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[Hock]

How do I become an instructor?

Various rankings in each or all the courses can be achieved in seminars and classes. Train with us and master these levels.

Instructorships are available in each course, or in the CQC Group.

Instructorships involve classroom training, hands-on practice and both written and physical testing in a designated camp or course.

The teaching levels are:
  > Class Organizer authorized to develop your skills with partners for advancement
  > Basic Instructor upon completing Level 3
  > Advanced Instructor upon completing Level 6
  > Expert Instructor upon completing Level 9
  > Master Instructor upon completing Level 10
    (master in militray terms, like "Range Master," or "Master Sgt." not martial arts master)

Much of the early testing is done at seminars as I will teach that level's material and watch a candidate perform it in amongst other students.

My typical seminars are about 14 or 15 hours over a weekend. I only plan on teaching certain themes for about 6 to 8 of these hours. The other hours I select material needed by the attendees.

Some camps are geared specifically for rank advancement. Those are the best to go to.

Hock

[Hock]

Also, of course, your regional instructor, or your favorite non-regional instructor can promote you too, in his or her regular classes, semi-privates or privates.

Hock

[Hock]

Q: Must Instructors Teach Only Congress Material?

A: NO! You are free to do as you wish. Some SFC instructors...

    - Exclusively teach Congress material.

    - Run Congress courses in their school or other schools.

    - Mix Congress material into their existing program.

    - Lease time in schools, gyms, rec. centers, etc..

   - Use their backyards and garages to teach.

   - Travel on their own seminar circuit.

   - Are also instructors of other very famous courses! And teach those too.

   - Are military and police instructors and teach those services too.


I don't care! It is important to improvise and grow. These programs are about you not me. Your growth, success and education.

                                                                                            Hock

[Hock]

Is there expensive, instructor re-certification?

No. Its free when you attend another annual seminar.

I do need to see ranking practitioners and instructors about once a year because a common seminar will have a new theme or new materials. We never stop processing material.

So, about once a year you need to swing by and see me. No doubt I will travel more than my share to get within striking distance of you.



I get the common question all the time...

                                "when are you coming to Hampton?"  

Then some questions that are literally like this one...

          "When will you parachute into my backyard...near the porch...to have
           a seminar?"

          "and if you do jump in? Is there a discount?"

I simply cannot go everywhere, land in everyone's neighborhood or backyard. Sometimes Johnny has to act a big boy and travel a little. You are simply going to have to travel. No doubt I will travel way, way more than my fair share to get within reasonable striking distance of you.


Hock

[Hock]

This thread is a good place to post this late November entry. For a matter of quality control, starting 1 January 2008 :

Each rank holder must own the training DVD equiilent to their rank.
Example-a Knife level 3 person must have:

   Knife DVDs levels 1, 2, 3
        or
   Training Missions DVDs 1, 2, 3
        or
   Training Mission Books 1, 2, 3


This will hold true for all SFC rank holders and Instuctors. These materials are your reference materials, your resource library.

Almost all you out there in these positions have the proper materials, but in some cases latelly I have learned I need to have this police mandated as doctine. This is for quality control.

Thanks,
Hock

[michael]

Hock,

Along the same line, if I wanted to become an instructor in UC, knife and SDMS, do I have to pay for rank in each of these and instructor rank in each, or how does that work? For example, for the Basic instructor ship in UC, knife and SDMS, would the cost be rank levels 1,2,3 for each + instructor cost for each? Thanks!

[Hock]

There is no monthly or annual tithing. No membership fees.

Most people pick one course, maybe two and chip away at them through time. So yes, each course is treated seperately and paid seperately.

UC Level 1 $50.
Knife Level 1 $50
Stick 1 Level $50            ><   Each rank per course is $50 usds
Gun 1 Level $50

...and so on.
Each instructorship is dfferent too. Very few people do them all.

Each instructor shup, per course is $100 per instructorship

This takes time anyway, sometimes years and not as bad as it migth sound. (THink about what others are charging!)

The CQC Group rank and instructorships (hand, stick, knife gun accumulated) are free.  They are awarded when someone gets all four of the individual instructors, and are awarded at CQC Group Camps only.

If someone is a Close Quarter Combat Group level 1, that means that have earned level 1 in the four individual courses, AND have attended a Close Quarter Combat Camp where I have taught those levels and watched them do it all again. It is like a "black belt" test just for Level 1. We will have have our first ever, Level 10 CQC Group person made in the next few months.

There is no monthly or annual tithing. No membership fees.

Hock

[jmech]

Hock,

I cant remember, but can your higher level instructors certify a student as an instructor or is the instructor cert something they can only get from you directly?

Joe

[Hock]

In the hand course, stick course, knife course, gun course, PAC course...An instructor can make one rank level under them.

Basic instructor can only promote their students to levels 1 and 2, No instructorships
Advanced instructor can only make a basic instructor and up to level 5
Expert instructor can make basic and advanced and up to level 8

A level 10, a so-called "master" (as in range master not martial arts masters) makes up to 9
Each level above makes a level under them.

In a way, work in the individual courses help build the time and grade for the CQC Group.

As far as the CQC Group...
Only I can make a Hand, Stick, Knife, Gun Close Quarter Combat Group rank or instructors, as each individual CQC Group level is like its own "black belt test." This is real slow going and only a few folks, maybe less than 95 hold, CQC Group rank, yet I teach over 1,000 people a year, sometimes more.

An instructor earns the right to purchase ran certificates at a discounted, "wholesale" rate and charge "retail"


Hock