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QKShooter · December 29th, 2006, 10:29 PM

Just so members know who/what you're talking about.
I honestly cannot add much except for the fact that I've heard the name.

COMBATIVES
Jim Grover (AKA Kelly McCann)

In the days following the September 11 attacks on New York City, television viewers grew involuntarily dependent on CNN for news, warnings, and alerts of possible subsequent acts of terrorism. It was around this time that we inevitably became aware of the government’s reliance on one H. Kelly McCann for insight into what might transpire next.

McCann regularly appeared on various news programs to update the anchors on what US military actions were taking place, as well as what desperate responses could be expected from the Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. Strangely, to some of us familiar with counter-terrorism and executive security, McCann’s physical appearance suspiciously resembled that of Jim Grover, another well-known security specialist whose sober, no-nonsense advice and tactics could be found in lucid books and videos available from Paladin Press.It took only a day for us to confirm that H. Kelly McCann was Jim Grover; or rather, that “Jim Grover” is a pseudonym for H. Kelly McCann.

According to Paladin, “Jim Grover [read: Kelly McCann] is a real-world operator who knows what works and what doesn’t from violent personal experience.” They further inform us that, “his professional credentials in crime avoidance and self-defense are as good as it gets: on-site security specialist in the world's hottest of hot spots, firearms and combatives instructor to ultrahigh-speed military and police units, and hands-on security trainer to international corporations, among other sensitive assignments.”

Of course, you would say, it is the publisher’s duty to hype its authors with exaggerated claims. But, I would respond, I have found no exaggeration in any of Grover’s materials. A good case in point is the three-tape set of Combatives videos that I had the opportunity to evaluate last summer.

Within the informal setting of his training facility Grover, dressed in jeans and a cut-off sweatshirt, presents step-by-step instruction in an easily learned, exceptionally brutal, and devastatingly effective system of hand-to-hand combat. Grover has culled the most fool-proof components of military combatives, finessed them, and formulated them into a hard-core street fighting method.Because this method has been dummy-proofed for untrained viewer, trained martial artists will find it extremely easy to adopt and incorporate Grover’s techniques into their own defensive systems.

Why, you ask, would you need this method if you’re already trained in a defensive system? Because Grover’s method is made up of vicious responses against attackers who may also have martial arts training. There are not only techniques against punchers and kickers, but also strategies and tactics to use against club attacks, knife attacks, gun threats, and even the currently trendy ground fighters.(Watch out, Gracies!Grover’s techniques are meant for the street, not just the Octagon.)What’s that you say? Ripping out eyes in the manner Grover demonstrates in not allowed in the ring? Well, as Grover himself would reply, “The only dirty fight is the one you lose.”

Reviewed by James Loriega

The three-tape Combatives set may be ordered from
Paladin Press
Gunbarrel Tech Center
7077 Winchester Circle
Boulder, CO80801-3505.

December 29th, 2006, 10:29 PM	#2
QKShooter Assistant Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off Of The X Posts: 20,483	Paladin Press has them for $224.00 Just so members know who/what you're talking about. I honestly cannot add much except for the fact that I've heard the name. COMBATIVES Jim Grover (AKA Kelly McCann) In the days following the September 11 attacks on New York City, television viewers grew involuntarily dependent on CNN for news, warnings, and alerts of possible subsequent acts of terrorism. It was around this time that we inevitably became aware of the government’s reliance on one H. Kelly McCann for insight into what might transpire next. McCann regularly appeared on various news programs to update the anchors on what US military actions were taking place, as well as what desperate responses could be expected from the Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. Strangely, to some of us familiar with counter-terrorism and executive security, McCann’s physical appearance suspiciously resembled that of Jim Grover, another well-known security specialist whose sober, no-nonsense advice and tactics could be found in lucid books and videos available from Paladin Press.It took only a day for us to confirm that H. Kelly McCann was Jim Grover; or rather, that “Jim Grover” is a pseudonym for H. Kelly McCann. According to Paladin, “Jim Grover [read: Kelly McCann] is a real-world operator who knows what works and what doesn’t from violent personal experience.” They further inform us that, “his professional credentials in crime avoidance and self-defense are as good as it gets: on-site security specialist in the world's hottest of hot spots, firearms and combatives instructor to ultrahigh-speed military and police units, and hands-on security trainer to international corporations, among other sensitive assignments.” Of course, you would say, it is the publisher’s duty to hype its authors with exaggerated claims. But, I would respond, I have found no exaggeration in any of Grover’s materials. A good case in point is the three-tape set of Combatives videos that I had the opportunity to evaluate last summer. Within the informal setting of his training facility Grover, dressed in jeans and a cut-off sweatshirt, presents step-by-step instruction in an easily learned, exceptionally brutal, and devastatingly effective system of hand-to-hand combat. Grover has culled the most fool-proof components of military combatives, finessed them, and formulated them into a hard-core street fighting method.Because this method has been dummy-proofed for untrained viewer, trained martial artists will find it extremely easy to adopt and incorporate Grover’s techniques into their own defensive systems. Why, you ask, would you need this method if you’re already trained in a defensive system? Because Grover’s method is made up of vicious responses against attackers who may also have martial arts training. There are not only techniques against punchers and kickers, but also strategies and tactics to use against club attacks, knife attacks, gun threats, and even the currently trendy ground fighters.(Watch out, Gracies!Grover’s techniques are meant for the street, not just the Octagon.)What’s that you say? Ripping out eyes in the manner Grover demonstrates in not allowed in the ring? Well, as Grover himself would reply, “The only dirty fight is the one you lose.” Reviewed by James Loriega The three-tape Combatives set may be ordered from Paladin Press Gunbarrel Tech Center 7077 Winchester Circle Boulder, CO80801-3505.