OFFICIAL PROTOCOL

Over 40,000 security officers, 300 international special operations, 5000 tactical team members, 600 chief instructors, and the 150 plus multi-sector members have made APA an integral part of their training. When I was eight years old. My brother Sam and I were friends of the son of the American Ambassador to Taiwan, 1963, who introduced us to the Head Chin Na Coach at the Police Officers School. Many years later, Grandmaster and Founder of Chinese Grappling Chang Dong Shen and Grandmaster of Northern Long Fist Shen Ma Hwei were also head coaches for the Police school, at different but interlacing times. In 1985 as the first Chief Instructor of the Special Tactical Teams, I introduced APA Tactical Force Response as the Integration Protocol for Special Tactics.

TACTICS AND POLICIES 

In anticipation of violence upon the lifting of Martial Law, APA Tactical Riot Systems was promulgated. Based on Maneuver Warfare my tactics were to bypass Centers of Force Gravity and infiltrate into rear and flank positions to use Close Combat Extraction Formations and snatch key instigators. I talked to APA Team Leader Jerry Chen about my premonition of heavy rioting and together approached Base Commandant Dzwang Hung Di who later became the National Police Commissioner, about preparing a Special Deployment Platoon which would be able to provide rescue, close security and high speed extraction in order to bring a riot into control without dispersible munitions. Jerry, the APA Team and myself put in a solid month of training with the First Provincial Special Tactics Platoon totaling 43 officers. The call came on May 20 just a week after final reviews and During the 18 hours of running battles, we only suffered 2 injuries and accounted for 78 extractions. At one point, in order to extract what we targeted to be a primary instigator, we formed a center formation and asked for the barbed wire barricades to be swung open for 5 seconds. At the moment we moved in, about 150 rioters and 2 large trucks were charging the line.  The Company Three Commander who was leading a company of Provincial Security Police Officers clocked our time during the assault. It took us 28 seconds to go in, separate the mob, extract the driver and 3 others and move back behind the blockade. When a detachment of 5 men was sent to escort the four we extracted back to the holding area, they were attacked by another rolling mob. By forming a simple hexagon and letting the team leader move them by tactile control, they successfully counter attacked. I had two policies which continue to be part of the foundation for Tactical Riot Control; 1) The safe delivery of the prisoner was the excusive responsibility of the capture team, and 2) to compel an extremely dangerous mob SWAT  Teams would go hand to hand in order to  completely avoid the use of dispersible, chemical, rubber or acoustic weapons.  Overall there were 128 persons captured and charged for violent rioting. Over 100 police officers were hurt many from projectiles being launched from construction sites and upper story buildings. Some were hurt from firebombs. That day was the first time tactical extraction methods were introduced into the operation of an on-going action.

MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR TACTICAL TRAINING BASE

Officer Jerry Chen was the first Assistant Instructor of the APA-ROC-SWAT. Together with the hand picked Assistant APA Instructors and Demo Team members, we taught thousands of SWAT officers and Chief Instructors from all over Taiwan. Eighty to one hundred and twenty hours straight per division, one on one, day after day, we gave the APA to the tactical and special operations teams. Our demos thrilled huge audiences with our ultra-violent brand of Tactical Close Quarters Combat. And officers would call or write with APA stories about their urban operations experiences, from gun extractions to knife reversals. A crowd of over ten thousand watched the first live APA-ROC-SWAT demo the first time Taiwan’s SWAT let everyone take a look at the new Tactical Teams’ skills created by Marine General Lo Chang, then Head Commissioner of Taiwan Police and supervised by Police Chief Ling Hung Hi who was in charge of the Training Department of the National Police Administration supervising the building of the Special Mobile Police Network. I later helped to establish the Taipei County Rapid Deployment Strike Force under Chief Ling’s command. The Taiwan Police continue to refresh the ranks of the SWAT teams and the spec ops teams from North to South. APA is still the only system that is considered their Close Quarters Combat System. The 33 APA Assistant Instructors Team taught what turned out to be a down line of over forty-thousand security and riot officers. I was busy with tactical support and response teams of the Provincial Police all over the Island.

