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JKD GARY DILL The Old WAY
Monthly Column from a true legend in the art. Professor Gary Dill talks about the old ways
SDS HOMELAND COMBATIVES (HC) was initially developed for our military troops. Then it was adopted by a Homeland Security Training and certification organization as their official CQC training program and now this exclusive CQC program is available to the public. Since 9/11, I have been actively teaching anti-terrorist training based on my previous experience.
Homeland Combatives is a program of strictly pure combat training, no sport, no fancy techniques or high kicks. It is a combination of old-school hand-to-hand combat, Jeet Kune Do techniques and concepts, and my personal experience.
I served in the military (Vietnam veteran) for several years, as special agent with NCIS, in US Navy Intelligence and had 10 years in law enforcement (working homicides, narcotics, and organized crime) on a federal and state level.
I have never been a dojo ballerina, I have experienced real combat more than once. I have stared into the eyes of people whose only objective at that moment in time....was to destroy me.
To me, the martial arts have always been a vehicle for survival, not recreation. This is not a politically correct training program, there are technique that will result in serious injury or "termination" of the enemy. Like I said, this program was formulated for the battlefield, not for some tournament ring.
Because they knew of my anti-terrorist training program, and east coast "security company" approached me to develop a close quarters combat training program for the 3rd Special Forces Group out of Ft. Bragg, which was dropping the "Army Combatives" and wanted their own program that would fit their special operations needs and missions.
My program was developed to follow the guidelines that were stipulated in their contract bid for a new combat system They wanted it to focus on stand-up fighting, using hands feet, and weapons; techniques that were simple and quick to learn, but extremely effective... thus HC was born.
I was contracted by this same "security group" to teach this program to the new special operations units of the US Air Force headquartered out of McGuire AFB
They like it so much that we had several return sessions. I have had individual members of the Army Special Forces (18 Delta), as well as individual Navy Seals, come to me for specialized CQC training in this program.
When I was putting on a demonstration of this military CQC, it was observed by the head of a Homeland Security organization (CHS), which trained and certified personnel in the military, especially personnel who were connected to Homeland Security. He said that he and his staff had searched for 2 years to find a suitable CQC program to have in their training curriculum.
Two weeks later, he contracted me to head up their new CQC program and to personally teach their "clients," as well as develop other instructors for expansion of the program.
My program was now called HOMELAND COMBATIVES.
About the Author:
Professor Gary Dill is one of the original JKD students (1971-72) of James and Bruce Lee’s Oakland school. He has been active in JKD for 53 years and taught thousands of students. He was appointed in 1986 to the JKD Society Board of Directors along with Linda Lee, Dan Inosanto, Taky Kimura, Richard Bustillo, and other original students.
Dill is the founder and chief instructor of the Jeet Kune Do Association which is the longest standing JKD organization in the world (1991-present.) He spent ten years in the military and served in Vietnam. He also worked another ten years as a federal and state criminal investigator working mainly narcotics, homicides, and organized crime
Professor Dill is a full-time martial arts/JKD instructor and teaches seminars across the US and Internationally as well as giving private classes He can be contacted at email: pdilljkd@aol.com.
Website: www.jkd-garydill.com
