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Combat Applications Techniques: Principles of Destruction

Andrew Curtiss

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About the Book

“Death smiles upon us all. All we can do is Smile back”
                           (Russel Crowe Gladiator)

    Survival is the objective of this book. When faced against an armed adversary we value our life above all else. The sole purpose of existence turns to survival, 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, and we realize that our life is hanging by a thread that Survival becomes so important. Make no mistake this book is about SURVIVAL.


 

About the Author

Andrew A. Curtiss, was born in Rome, New York in November 1977. He grew up in Upstate New York and was raised primarily by his late grandmother Margaret Curtiss. He has been involved in the martial arts since the age of 4. Inspired by his father Dennis he trained in the arts of grappling since the age of 7 by enrolling in Pee-Wee wrestling programs and continuing through out his senior year of high school. By the age of 16 he had attained his first black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do under the instruction of Cady’s Academy of Martial Arts out of Boonville New York. Andrew has held the title of 1995 A.I.K.A (American Independent Karate Association) National Black Belt Champion in forms, weapons and Kumite. Andrew made his debut in September 1998 as a professional No-Holds-Barred competitor in Super Brawl 9, a Pay-Per-View event. Since 1998 he has attained a Black belt ranking in Kenpo as well as an Honorary Brown belt in Ju-jitsu.

Andrew joined the United States Army in July of 1996 where he enlisted as a Power generation unit equipment repairer. He later reclassified to the infantry as an Airborne infantryman. Andrew ended his military career as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant after 11 years of service. He is a veteran of The Global War on Terror for multiple campaigns; where he was ultimately recommended for The Silver Star and awarded The Bronze Star with a “V” device for uncommon valor. After 11 years of active military service and over 24 years martial arts experience, Andrew has started the Dark Knight Protective Agency and Academy in Fayetteville North Carolina. He specializes in Fugitive Recovery, Training Military, Government and Law enforcement in both armed and unarmed tactics.
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“Death smiles upon us all. All we can do is Smile back”
                           (Russel Crowe Gladiator)

    Survival is the objective of this book. When faced against an armed adversary we value our life above all else. The sole purpose of existence turns to survival, 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, and we realize that our life is hanging by a thread that Survival becomes so important. Make no mistake this book is about SURVIVAL.

                        “That Which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
              (Fredreich Neitsche)

This system was originally designed to train the operator in edged weapon combative techniques; however the principles of the techniques can be adapted to unarmed combatives as well.  The philosophy and principles of the system is based on destruction, aggressiveness, practicality and efficiency. Each and every part of your enemy’s body that comes into contact with you is to be destroyed, scientifically and systematically. The techniques taught are basic and require little fine motor skills. This is not to say once mastered the techniques may not incorporate the use of fine motor skills.  The ideal of (C.A.T.P.O.D) is that both the operator and enemy are wearing body armor and the operator is fatigued and malnourished. Thus efficiency is stressed. Dueling is not taught however; countering drills are taught.

“Don't you teach 'em knife fighting. Teach 'em to kill. That way, they meet some son of a bitch who studied knife fighting; they send his soul to hell.”
(Quote from Spartan 2004)

When learning Principles Of Destruction, ( P.O.D.) the trainee will not learn knife fighting. The trainee will learn to destroy whatever part of the enemy, they come into contact with.