged to disengage from noxious stimuli via the cross extensor spinal level reflex and flexor reflex which is also at the spinal level. These are engaged at different rates depending on the mode of stimuli but they are uniform across the human species regardless of age and training."

*Gilman, S and Winans, S. Manter and Gatz's Essentials of Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology 8th edition pages 42.

Safer, Sooner.

Instinctive self-defense predates all martial arts.

Everyone is always looking for the holy grail of self-defense. The "which 'style' is best" question, or "what has the secret move?" debate has been going on for years. We asked the question: how did people fight before martial arts were invented? How did cavemen fight?

The crossed-extensor reflex is part of the human survival response.

This is the movement that makes the SPEAR so effective. It fully integrates human physiology making the SPEAR (conversion of the startle-flinch) the fastest and strongest movement any human can perform (regardless of age, training, or gender).

SPEAR is entirely based on the survival system that helped our ancestors evolve - it truly is the evolution of Paleolithic Self-Defense.

The SPEAR System isn’t a 'muscle-memory' system; therefore it will not interfere with current DT or combatives training.

• The SPEAR System utilizes the speed and reliability of the startle/flinch mechanism to convert the sudden attack into a tactical counter. When taught properly, it is a bridge between the reactive brain and the cognitive brain and speeds up the transition time in a confrontation, helping the defender move from primal, gross-motor to learned complex motor skills the officer or operator is skilled in.

"I have received countless memos in reference to incidents where the techniques were utilized with amazing results...."

"Since my certification several years ago, I have taught the principles of Blauer Tactical Systems to numerous members of my department, recruit classes, and other agencies in the area. I have received countless memos in reference to incidents where the techniques were utilized with amazing results. Most importantly, reports of officers being injured during a physical encounter dropped significantly. I believe this is due to two factors:

1 – The simplicity and the “engineering” of Blauer SPEAR allows a person to execute a technique seamlessly and effectively. In essence, you don’t have to go through twenty different moves just to get to the one that will work.

2 – BTS trains the student in “real life” and in “real time”. I’m not going to go into a long discussion about what I mean by this statement. Simply put……you’re not going to learn how to fight unless you are in an actual fight. High Gear, obviously, is a great tool for this.

Now, I could go on and on. I could talk about how great the system is or talk in length about Coach Blauer and his commitment to LEO/Military. There is no need to do it. It’s been said hundreds of times. Anyone that knows me is fully aware that I do not bury my nose up anyone’s ass in order to be in the “in crowd” or to be “one of the guys”. The bottom line is this….the BTS SPEAR System works."

Sergeant Michael Pizzolato
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office
Officer Safety/Defensive Tactics Instructor Coordinator