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PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM TONY BLAUER 
The summer has been our busiest ever! In the last four weeks, we ran courses for the Border Patrol, DoD, held our annual S.P.E.A.R. & PDR Summer Camp, and then conducted a Personal Defense Readiness Certification, a S.P.E.A.R. System 3.0 law enforcement course, and a custom operator course for the U.S. Marshals - all in the same week! This week our MTT (mobile training team) is back on the road working two courses up at Fort Meade for the U.S. Army. Really proud of my training team. The rest of the day was a whirlwind of drills and then our more experienced PDR & S.P.E.A.R. coaches put on several multiple assailant/home invasion HIGH GEAR demos. *BTW, pics from the camp are up on our blog. If you missed out this year, pencil us in your calendar now for next year’s camp. It’s set for August 13-15, 2010. And lastly, I want to thank you—all the attendees, students, fans, skeptics and fanatics—it’s your interest in our research & program that continues to push us to continue innovating drills & skills. See you next year!
This year we ran an additional PDR Cert that took place immediately following the annual Summer Training Camp. PDR 20 started off with more energy than previous courses because all the attendees had just spent 2.5 days at the combatives camp reviewing psychology of fear, close quarter tactics and more, before they started the official PDR Cert. The group had more energy and intensity as they jumped into the material in full stride. The camp obviously warmed them up. The diverse group, made up of traditional & eclectic martial artists, as well as MMA, self-defense exponents from around the world, left the advanced instructor certification session armed with new drills and skills, and they left inspired to help make their students and communities safer. If you're a passionate self-defense instructor and would like to look into joining our team, please email Tom@pdrteam.com. There's lots of time to prepare for the next session - don’t miss our final class for 2009—October 15-18, sign up now. RECENT TRAINING EVENTS -- S.P.E.A.R. IN SOCAL 
The Carlsbad S.P.E.A.R. System Course once again hosted us for another nearly sold out event (their limit is 42). This summer's course had 36 attendees; in attendance were agencies and units from the DEA, Anaheim Police Department, the UN Headquarters in NY, and we even had a trainer from as far away as Australia. This is our standard police sciences course, which teaches trainers how to implement the system effectively into their agency. Click here for details. Coaches Cliff Byerly and Travis White (pictured) did an excellent job of leading the experienced officers in attendance. COACH BLAUER & ROB PINCUS TO OFFER COMBO PERSONAL DEFENSE/SHOOTING CLASS 
Blauer Tactical Systems and I.C.E. Training Company are teaming up to offer a brand new class, the S.P.E.A.R. System Fundamentals/Combat Focus Shooting Course, November 2-3, 2009 in Virginia Beach, VA. This dynamic two-day course, taught by Coach Blauer and Rob Pincus, addresses armed and unarmed confrontations, and will blend skills from both Combat Focus Shooting’s and the S.P.E.A.R. System’s Personal Defense Program. The class is open to military, security and law enforcement personnel, as well as those interested in personal defense. (Background checks will be conducted.) Click here for details and to register. NEW WEBSITE FOR PERSONAL DEFENSE READINESS (PDR) 
BTS launched a brand-new Website for its Personal Defense Readiness™ division. The new site, pdrteam.com, is a portal for everything related to BTS’s PDR program. The site will also serve as a resource for PDR coaches around the world to share training tips and network with one another. It will continue to develop, so check it out regularly for Training Videos, a map of PDR Coaches worldwide, Personal Defense Training Tips, upcoming PDR Courses and information on becoming a PDR Coach. BTS FILES PATENT FOR HIGH GEAR™ SYSTEM 
Blauer Tactical Systems USA, LLC has filed a U.S. patent application for innovations associated with its widely accepted HIGH GEAR™ training suit. Blauer is world renowned for their scenario-based training programs that employ a proprietary and revolutionary training suit. The suit can be used with multiple methods of scenario-based training (marking-cartridge training, DT, combatives, self-defense, etc.). The suit is lightweight, provides full mobility, and uses a unique impact reduction design, allowing role-players to engage in realistic and integrated scenarios. Military units, SWAT teams, law enforcement agencies and martial art and MMA schools around the world currently use the HIGH GEAR™ system. “Our focus, our mission and our path have not wavered since we began teaching real-world self-defense in 1979,” said BTS CEO, Tony Blauer. “We always seek to maintain our position as a leader in reality-based training for the self-defense world and obtaining a patent helps to recognize and affirm that leadership.” Nicholas Horbaczewski, BTS's Chief Operating Officer, said, “We are proud of our innovative designs and features with our HIGH GEAR™ system, which we continue to improve. Seeking protection for our latest evolutionary enhancements allows us to continue as the exclusive provider of the best training suit on the market today.” For further information, please visit Blauer’s website at http://www.blauertactical.com/.
THIS MONTH’S EDUCATIONAL PIECE 
Understand the dynamics of the Ballistic Micro-Fight in this article from renowned Karate expert, writer and speaker, Gary Khoury.
In case you missed it, check out this new promotion from Blauer Tactical. |
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