Difference between a self defence / Krav Maga instructor and a Tactical Instructor / CQB

What's the difference between a self defence / Krav Maga instructor and a Tactical Instructor / CQB?

During my work around the world I've seen this question come up a lot.

The question that should be asked is:

What makes a instructor to be qualified as a Tactical Instructor?  

Can any Krav Maga or KAPAP instructor contribute to a operational unit, combat or security teams? It is important to understand that the difference here is so fundamental that it is absurd that these two roles are mixed up.

A self defence instructor who comes from a civilian Krav Maga school, where they have come from the need and desire to defend themselves as well as those around them must assimilate an understanding that their personal security and the ability to avoid an event that endangers themselves is the main goal with the understanding that all means within the law are legitimate. 

Another aim for the self defence instructor is teaching how to identify conflict with methods in preventing escalation or if necessary to apply some sort of physical intervention that will enable safe control or evacuating themselves from the danger. 

The tactical instructor on the other hand will also focus on personal safety and self defence at first, but then we will advance into many other areas. we will also execute our program by identifying info about the team and the mission background-

What is the mission and who/what are we working against?

Who is the main "security object", and what enforcements authority we have?

Whether the mission is a routine security task or whether the task is an offensive task?

What will be our task time line?

What are the physical, and armed skills of the team?

What is the gear we aloud to have?

Where the task will take place and what are the main external factors that we need to consider?

As a tactical instructor we have to pay attention and be aware of the mission Schedule,  operational pressure and the communication within the team.. 

Minimalism and teamwork as a key points-

There are dozens of videos on the web that show individual room clearing techniques, security guards operating as a combat team without evacuating the VIP, security guards that instantly become a SWAT team and so on.... 

People should rather educate themselves how to operate quietly as a team, protect the security object as a priority, weapons control and maintaining smooth communication within their team. Anything else is just an unnecessary videos o of amateur weapon games. 

In conclusion as a self defence instructor, you need the students to focus on their personal security as well as the ability to avoid unnecessary conflicts and when possible to get safety as soon as possible, while as a tactical instructor our primary focus from the get go is the nature of the task at hand. I teach and provide simple protocols that works in environments with operational stress and clear timetables.

Teach what you qualified to do, don't put operatives at risk by sharing unbased knowledge which hasn't been field tested.

Stay safe!

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