Impact Weapons Instructor Manual

The complete instructor reference for baton and impact weapon training - covering every common law enforcement impact weapon platform under one cover, structured for the way certified instructors actually run a class.

Inside:

• The Mid-Range Straight Baton - draws, ready positions, swinging mechanics, and the full strike inventory: jab, yawara, elbow, power chop, crescent, roll-over, and spear strikes; combinations, retentions, blocks, and kata
• The Side-Handle Baton (PR-24) - ready positions, strikes, retentions, blocks, and kata
• The Expandable Baton (ASP) - deployment, strikes, retentions, and blocks
• The Short Baton (Billy) and the Long Baton - platform-specific strikes, retentions, blocks, and kata
• The Yawara Stick (Kubaton) - ready position and kata
• Personal body weapons and blocks with personal weapons
• The Corded Double Baton (Orcutt Police Nunchaku / OPN)
• Target areas, four strike zones, and footwork - the foundation that ties every weapon platform together
• Officer-safety topics - drug-induced psychosis / excited delirium and positional asphyxia
• Types of impact weapon markings - linear contusions, centralized hemorrhaging, edge healing patterns, and what they reveal for documentation, photography, and report-writing
• Glossary of impact-weapon and use-of-force terminology

Also included: the legal framework (Graham v. Connor; California Penal Code § 835a / AB 392; Penal Code § 22210 classifying impact weapons as deadly weapons); chapters on liability, use-of-force reporting, medical attention, and photographing injuries; the Crawl-Walk-Run teaching model; and a seven-tier drill progression from technique introduction through stress inoculation and evaluation.

Originally authored by Don S. Cameron and David A. Rose; carried forward by Dr. Timothy L. Sowards. A companion instructor video is available for electronic download at sowardsconsulting.com.

For certified instructors only. This manual does not confer certification.