AMOK! Knife Defense, Knife Fighting and Combat Training

Tom Sotis will be in Keene, NH on

7/18/2010

11/28/2010

Tom Sotis. AMOK! Director of Training

Paul Bowman. AMOK! Trainer

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AMOK! Training Group in Keene, NH

Tom Sotis

AMOK! Director of Training

In 1992, Tom Sotis established the International Blade Fighters Guild and founded AMOK!, with knife work becoming his sole occupation since. Fifteen years and twenty-plus countries later, Sotis' reputation as one of the top combat instructors in the world was hard-earned, and he continues training people in some of the world's most dangerous places. Sotis' seminars and camps attract students and instructors of all levels from shooters, fighters, martial arts, and from other weapons systems. Tom enjoys a lifestyle of adventure,  travel, spreading knife culture, and making new friends.

Trainer Qualifications
Seven Realms Workout
Accessing Module
Dueling Module
Kill-Zone Module
Struggling Module
Disarming Module
Trapping Module
Empty Hands Module

Empty Hands Instructor

Empty Hands Knife Defense

Managing Chaotic Knife Attacks 1 & 2*

Hold ups and Struggles

Edged Weapons Takedowns and Finishes

Disarming Forward Grip

Disarming Reverse Grip

Advanced Disarming Tactics*

Use of Edged Weapons Instructor

Tactical Edged Weapons Combat

Accessing While Under Attack

Drawing, Deployment, Handling, and Transitioning

Edged Weapons Combat 1 & 2

Managing the Kill Zone 1 & 2*

Disarming Using an Edged Weapon

Standing Struggles

Ground Struggles

Edged Weapons Trapping

Tactical Footwork

Reverse Grip Knife fighting

Edged Weapons Takedowns and Finishes

Other Course Instructor

The Bowie Knife in Combat

Machete Blade in Combat

Karambit Knife in Combat

Live Blade Training*

Impact Weapons for Personal Protection

Impact Weapons vs Impact Weapons Impact and Knife in Tandem

Flexible Weapons

Improvised Instruments

The Edged Weapon Solution

The Layman's Guide to Combat Training

TRAINER OF PERSONNEL OR TEAMS FOR

• United States Secret Service
• United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
• United States Drug Enforcement Administration
• United States Anti-Terrorism Task Force
• United States Marshals Service
• United States Special Forces
• United States Internal Revenue Service / Criminal Investigation Division
• New England Organized Crime / Drug Enforcement Task Force
• Russian Spetsnaz (Special Forces and Red Berets)
• Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Russian CID Homicide and Major Crimes
• Russian Karat Executive Protection Academy
• South African Special Forces
• South African Police Service
• South African Executive Protection Services
• Mexican Prison Guards and Riot Control
• Spanish Municipal Police
• New Zealand Prison Guards
• Various US State Police / SWAT / Sheriffs and Defensive Tactics Instructors
• Boston Massachusetts Municipal Police Academy
• Correctional Institutes & Special Response Teams

OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Close Protection - Mr. Lucien Forbes , CEO Forbes Group (1993 to present)
• Close Protection - Mr. Andrew Mitrelis, COE SPA Co, Inc. (1983 to present)
• Owner / Investigator - Metro Investigations, Providence, RI 1985-1992
• Close Protection / Investigator - Central Investigation Agency, Providence, RI 1983
• Close Protection / Investigator - Precision Investigations, Los Angeles, CA 1981
• Field Supervisor providing retail security for 175 stores - Los Angeles, CA 1981

TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

• Australia, Bashkortostan, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and 30 of the United States.

CROSS-TRAINING

• Firearms: shotgun, rifle (AR, AK, R-5), and pistol (.45, .9mm)
• Security: locksmith, safe, safe deposit & vault technician
• Imaging: still, digital, video and video editing
• Aquatic: boating, sailing, canoe, raft, swimming
• Sub-Aquatic: free-diving, underwater hunting, nitrox and rescue diver
• Parapsychology: Medical/Psychological profiling and remote viewing

NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Recipient of the Order of Sikatuna Award presented by Philippine Presidential Command
• Appointed Special Advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bashkortostan, Russia
• Honorary Member of the Elite Russian Spetsnaz Red Berets
• Chief Instructor for Russian CID - Homicide and Major Crimes
• Instructor at Karat - Russian state-sponsored Executive Protection Training Academy
• The only American ever adopted by the native Filipino Dogeaters Knifers Tribe
• Instructor/Guide of Firewalking (walking barefoot over red-hot coals)
• World Kickboxing Champion 1980 - World Professional Karate Organization

