Mr. Vargas is the chief instructor of the Defensive Arts Training Association, a Chicago based school offering instruction in civilian and law enforcement defensive tactics and close quarter combatives. Mr. Vargas is also the director of operations for the international combatives self defense association, which is an international network of personal protection instructors.
Mr. Vargas has a diverse training background in the fields of defensive tactics, combatives,
self defense, and historical martial arts.
Mr. Vargas has taught defensive tactics
to civilians and law enforcement personnel from around the world, and has presented at several international law enforcement and combatives conferences to teach his brand of close quarter defense tactics.
Mr. F. D. Vargas
Mr. Vargas is a certified instructor of several close quarter combat and defensive tactics systems. Mr. Vargas Also holds instructor certification in several combat martial arts systems, including Apache knife fighting, silat & kuntao. Mr. Vargas has also had extensive training in related areas such as public safety, violence prevention, investigations, home security and criminal justice.
COMBAT ENTRIES:
This course will cover a variety of options used to bridge the gap between the boxing range and the Close Quarter Range. Learn how to use these tools to address linear and circular attacks. Also, learn how to integrate the lower body trapping as well. Learn each entry and a series of practical follow up techniques which can be easily incorporated into any martial arts program.
S.A.B.E.R. METHOD:
The full title of this course is, S.A.B.E.R. — Strategic Anti-Blade Engagement Response Method. The goal of this course is to train students in edged weapon defense tactics. Participants will learn to the necessary skills to survive a violent edged weapon assault. Presented in the course are the physical and conceptual skills required for realistic edge weapon defense. Complete instruction includes footwork, methods and angles of attacks, and the simple universal defensive techniques. The material is based in gross motor skills, which can be relied upon under high stress conflict situations.
