ECQC with Craig Douglas of ShivWorks | October 7-9, 2022 | Jacksonville, TX

The ShivWorks Extreme Close Quarter Concepts (ECQC) course is a two-and-a-half-day (20-hour) block of instruction that offers a multi-disciplinary approach to building functional, combative handgun skills at zero to five feet. The course is designed to instill core concepts of seamless integration and provide the platform for aggressive problem solving during a life or death struggle at arm’s length or closer.

We emphasize the common body mechanics that apply across different skill sets. That way, all combative software is reinforcing. Once students’ skill sets are ingrained, they will be stress inoculated with force-on-force drills using marking cartridges and protective equipment. Please check our training calendar for upcoming offerings of ECQC and other ShivWorks classes near you. Also, please review our refund policy before signing up for any class.

1st day (four hours):

• Criminal Assault Paradigm
• Unequal Initiative Events
• Managing Unknown Contacts
• Practical Unarmed Combat or In-Extremis Knife modules

2nd day (eight hours):

• Introduction to the components of the Combative Drawstroke
• Building the #2 position in live-fire
• Firing throughout the horizontal line of presentation
• Off-hand fending positions
• Default position
• Basic empty hand blows
• Theory of in-fight weapon access
• Grounded basics

3rd day (eight hours):

• Challenging the potential attacker
• Preemptive weapon access
• Multiple attackers
• Negotiating the F.U.T.
• ECQ Handgun retention in holster
• ECQ handgun retention out of holster
• Handgun recovery
• Handgun striking