DOCUMENTED MARTIAL ACHIEMENTS

• Professor of Qol Demama Daga (Filipino knife system) 2001
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Action Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2001
• Mandala (Master Instructor) of Knife fighting - Philippine Grand Magesterium Award 2000
• Master Instructor of the Year - United International Kung-fu Hall of Fame 2000
• Fifth Degree Black Belt (Master) in Kenpo-Kobudo Karate 1999
• Professor of Pekiti-Tirsia Daga (Filipino knife system) 1996
• Professor of Dagaso-Tirsia Daga (Filipino knife system) 1996
• Mata-as na Guro (Master) of Kali - Bacolod Negros Arnis-Kali Escrima Federation 1996
• Guru (Instructor) of Pekiti-Trankadas-Echikete (Stick & Aldabon knife system) 1996
• Kali training with Filipino WW2 veterans - Mambukal Mountain, Negros, Philippines 1996
• Guru (Instructor) of Kali-Silat (Filipino-Indonesian Martial Art) 1994
• Founded the International Blade Fighters Guild and AMOK! Combatives 1992

NON-DOCUMENTED MARTIAL TRAINING

• Sifu (Instructor) of Kuntao (Southern Chinese Kung-fu) 1985
• Pekiti-Tirsia Kali - Filipino Weaponry
• Pangamut - Filipino Empty Hands
• Dumog - Filipino combat wrestling
• Silat Melayu / Sibat - Malaysian staff
• Balisong - Filipino folding knife
• Lameco Escrima Orehenal - Filipino weapons system
• Lee Wah Yook Chi Kune - Chinese Kung fu
• Tae Kwon Do - Korean martial art
• Wing Chun - Chinese Kung-fu
• Harimau - Indonesian Martial Art
• Cimande - Indonesian Martial Art
• Argentinean Facas - Argentinean knife and weapons
• Modern Arnis Dumog - Filipino weapons system
• Pukulan Cimande Pusaka - Indonesian Martial Art
• Tai Chi Chuan, Tai He Morn - Chinese Internal Art
• Judo (mixed with traditional Kuntao)
• Parker Kenpo - American karate
• Ja Shin Do - Korean Martial Art
• Russian Systema - Russian Combat Method

COURSE MENU OPTIONS

EMPTY HANDS KNIFE DEFENSE COURSE MENU OPTIONS

EMPTY HANDS KNIFE DEFENSE (EHKD)

MANAGING CHAOTIC KNIFE ATTACKS (MCKA)

MANAGING GRAB 'N STAB ATTACKS (MGSA)

HOLD-UPS AND STRUGGLES (HU/S)

DISARMING FORWARD GRIP (DFG)

DISARMING REVERSE GRIP (DRG)

ADVANCED DISARMING TACTICS (ADT)

TAKEDOWN, CONTROL AND RECOVERY (TCR)

USE OF WEAPONS COURSE MENU OPTIONS

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EDGED WEAPONS COMBAT (MDEWC)

ACCESSING WHILE UNDER ATTACK (AWUA)

EDGED WEAPON COMBAT (EWC-1, 2)

MANAGING THE KILL-ZONE (MKZ-1, 2, 3)

EDGED WEAPONS TRAPPING (EWT)

GRAB N STAB ATTACKS (GSA)

CLINCHING AND STRUGGLES WITH KNIVES (CSK)

DISARMING USING KNIVES (DUK)

EDGED WEAPONS TAKEDOWNS (EWT)

USING TACTICAL FOOTWORK (UTF)

REVERSE GRIP KNIFE FIGHTING (RGK)

KNIFE ON THE GROUND (KOG)

THE MACHETE IN COMBAT (MIC)

LIVE BLADE TRAINING (LBT)

BATON / STICK COMBAT (BSC)

CHAOTIC PISTOL COMBAT (CPC)

PISTOL & KNIFE IN TANDEM (PKT)

FLEXIBLE WEAPONS IN COMBAT (FWC)

IMPROVISED ITEMS AND INSTRUMENTS (III)

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