Whether you’re a department head implementing scalable, court-defensible training for your team or a professional looking to advance your credentials in defensive tactics, PPCT offers world-class …

The course focuses on two primary areas: Controlling low-level resistance with finger tip touch pressure to nerve pressure points and controlling high-level resistance with defensive counter strikes, which …

The course is designed to teach students how to avoid being taken to the ground and how to effectively escape if they do find themselves there. It review tactics for both open and narrow environments; …

Staff Instructor Jack Leonard provides subject control training for both law enforcement officers and military personnel. He also provides certification instruction in various civilian courses. Mr. Leonard …

The 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 …

To teach a subject control system based upon the four most common types of resistance. This unit examines research from educational psychology, motor learning science and neurobiology, and …

In order to better understand the importance of PPCT, a comparison will be made to Martial Arts. Nearly all of us at Ambitac Firearms Academy have had extensive training in Martial Arts over the course of …

This annual course meets the requirements of many security and peace officer contracts, ensuring continued compliance and skill proficiency. Participants will complete both a written and practical …

The PPCT Defensive Tactics System is the first subject control system developed through tactical, legal and medical research. Tactically, the system addresses the most common types of resistance …

PPCT Headquarters Training Schedule Jan 26–30 | TPR Use of Force Instructor Feb 23–27, 2026 |Edged Weapon/Ground Control InstructoR Mar 2–6 |TPR Use of Force Instructor Trainer