8 Hour Gracie Survival Tactics- Control, De-Escalation, and Arrest of a Combative Subject
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Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location:
Greenville Elementary School
Instructor: Detective Sgt. Aaron Nyman with Fairview Heights PD and Sgt. Paul Anderson with Belleville PDGreenville Elementary School
800 North Dewey Street
Greenville, IL 62246
Greenville, IL 62246
Class Limit: 20
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*Students can wear mat shoes or train barefoot.
5.11 style pants or athletic clothing is allowed. Please have fingernails/toenails neatly trimmed.*
This session will teach techniques and principles of Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) Levels 1 and 2. The user will be taught a concise set of defensive tactic skills designed exclusively to neutralize the most common threat scenarios facing Law Enforcement professionals. The GST program will focus on De-Escalation culture, sound decision making, mission specific tactics, and community trust building all through the safer practicing protocols that reduces injuries on both sides to effectively control and arrest a combative subject.
At the end of this unit the trainee will be able to:
5.11 style pants or athletic clothing is allowed. Please have fingernails/toenails neatly trimmed.*
This session will teach techniques and principles of Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) Levels 1 and 2. The user will be taught a concise set of defensive tactic skills designed exclusively to neutralize the most common threat scenarios facing Law Enforcement professionals. The GST program will focus on De-Escalation culture, sound decision making, mission specific tactics, and community trust building all through the safer practicing protocols that reduces injuries on both sides to effectively control and arrest a combative subject.
At the end of this unit the trainee will be able to:
- List and demonstrate the 5 Pillars of GST.
- Demonstrate proper level of force per department policy and Federal Use of Force guidelines based on rulings by the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Demonstrate techniques to effectively de-escalate and control a combative subject while standing on the ground.
- Neutralize or disengage from bigger or more skilled combative subjects.
- Demonstrate application and implementation of reasonable force, given a scenario.
- Recognize optimal times to advance into an arrest with a combative subject.
