History of ALIVE! Combatives
ALIVE!™ is a fighting system that prioritizes the use of weapons for personal self defense. Using a contextual training methodology that builds skill fast, ALIVE!™ asserts that to learn to fight effectively one must fight an “alive” opponent. ALIVE!™ was founded and trademarked in 2012 by Steve Miles as ALIVE! Gunfighting®, and in 2014 was broadened to incorporate knife, stick, improvised weapons, and empty hands skills into a single unified system.
ALIVE! was developed by Steve Miles through the use of the Central Texas Combatives Training Group. Steve used the CTCTG as a form for laboratory to test tactics, techniques, gear, and other parts of personal defense. During these he noticed three things, that his lifetime of martial arts, combatives, and some military training was proven to be of little use in dealing with a living opponent who is determined to win. Two, it showed him the "path ahead", meaning the areas he needs to focus he training in order to win in the context of his expected personal defense threats. And three, he realized he wanted a single comprehensive system to train in. One that addressed the usage of knives, guns, and empty hands into a single set of tactics. This lead into the birth of ALIVE! Combatives.
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