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Old 05-02-2005, 15:48   #11
Cincinnatus
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Vermont
Posts: 342
Soalt's background is in psychology and ingraining mindset was a primary focus of the classes. I know that they did role playing and adrenal stress training using a guy in a "BulletMan" suit. The suit is armored well beyond what FIST, RedMan, and whatever Blauer calls his suits are. In a BulletMan suit one can take full power shots, even ax hands and chin jabs, with relative impunity.

My training buddy has done a lot of work w/ Soalt and appears in her videos, both in the armored suit and as the REALLY ugly woman in the bathroom scenes. He told me that when she first explained her curriculum to him his reaction was "BS! You can't teach someone to fight effectively in only twenty five hours." He was won over almost immediately as he got to serve in the suit for one classes graduation exercise. He then went on to work with her for a number of years and became, despite beaucoup TMA experience, a believer in combatives.

Soalt has a website, IIRC, www.Dr-Ruthless.com you can check out her methods there. I have her videos and recommend them highly, after Cestari's and McCann's they're the best I've seen. Disclaimer - my MA experience is pretty limited so take all this with how ever much salt you feel appropriate. This stuff works for me and I probably get a little evangelistic in my opinions at times.

My buddy has done a fair amount of work w/ the WVA state cops, and a couple of SF folks, not sure which group, and the armored assailant training has been well received. If there's interest in the suit and what he's doing, I'll get more details and post pics of the suit in use in the here if it meets w/ Sneaky's approval.

If, after looking at Soalt's website, you have add'l questions, let me know and I'll try to get them answered the next time I see her. HTH

I just noticed that you're in Sweden, Martin. Do you know Mika? He's a combatives instuctor in Stockholm, IIRC. A real Viking warrior, too.

Edited to correct redundancy and to add the last paragraph above.

Last edited by Cincinnatus; 05-02-2005 at 16:11.
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