 

 THE HARD CORE

Every one here comes in through the recommendation of another member who is also their trainer for the duration. In my eyes they were The Hard Core. It is my honor and greatest life privilege to share and be part of their APA Envelope. We are who we know. Thank you

 APA is punishing treatment. We use full force compliance in order to reduce the occurrence of “accidental violence”. Accidental violence occurs when the extractor must use secondary violent force in order to re-implement threat-force compliance. Head and body protection is worn specially to allow full force strikes to be used during training. The ability to resolve full force impact from throws and falls on cement floors comes through intensive threshold conditioning. APA is considered extremely violent and intimidating. This is true; this is the norm for everyone.  

  

Fred O’Leary, Tony Fares, Patrick Parthonaud, Steve Garenreich, Big Jon Hatch, Jean Francois (Jeff) Camrubbi. Philippe, Laurent Solomon, Alan Martin,

Not shown - (Koen "Kimi" Witters), Big Dave Pusack, Steve Hanley, Chris Traub, Mark Heidinger, Silvia Fisher, Miguel Uria, Jeb Brooks, Eric Fisher, Rocky Doo, Nick Bordieri, Kevin Feltis, Joanne Ni, Geoff Hayman, Craig Marsh, Kevin Ridge, Jerome Chen, Jacob Mense, Brett Trantham, Ray, Fred Howell, John Olson, Jeff Bovis, Bruce Pleshko, George Chalmers, Keva Wolfe, Shannon Wolfe, Linda Wishart, Brett Wishart, Bryce Feltis, Maria Mar, Patrick Steele, Jimmy Wei, Gary White, Sam Mar, Colleen Mar, Sherry Hsieh, Ray, Rebacca Kampa, Thomas Giuliani, Daniel Jarcan, Nathan Lamb, Daniel Edwards, Steve Graybill, Michelle Warner, Margaret Wu, Sally Yeh, Edward Yu......

I know there are many names not mentioned and if you have a moment please contact me at <apatactical@gmail.com>

Each person who ever put time into training APA has made an indelible mark on the program. I am forever in your debt.

 

For the Records

 

 

First National Special Weapons and Tactics APA Team

Gathered at First Provincial Security Law Enforcement

Ministry of the Interior Tactical Training Base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a truly historical photo

First Division National Police Chief Instructors and Instructors

Natural Stance - APA- Close Combat

 

 

 

 

National Certification of Chief Instructor, CQC  Special Military Police Group (SPG)

Counterterrorist Special Response Instructors and Rapid Deployment Officers

Presented on 16^th anniversary of the SPG top-most echelon of the People's Liberation Army Tactical Armed Police Force 

 

 

SPG Gym

 

 

 

 Primary Rapid Reaction Strike Force for Taipei County

 

 

APACQC Tactical Riot Extraction, News documentation

First Provincial Security Law Enforcement Rapid Deployment Support Force Using “Two Man Outside-Seven”, these are 4^th Generation APA

APA proof of Propagation

 By the Book

 

 

 

 

APA Tactical Close Combat Instructors

1989 World Martial Arts Competition

Team Champions

 

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1989 World Martial Arts Competition

APA Tactical -  the All events Team Champions

 

 

 

 

 

Chris Mar,  Jerry Chen,

APA National SWAT Instructors

Jerry was instrumental to Law Enforcement APA Close Combat.

I owe him an eternal debt of gratitude. Thanks Jerry.

Honor Guard in background is from the Ministry of the Interior Tactical Training Base.

This is a live Nationwide Broadcast on China Television.

The first showing of SWAT CQC ever in public in the Rep. Of China

 

 

 

 

This is the APA Spec Ops team during a live broadcast presentation

for Presidential review on Taiwan’s Double Ten National Day.

We are performing for a crowd of 10,000.

66 members of APA SWAT Instructors Team

This photo represents the first ever-public display by Taiwan SWAT in 1985.

 Continuing on through 2009

APA-CQC is the essential metro SWAT Teams Close Combat Protocol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is live Tactical Extraction

SWAT Tactical Baton in Reverse Grip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rear Neck Cross is a very exacting Tactical Baton Lock and is illegal for other than Special Tactics Officers to use. The Tactical Riot, maneuver Formations, Extraction Process, Tactical Baton Protocol, Close Combat Arrest Procedures, Close Security, Force Protection, Security Observation Formation, Protect and Capture, Snatch and Lock, Prone Search and Non-compliant Removal Processes are all part of the original APA Tactical Force Response system which was created solely by Chief Instructor Chris Mar.

 

APA Tactical Close Combat Force Response Systems