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Professor Bradley J. Steiner

Has written over 30 published books. Founder and GrandMaster of American Combato. Professor Steiner is President and CEO of the International Combat Martial Arts Federation (ICMAF), an elite and prestigious organization of internationally recognized close combat, self-defense, and martial arts authorities. Former President of the International Stick and Knife Fighting Association in Berlin, Germany. Former Washington State Director of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers. (ASLET) He has written in numerous magazines including; American Handgunner, Combat Handguns, Security Soldier of Fortune, Cavalier. He has taught special agencies and teams in the art of Combato. These teams also have specially written manuals created by the Professor.

"Dear Mr. Curtiss,

Your excellent article in "EZine" discussing the training of Special Forces/special warfare personnel was brought to my attention by {intentionally left out} . I was delighted to read what you had to say, and I was particularly impressed that, despite your own extraordinarily impressive background in both the competitive and the classical martial arts, you nonetheless clearly understand that close combat with and without hand-held weapons is a world apart from either.My entire focus as a teacher and writer on this subject for a considerable number of years has been on striving mightily to convey the truths that you understand and also teach, and to instruct in effective self-defense and close combat methods — armed and unarmed.You might be interested in my free on-line monthly Newsletter, SWORD & PEN. You can access many back issues (all free) and download them. And I think that you will find that we are in significant if not complete agreement. Our web site is: www.americancombato.com

In any case I wish to express my appreciation for your work. Thank you.

Best wishes,

Brad
(Bradley J. Steiner)"

Charles Prosper

Expert Author and Talk show host
Author of The Fighting Secrets of Martial Arts Masters

"Andrew Curtiss, Green Beret special forces military combatant, 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwan Do, black belt in Shurite Kenpo Karate, former kick boxer and current Mixed Martial Arts fighter, reveals his secrets of close-range hand-to-hand combat-- techniques that your sensei will never tell you. Andy has currently published a book entitled "Combat Applications Techniques - Principles of Destruction". This 148-page illustrated book goes into the down and dirty world of life and death survival be you under attack by an unarmed or a knife wielding assailant.To get a feel for the flavor of this work, this is what Andy has to say about survival:

"Survival is the objective of this book. When faced against an armed adversary, we value our life above all else. The sole purpose of survival is when life hangs in the balance. The life that we hold so precious becomes fragile when we find ourselves staring death in the face. Often times we don't recognize that it could only take seconds to have our lives bled out from underneath us. It is only in the times of peril that we realize that our life is handing by a thread that Survival becomes so important. Make no mistake, this book is about Survival."

This book transcends the popular notion of martial art in that it does not involve itself with techniques that are theatrical but are plain, blunt, lethal, and life-preserving. In his book, you will not see the fancy katas or the high and aerial kicks, for as Andy Curtiss puts it "When fighting for survival, the minute you take to the air, you are no longer grounded."

I feel that this book is an important addition to the library of any serious street survival specialist.

I give it 4 out of 5 bookmarks"

Charles Prosper author of "Secrets of the Martial Arts Masters"
Interviews Andy Curtiss on the difference between Combat Sports
and Combatives:

Coming Soon!!

Meredeth Jacobs
Fayetteville Observer
"Fighting Words" and "A book you'll have to fight for"

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Testimonials

Here is what some readers and those who have actually been trained under the Combat Application Techniques System are saying

"I, SSG Brownfield, am a Combatives Instructor for the 18th Airborne Corps, and train thousands of soldiers to prepare them for war. I teach a variety of martial arts to include: Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and React-to-Contact Weapons Training. I have both trained and studied the work of Andrew Curtiss. His knife defense techniques are the ones I currently implement in our Soldier's hand-to-hand training. I rely a lot on his personal training, and his book, Combat Applications Techniques: Principles of Destruction. I recommend his book to anyone that needs a simple, and effective knife defense training manual."

"Survive at all cost,"
SSG Joseph Brownfield
Army Combatives Instructor

"Combat Application Techniques: Principles of Destruction is an excellent read and is very straight forward and matter-of-fact, it's also very scientific. Andy designed these tactics for his Special Forces team, which is to say that he's factored in the clothing/ armor worn, the environment, mobility of soldiers carrying heavy equipment, exhaustion, etc. in order to make them more adaptable and easier to use, i.e. more effective.

These techniques are straight from the source, which is one of the most highly trained, elite soldiers today. You might be thinking "if the book is for soldiers in those circumstances, why do I need it?" Because if the techniques were adapted to the most extreme and difficult circumstances imaginable and proved to be effective in those conditions, it stands to reason that they will be applicable to less extreme situations that the average person may find themselves in.

In my opinion and experience in martial arts training, it's usually the simpler techniques that are effective the most often. As you progress in training, you learn more and more technique that's more and more intricate and requires more and more skill to execute. But, in a split-second, a simple movement takes less time to execute, it has fewer steps. When I've had the opportunity to work out with masters who have far more decades of experience than myself, the emphasis has always been on refining basic movements rather than learning superhuman feats.

Andy has refined and reduced these techniques to include fewer movements, to be easy to learn, this book. This is an excellent opportunity to learn valuable technique from one of easy to execute and easier to retain in intellectual memory and muscular memory. Even though I am a martial artist, I've always been a skeptic of martial arts as well. So, I don't recommend something lightly. I recommend the best!

James Johnson, certified black belt, certified instructor in TKD,
17 years experience in crosstraining / JKD:

"I was fortunate to have trained with Andy for nearly two years, on a consistent weekly basis. First off, training in person, hand to hand, is of course much different than training or reading from a book. So the experience was both educational, and brutal on most days. Having been on the instructor side of military training, I'm able to identify effective trainers and methods. Andy is able to relay experiences and instruction both face to face and through his books. An uncommon trait, and I don't hesitate to recommend his material."

-Mike Santoy
USSOCOM
1st Dan KEMPO Black Belt"

As a former member of the military Army Special Forces I can say that it is about time someone addressed real unarmed and knife combat techniques. The techniques are not Martial Arty or wrestling / Ultimate Fighting techniques taught in the official Army program. Unlike other systems we are taught, this book is practical and concentrates on hurting the 'badguy' while not getting damaged or putting your self in a precarious situation. This book is about real life COMBAT!!"

"Haven't read another book like it!"

- Mike Rogers, a Private Security Contractor

"The content in this book seems to be particularly aimed towards soldiers out on the front lines, but anyone who enjoys 'warrior reading' can enjoy this." and "It was overall a refreshing approach to the same old grind of this genre of book."

- David Webb, Freelance Photographer and Journalist

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