Seaton - Identifying an Edged Weapon Attack

IDENTIFYING AN
EDGED
WEAPON ATTACK

Robert M. Seaton

With Chris J Parkinson

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/30/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5246-1417-1 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016909732

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Atten tion

This document is designed as a training ma nual.

The information contained within is best assimilated through a hands-on course of instruc tion.

War ning

Edged weapon training of any type is an inherently dangerous activity. You as the reader or student, assume all the liability of and for your actions, and train at your own risk. Real-life edged weapon encounters are dangerous, fluid and dynamic events. The author, editor, publishers and instructors of this information make no claims or guaranty in regards to the outcome of any edged weapon attack or defense of the same. Therefore, you, as the reader or student, assume all the liability and responsibility for the use of this information and your act ions.

SUPP LIES

Supplies you will need to perform the exercises in this ma nual.

Safe Training Area

NO Live weapons or ammo

Duty belt w/ training we apon

Body a rmor

Training k nife*

Off duty hol ster

Safety gla sses

Knee pad

*Information on training knives will be discussed later, but do not train dynamically with anything harder than your skin. Under certain conditions, the training knife will cut or injure you just as well as a live b lade.

Bob Seaton has more than forty years of martial arts experience. He started his training around the age of seven while living in Japan. Bob studied several forms of martial arts while growing up in South East Asia and the South Pacific. Bob studied Mechanical Engineering at University of Hawaii and competed in full contact Karate tournaments. At the same time he devoted a considerable amount of time to studying fighting techniques with swords, knives and other improvised edged weapons.

In 1980, Bob joined a circus as an acrobat and knife thrower. From 1980 to 1994, he toured North America and Asia as an entertainer. Bob often supplemented his circus paycheck by working in Southern California as a short contract security and personal protection. During the middle to late 80s Bob worked on several TV shows and movies as a stuntman and equipment designer; he also spent 3 years as a trainer and equipment designer for the TV show Circus of the Stars. In 1986, Bob was the knife handler and throwing instructor for Anthony Michael Hall in the movie Out of Bounds . In 1994 he was the stuntman and knife thrower on the music video Soul to Squeeze with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

By 1995, Bob had left show business and entered law enforcement. He spent 3 years as an officer with an Arizona State SWAT(TSU) teams HRT, where he earned numerous awards. Bob earned the position of sniper on the SWAT team and the status of #2 overall rifle shot in the state of Arizona. He began teaching less-lethal weapon deployment, firearms, and use of force. Bob also wrote training manuals for SWAT (TSU) units in the state of Arizona.

From 1997 to 2004, Bob worked with several law enforcement agencies in the state of Wisconsin. He spent several years as a Ranger with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

In 2004, Bob and his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where He was hired by the Hamilton County Sheriffs Department. Bob is currently assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Division and also holds a position on the Special Response Team and Task Force One Dive Team.

Seaton holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice and has taught Wilderness Survival at the University of Wisconsin Madison, Has certifications as a Martial Arts and Law Enforcement Instructor.

Thank you to my wife, Susan, and sons, Patrick and Aidan, for the support and understanding of my myopic nature when Im focusing on one of my hundred different proj ects.

My friend Chris, for the many, many ways he has contributed to me personally, not to mention his considerable computer prowess in the preparation of this and other proj ects.

My friends, John P. Jeff S., Ken D., Adam W., Ken P., Denny E and all the boys at Sniper Pro Shop for being good sounding boards and assisting in my direction and my son and friends for allowing themselves to be thrown about and photographed for this book.

Mary, Kate and Caroline For reading my re-writes and giving me your i nput.

My Friend and patrol partner Eric C. for always having my back pushing me on our runs and tolerating m y BS.

Thank you to those friends and mentors who have passe d on:

John A. Strong- Big John Circus owner, Task master, me ntor

Skeeter Vaughn-Grey Otter - war hero, knife and tomahawk thrower, tea cher

Harry K. McEvoy- Tru-Bal knife maker, knife thrower, and tea cher

Chris Parkinson has been a patrol deputy with the Washington County (Wisconsin) Sheriffs Department, since 2004. Previously he worked for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a Law Enforcement Ranger, and also as a private detective and security officer in and around the Madison, Wisconsin area. He has trained in course development and holds a Bachelors degree in Legal Studies, Political Science, and Criminal Justice.

For simplicity and ease of writing the term He or Him will be used universally to mean any person of either gender. However, this is not intended to suggest that a female is not capable of leveling an attack on a person or defending herself from an attack. This simply eliminates the need to continually write He / She or Him / Her.

For the purpose of this training the term Edged Weapon will refer to any and all edged, pointed or other improvised edged weapons.

For simplicity, the terms police officer or officer will refer to any sworn or uniformed enforcement persons. How your state and your department govern your on-duty or off-duty actions will be your responsibility to know.

Imagine you have never seen a football game, except once or twice on TV or in a movie. Imagine further that without warning, the person you are talking to pulls a football out of his bag and throws it at you. Chances are you wont catch the ball. After a few minutes of conversation, the person throws another football at you. Again, a fifty-fifty chance you will catch the ball. After a few minutes more he throws at you again. This time youre much more likely to catch it.