
Weapons Handling
Whether you looking for a coordinator, player, or trainer for your weapons action,,, Colin can bring his experience and skills to your production.
Colin has been a “use of force” instructor for over 20 years and has wide ranging tactical experience as an instructor. Over that time he has concentrated his efforts in combining lethal with non lethal force options to provide law enforcement officers with the tools that they need in their service to the community.
Colin is widely accepted within the law enforcement community because of his training, devotion and hardcore mindset. He is truly a “jack of all trades” and contributes to Ambitac Firearms Academy in everything from course development and instructing, to range design and course sales.
Colin has developed and taught personal safety curriculum to hundreds of civilians, law enforcement personnel, and military. He has been training law enforcement and holds instructor certificates in defensive tactics systems including, PPCT (Pressure Point Control Tactics), Physical Conflict Resolution, Control/Defense Tactics.
Weapons ~ Ambitac Firearms Academy

Effective Coaching Techniques
- Handgun Fundamentals
- Firearms Manipulation Skills
- Firearms Safety
- Communication Skills
- Evaluation of Range Equipment Range Training Aids
- Range Training Aids Cleaning equipment
- Cleaning equipment
Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.”
~Hermann Goering
Ambitac stands for Ambidextrous Tactical Training.
This training does not require left or right handed weapons, nor special gadgets attached to them. This curriculum was developed from the ground up using principles of Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physiology, Neurology, Psychology, Anatomy, Biomechanics, Statistics, Probability, Ballistics, among other fields of study, in a fusion with sound Tactics and Strategy that can only be earned from years of incredibly dangerous assignments. Using this method of curriculum development is not unique; Great Olympic Coaches do this everyday of the year! Just like these Olympic Coaches, our curriculum is continuously evolving and being refined; this is because, as Instructors we have a Student Mindset. We do not pretend to know everything and are continuously looking for ways to improve our curriculum, including studying our own students knowledge and experience. The only difference between Olympic Coaches and us is we are not preparing for Games.
Weapons ~ Law Enforement ~ PPCT

Pressure Point Control Tactics
- Joint manipulation techniques
- Survival Learning Research
- PPCT Control Principles
- Tactical Handcuffing
- Pressure Point Control Tactics
- Wristlocks & Joint Locks
- Defensive Counterstrikes
- PPCT Impact Weapon System
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout “Bang!”
~George Will
Pressure Point Control Tactics
PPCT Pressure Point Control Tactics course was the first subject control system designed based on tactical, legal and medical research. It was originally developed as a supplement to existing defensive tactics or impact weapon systems.
PPCT Control Principles
Basic training principles that form the foundation on which all PPCT training systems are based. Topics include components of acceptability, the PPCT Resistance/Control Continuum, common types of resistance, principles of controlling resistive behavior, survival reaction time, the reactionary gap, and tactical positioning.
Pressure Point Control Tactics
How to effectively and justifiably utilize pressure point control tactics for subject control. Topics include methods of application, nerve pressure point and nerve motor point locations, and use of force considerations.
Defensive Counterstrikes
Skill and knowledge required to not only determines when it is appropriate to strike a subject, but to deliver the strike effectively as well. Topics include the tactical methodology of PPCT counterstrikes, the Fluid Shockwave Principle of striking, defensive stances and blocks, and counterstrikes with the hands and legs.
PPCT has a long standing reputation worldwide for what it has brought to self defense and officer survival. PPCT is backed by extensive research and was developed specifically to what a Defense Tactics program is all about. Because of this, it is a corner stone to any Defense Tactics program and an agency with Certified PPCT Instructors within its ranks is investing in reduced injuries to officers and citizens alike.
Weapons ~ Actors action trainer

Training Of:
- Theory, Agility & Tumbling
- Trampoline & Mini Tramp
- High Falls & High Diving
- Rope Work
- Firearms
- Stage Combat & Theatrical Fighting
- Wirework & ratchets
- Swords & Weapons
- Action Scenes
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.” ~Albert Einstein
Getting the best performance possible
Whether it’s training your actor to display realistic gun handling on screen, coordinating safety & action, or standing in as a player,,, Colin can bring a lot of experience and enthusiasm with him to any project. Colin alongside HSA ~ (Hawaii Stunt Association), have the experienced personnel to train your lead actors to safely perform as much of their own action as possible, which is always a plus for the actor and director, as well as the experienced doubles to handle the high risk stunts. He has trained and performed with some of the top names in the business and can give you maximum dollar return on the screen for your action needs and keep your cast safe.
Choose The Right Weapon For Your Production
Colin is a trained professional with firearms training & safety, combat carbine, close quarters gun fighting, and sudden violence resolutions as well as edged weapons tactics.
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