Unarmed Defensive Tactics (UDT®) Assistant Instructor Course


A 40.0 hour comprehensive instructor development and certification course in the Martinelli & Associates, Inc. Unarmed Defensive Tactics (UDT)® methodology. This course contains all of the learning and teaching technology components necessary for participants who successfully complete the course to train and remediate staff in UDT®. Course involves learning and successfully demonstrating and teaching at the instructor level all UDT® skills. UDT® Assistant Instructors (AI’s) work under the direction and supervision of UDT® Master or Senior Instructors in teaching introductory UDT® skills and are certified to conduct independent, unsupervised update and remediation classes.

Course topics covered – Use of Force case law and legal guidelines, training liability case laws, risk management; proactive injury identification protocol; Force Continuum, documenting force post-incident; pre-contact threat assessment; human anatomy and physiology; creating a knock-out or knockdown; linear strikes and gross motor movements; palm, knee, elbow, forearm, hammer fist strikes and side-thrust kicks; defenses and counter-measures against most common standing and ground-based assaults against officers; tactical ground fighting and weapon retention. Advanced course weapon disarms of edged weapons, bludgeons and firearms in close quarters; safely working in padded FIST® protective padded suit. Teaching technology, learning disorders and impairments, lesson plan development, objective vs. subjective testing, justification for and documentation of performance. Development of remediation effectiveness plans. Significant hands-on training with skilled Master Instructors and court qualified subject matter experts. Participants learn how to break down and teach the UDT® system to accommodate students representing all body types and strength potentials. Participants undergo a vetting process that includes written and physical performance tests and must demonstrate their teaching ability before a board of Master and Senior Instructors in order to pass the course. All participants are tested and evaluated for competency. Complete documentation of competency is provided to department. Course is supported by an excellent UDT® Manual. All participants are tested and evaluated for competency. Complete documentation of competency is provided to department. Course meets or exceeds the minimum state standards for the defensive tactics training component of PC§832 as set by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the California Corrections Standard Authority, Board of Corrections.

* Officers must be in reasonable physical condition without medical restrictions to participate in this course.

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