PAST TRAINING / BROADER TEAM BACKGROUND
The wider training community
Jay Martin Combatives Camping Weekends, Combatives at the Lake and Firearms at the Lake.
Learning together
Jay and Chris’s collaboration grew through combatives campouts and the wider community that became Combatives at the Lake. Those gatherings brought together veterans, first responders, martial artists and civilians to train and exchange experience.
Corey and Danie are part of that wider coaching and training community.
Jay Martin Combatives Camping Weekends
June 2024 & April 2025 · Waterloo, Alabama
Training weekends brought combatives, firearms, medical skills and outdoor community together. Chris participated as an assistant combatives instructor and primary firearms instructor.
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2026 · Double Springs, Alabama
Collaborative retreats combined small-group training, shared meals and time together beyond a conventional seminar.
- February 20–22: Survival, trauma medical training, managing time and distance, clinch work and firearms.
- April 24–26: Survival, unwanted-contact management, grappling and performance pistolcraft.
- July 17–19: Civilian Tactical with Alan Baker and firearms instruction with Tyler Tharp.
Firearms at the Lake
September 11–13, 2026
Seven students spent a weekend developing defensive handgun fundamentals, equipment familiarity, marksmanship, gun handling and practical application through classroom and range work.
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