As law enforcement officers, we are often introduced to the latest methods of so-called “defensive” tactics. What is instructed in many law enforcement academies may look effective in a sterilized training environment, and may even work when done with a cooperative training partner. However, real world encounters reveal, sometimes tragically, the serious shortcomings of these methods. This ineffective training is most often conducted by instructors who have little or no real world experience and teach skills that are only socially and politically palatable, but not combat worthy or reliable. In addition, the methods taught at our academies are derived from sporting/competitive or classical techniques, not from real world combat.