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Fee Range: $5,001 to $10,000 (fee note) |
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 Biography: Master Close Combat Trainer And Creator Of The Target-Focus® Training Program Researching and perfecting effective fighting methods is a life long passion for Mr. Larkin. Through repeated exposure to combat sports and martial arts from a very young age, he became highly proficient at both during his youth. Following his graduation from college, Mr. Larkin was injured in a diving accident while undergoing US Navy SEAL Training, and was reassigned as Special Warfare Intelligence Officer for Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, namely the Admiral in charge of all SEAL Teams. Because of his extensive martial arts and combat sports background, the Admiral assigned Mr. Larkin to a special group of senior SEAL operators for the daunting task of researching and developing a more effective form of hand-to-hand combat training than was then currently employed by these elite special operations warriors. After an exhaustive review, every single martial art or fighting system had been rejected. Some because they required excessive training time; others couldn't handle modern weapons; and many were simply ineffective in combat. Using his influence Mr. Larkin was instrumental in getting more effective training implemented into SEAL and Special Operations military use by helping to modify principles and update methods for modern unconventional warfare operation. By 1991, Mr. Larkin had helped rewrite the way the US Special Operations Community learned hand-to-hand combat and laid the groundwork for what became the Combat Fighting Course. Uniquely proficient at teaching these concepts to both SEAL operatives and "ordinary" civilians, Mr. Larkin now uses his Target-Focus® Training, a program based on his more than 20 years of research and experience, to provide a broad range of non-military clients with highly effective combat-based training for their 'everyday' protection. He also frequently weaves sport-specific conditioning programs throughout his training (he has the coveted Master of Fitness Sciences (MFS) certification from International Sports Sciences Association). In addition, he provides hand-to-weapon instruction for the most elite members of various military, law enforcement, and corporate special operations/security teams. While he has a long list of CEOs and VIPs, as well as celebrities who demand confidentiality, following is a partial list of some of the organizations, units, and corporations who have utilized his TFT® training: US Navy SEAL Teams, SEAL Team Six,US Army Special Forces, FBI Hostage Rescue Team, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Energy, US Marshals Texas, Tactical Police Officers Association, Huntington Beach SWAT, Illinois State Police, Las Vegas Marshals, Ford Motor Co., Mobil Oil, Norwest Bank, Circus Circus, Sony and Oracle. As a Master Combat instructor to both military operatives and civilians, Mr. Larkin is constantly in demand by the media because of his dynamic interviews and unique ability to clearly explain his subject to all audiences. |
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Programs: Target-Focus® Training Created by Tim Larkin, a master close-combat trainer who has spent over 20 years instructing clients in all aspects of life-or-death confrontations, Target-Focus® Training is founded on an easily-learned set of principles that let you handle any violent threat -- unlike the technique-based programs used by martial arts, self-defense and combat-fighting schools. Key concepts which make this system truly unique include: Its underlying foundation in scientific principles rather than endless memorization and practicing of physical techniques (There isn't sufficient time during your entire life to possibly train enough different techniques... AND TO THEN INSTANTANEOUSLY RECALL THEM... in that one, uniquely specific life-or-death situation you may someday find yourself in). Its focus on the striking of "targets" and the resultant elimination of all fear and defensive thinking ("Self-defense" is a term Mr. Larkin never uses). Its universal application to anyone... regardless of age, athletic ability or physical conditioning (Do not make the foolish mistake of thinking this means "if an elderly grandmother can use it, it can't possibly be powerful enough for me"). |
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