About
Who we are & What we do
Our Training
Masada South is a new company that operates a training facility open to the public. Our programs focus on self-defense systems, and physical fitness education and training. The facility stays open throughout the week for scheduled classes, homeschool education health and fitness courses, seminars, and everyday fitness training. Our instructors teach the Israeli Combat System, Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevent Program (SHARP), and the physical fitness program HAVOC.
Our Vision
To establish situational awareness, confrontation management (avoidance, deterrence, and self-defense) and overall fitness levels of the community and professional services. In addition, the company will provide tactical and operational consultation for law enforcement, fire and rescue and military units at all levels of operations.
Our Mission
Masada South will develop and provide the utmost in quality equipment and training to civilian markets as well as military, law enforcement, fire/rescue, and emergency management personnel in order to enhance the performance of their tasks.
Our Impact
We believe every individual deserves to feel confident, safe, and physically strong. Our programs are built on the foundation of situational awareness, confrontation management, and functional strength — for real-world application, not just performance.
Who we Serve
Civilians
Real-life, practical defense skills for everyone from youth to seniors, churches to clubs and private groups
Home School
Physical & self-defense education for students
Law Enforcement
Tactical combat readiness & defense tactics
Military
Israeli Combat System & HAVOC training, plus operational consultations
Our Team
Our Impact
Law Enforcement
Security
Community
History Behind our training
Originally developed in 2007, Israeli Combat System (ICS) is the culmination and integration of several disciplines and philosophies. Perhaps the most important aspects of ICS are its continuous evolution and change. The system continues to perfect its various techniques, replace skills which were proven to not be as effective as originally thought, and to introduce solutions to new threats never before addressed.
The system was developed to gap the traditions of martial arts with the need of a realistic self-defense. The system has been simplified to meet the needs of the common citizen by making it more realistic and applicable to everyday situations.
Defensive Tactics Course
The defensive tactics course introduces the student to respond (not react) to a physical confrontation. The skill set presented to the student emphasizes the doctrine of awareness, deterrence, evade, escape, and exit. Situation awareness is critical in a physical confrontation. Knowing the difference of deterrence and evasion is essential as well. Escapes and exits are the physical components of handling a physical event. This includes punches, kicks, elbow/knee strikes, motor point dysfunction and disengagements. Disengagements deal with the ability to break away from different types of holds, both standing and on the ground.
This course is a hands-on, practical exercise course. Training aids are utilized, such as strike pads, gloves, punching bags and floor mats. Students will be partnered up and will try techniques on each other. Instructor(s) will closely observe to ensure control. All punches and kicks will be onto strike pads and punching bags.
Please note that this is not a martial art school. This is a defensive tactic training course to enable the student to learn and develop the means to handle a physical confrontation and/or threat.
HAVOC
HAVOC was originally introduced as a commercial class in 2016 as an alternative to traditional fitness classes. Its origins can be traced to the C4 (CORE COMPETENCIES COMBAT CONDITIONING) enacted at the Maryland Police Training Commission Academy. It has since morphed to encompass what is largely known as a tactical athlete class. That said, taking a step away from the commercially used “tactical athlete” term, where most curriculums call for fitness with little to no true tactical application, HAVOC emphasizes movements that are directly translatable to an urban combat environment, and even teaches skills in a safe and low cost environment. This allows for students to enhance their conditioning level and become more proficient in self-defense skills and even weapons handling. Only training weapons are used in this course. There are zero live fire exercises in HAVOC.
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