About Us
A Little About Our Differences
REFUSE TO LOSE. EMPIRICAL SOLUTIONS TO UNAVOIDABLE EXTREME VIOLENCE.
As a professional fighter (75 fights on 3 continents), a Subject Matter Expert (Zero Distance Warfare), a seminar instructor, 1 on 1 Coach, Accelerated Learning Facilitator, Author, Linguist, and International Traveler and Expat, I bring a very unique operational experience to solving extreme personal violence.
A Defense Training Like No Other
Christophe Clugston (Senior Master Instructor) has an extensive set of credentials in delivering Results.
His background in Zero Distance Warfare, Counter Violence, street fighting, professional fighting and as a Subject Matter Expert to military and contractors is nearly impossible to match.
PROFESSIONAL FIGHTING
1.Obtained various kickboxing titles in North America from Super Middle Weight to Heavy Weight.
2.Former Number 1 World Rated light heavyweight Shootboxer
3.Fought professionally in Boxing, Kickboxing, Shootboxing, K-1, Muay Thai and amassed a combined pro fight record that stands at 75 fights on three continents.
4.Fought on TV with local cable and national cable in the USA, National TV in Thailand, streaming live from Netherlands, and his fights are marketed on DVDs.
MEDIA EXPOSURE
1.Appeared on TV in Canada.
2.Appeared on TV in Spain (live demonstration)
3.Interviewed in French Canada for newspapers
4.Interviewed in USA for newspapers.
5.Interviewed on the radio in Canada
6.Interviewed on the radio in the USA
7.Interviewed on TV in Thailand
8.Appeared in articles in Karate Illustrated Internationational magazine.
9.Appeared in and wrote articles in Blackbelt (the number 1 Martial Arts magazine in the world)
INSTRUCTOR VIA VIDEO AND DVD
1.Number 1 product for TRS video/DVD company with the 1995 Combat JKD package
2.Authored, wrote and starred in Combat JKD, Comhrac Bas I, Savage Street Fighting Skills, and Rosetta Stone for Threat Response Solutions company in California, USA
3.Produced, wrote, scripted, edited, and starred in What the Professionals Know, The Blue Print 1, Nexus, Deep JKD, Anti Grappling, Extreme Military Advantage, VDA, Drills One, TNT KO Power, Maximum Survival Conditioning, the Program, Raw, Spanish Advantage and Savate D’Apache produced by C-Tech LTD
ZERO DISTANCE WARFARE, COUNTER VIOLENCE INSTRUCTOR: SEMINARS, PRIVATE AND CLASS SETTINGS
1.Conducted over 1,000 seminars on 3 continents with groups ranging from 10 to 75 people at a time. Results guaranteed just ask the students.
2.Trained Special Forces, La Legion Etranger, FBI, DEA, SWAT, amateur and professional athletes, medical doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, students etc.
3.Held fixed classes in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma USA, Granada, Spain and Phnom Penh, Cambodia for dedicated students.
4.Taught professional auto rallying and anti terrorist driving to various students in USA and Europe.
5. Taught Zero Distance Warfare A 001 to Filipino Recon Marine Class 20
TRAINING BACKGROUND GRAPPLING
1.Personal student of Gene LeBell
2.Trained with Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Gold Medalist Kenny Monday.
3.Trained with Olympic alternative Chris Barnes.
4.Training partner for UFC fighters: Mikey Burnett, Dave Heath, Matt Wiman, Sean Daughtery.
5.Trained with former US Olympic Judo coach John Saylor and honorary instructor in his Shingitai Organization
6.Trained with assistant US Olympic coach Pat Burris.
7.Trained with internationally known judo coach John Ross (RIP)
8.Trained with Gokor in SAMBO
TRAINING BACKGROUND STRIKING
1.Trained with pro boxer and coach Cortez Nelson (RIP).
2.Trained by former World Rated Boxer Ronnie Warrior
3.Trained by former Netherlands Heavyweight Kickboxing champion and head trainer for Beast of the East Gym, Netherlands, Dennis Krauweel (fought out of Beast of the East for K 1 fight)
4.Trained by former kickboxing world champion head trainer of Vos Gym, Amsterdam Netherlands, Ivan “Hydro” Hippolyte. (Fought out of Vos Gym in K 1 fight)
5.Various Muay Thai Champions in Thailand.
6.Trained by World renown Paddy Carson, trainer for Khmer National Team, trainer for South African Team, promoter in South Africa and Cambodia.
7.Trained by former Savate Champion of France, Dominque Fontarosa
TRAINING BACKGROUND STICKS
1.Dan Inosanto Lacosta System and eclectic Arnis/Kali
2.Authorized instructor in Heyrosa Close Combat Eskrima. I trained personally with G.M. Uwit Jecong in Cebu, Philippines. The only non Filipino who knows the updated System.
3. Commando Stick Instructor. This uses a totally different approach to warfare with a stick. It’s been called the JKD of stick fighting.
INSTRUCTOR, FOUNDER CLUGSTON COMBAT SYSTEMS which specializes in Commando Training (Counter Violence and Zero Distance Warfare training)
1.Leading Combat JKD Instructor who brought International acclaim to the sub branch
2.Researcher of Occidental Fighting Methods from Aztecs to the Zulus.
3.Founded Comhrac Bas an evolution of Combat JKD with Occidental paradigms.
4.Pioneered the rebirth of Combat-Judo (go to combat-judo.com for more details) US Army Rangers, US Marine Raiders, US Army Alamo Scouts
5.Founded Prolieum Ars—a Combat Science for Counter Violence and Zero Distance Warfare and Combat-Judo. In total the Clugston Combat System uses parts he invented and from methods that utilize sticks, knives, battle field, self defense and sport fighting More specifically it includes Lethwei, Catch Wrestling, Zero Distance Blade Method, Eskrima, dueling from Spain, Combat JKD, Comhrac Bas, SAMBO, boxing, K 1, Marine Kali, Savate D’Apache, Simian Fighting, Judo, Sumo, etc.
6. World leader in Commando Skills for Counter Violence and Zero Distance Warfare