Name     Rob Pincus
Age       31
Organization  Valhalla Training Center  / SWAT Magazine            
Years in Law Enforcement  5
Active/retired? Not Active
Years in Martial arts/Combatives 16
Email: rob@swatmag.com
 
When did you start training with Blauer Tactical Systems?
My first formal Class was in December of 2002, but I began talking with Coach Blauer, studying his research and watching videos almost a year earlier.
 
 
What prompted you to seek out the course?
After training with a High Gear Impact Reduction Suit at a SWAT School, I sought out Coach Blauer to learn more about his practical approach to combatives training.
 
How many classes have you been to?
S.P.E.A.R. Instructor, High Gear Simulation Instructor, PDR Coach, S.P.E.A.R. Applications for the Firearms Instructor & S.P.E.A.R. end user courses.
 
What is your favorite drill from the course and why?
Emotional Climate Training.  I think ECT drills bring individuals back to the reality of what training should be. It focuses everyone on realism and the lessons learned there (by both participants) affect all aspects of reality based training both in and out of S.P.E.A.R. System.
 
Has your agency adopted the system?
I have adopted many aspects of S.P.E.A.R. vernacular into my curriculum as an instructor in all aspects of Combatives.
 
Have you had a chance to use HIGH GEAR? Thoughts?
High Gear takes less-lethal training to a new level. SWAT Teams that I work with often spend 90+ percent of their time training for lethal encounters, but 99.9% of their deployments do not involve gunfire. Serving high-risk warrants and drug raids often call for non-lethal CWB tactics that, prior to the introduction of High Gear, were almost impossible to train for realistically at speed. The flexibility and protection from real injury that High Gear provides are a great combination that, when taken advantage of, allows anyone to become better acclimated to real combat conditions than ever before.
 
How has the counter ambush research from the SPEAR course affected your training and confidence?
I always knew that wax-on/wax-off didn't work now I know why. Blauer Tactical Confrontation Management Systems has provided me with an arsenal of research and examples with which to empower people to overcome false confidence in 'control systems' or the fear of knowing that what they've been taught won't or doesn't work on the street.
 
Furthermore, as a Firearms Instructor, I can apply BTCMS research to explain why 'front sight, squeeze' works on the range, but we might need to think out of the box for Extreme CQB situations where lethal force options are called for.