Course Description: 3 day, 24 hrs course

The PPCT Management Systems, Inc. / Human Factor Science (PPCT/HFS) Pressure Point Control Tactics course was the first subject control system designed based on tactical, legal and medical research. It was originally developed as a supplement to existing defensive tactics or impact weapon systems. The course focuses on two primary areas: Controlling low-level resistance with finger tip touch pressure to nerve pressure points and controlling high-level resistance with defensive counter strikes, which produce motor dysfunctions and controlled stuns.

Course Goals:
1. To examine survival learning research in an effort to enhance survivability in
    combat situations.
2. To identify the primary and secondary striking targets and their medical implications.
3. To identify the PPCT/HFS Fluid Shock Wave Principle, a system of striking that enhances
    subject control.
4. To teach the recommended PPCT/HFS methods of de-escalation.
5. To refine student technique to the instructor level.
6. To teach instructional methods designed to enhance a student’s ability to learn
    survival techniques, increase his/her confidence level, and assist in the   
    successful application of physical techniques.

Course Topics:

Use of Force Human Factors
This chapter examines survival stress research and provides officers with information
that will enhance their survivability in a combative situation and recommendations  
regarding issues related to critical incident management.

Instructor Development and Training Protocols
This chapter reviews instructional methods designed to enhance a student’s ability to
learn survival techniques, increase his/her confidence level, and assist in the successful
application of physical techniques. Topics covered include the psychology of survival
training, motivational factors for learning survival skills, the neural basis of learning, and
the stimulus response training principle. This chapter also introduces training protocols, including certification procedures, course protocols and registration requirements, and classroom safety concerns.

Control Principles
This chapter examines the basic training principles that form the foundation on which all
PPCT/HFS training systems are based. Topics discussed include components of acceptability, Resistance/Control Continuum, common types of resistance, principles of controlling resistive behavior, survival reaction time, the reactionary gap, and tactical positioning. Practical application in the pressure pints of the head and neck. Motor point strikes and joint manipulation.

Practical Techniques
Pressure points of the head and neck
Motor points of the legs and arms
Joint Manipulation

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