DUALFORCES® FIELD SERIES 002

COMBATIVES: Applied Jiu-Jitsu & Field Skills

Course Information

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2026
Time: 1000–1600
Location: Santa Monica Mountains, California
Hosted by: DUALFORCES®
Course Length: 6 Hours

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OVERVIEW

The DUALFORCES® Field Series is an ongoing collection of immersive training programs built around the disciplines of movement, awareness, adaptability, survival, and human performance.

Course 002, COMBATIVES, examines the intersection of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the practical close-contact methods taught within the Special Operations community. This is not a conventional sport Jiu-Jitsu seminar or a collection of isolated self-defense techniques. The course explores how grappling principles must adapt when applied outside the controlled environment of the academy—where terrain, clothing, fatigue, limited visibility, confined spaces, equipment, and multiple variables can radically change the problem.

Participants will study how Special Operations personnel use position, balance, pressure, leverage, restraint, and decisive movement to control a physical encounter. These concepts will be integrated with proven Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques through instruction, partner drills, scenario-based training, and controlled practical exercises. The objective is not to memorize a long sequence of techniques. It is to develop a functional system for recognizing problems, establishing control, making decisions under pressure, and adapting Jiu-Jitsu to complex environments.

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OBJECTIVES

By the end of the seminar, participants should be able to:

• Understand the differences between sport Jiu-Jitsu and field combatives
• Establish and maintain a stable protective position
• Control distance and safely enter the clinch
• Use leverage, posture, and pressure to manage physical resistance
• Apply takedowns and positional controls in non-standard environments
• Escape disadvantaged positions and return to their feet
• Recognize when to engage, control, disengage, or create distance
• Maintain awareness while solving a close-contact problem
• Adapt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu principles to terrain, clothing, equipment, and fatigue
• Make clearer decisions while operating under controlled physical stress

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This seminar is designed for:

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and submission-grappling practitioners
• Martial artists seeking practical applications beyond competition
• Military, law-enforcement, security, and protective-service professionals
• Outdoor professionals and field instructors
• Individuals interested in movement, preparedness, and human performance

Previous grappling experience is helpful but not required. Training will be scaled according to each participant’s experience and physical ability.

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TRAINING STANDARD

The DUALFORCES® Field Series is not tactical fantasy. Each course is designed as a disciplined educational workshop grounded in proven methods, direct experience, and practical application.

COMBATIVES asks a fundamental question:
What remains of your Jiu-Jitsu when the environment stops cooperating?
The answer is found through position, awareness, adaptability, and controlled action.

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INSTRUCTORS

Robert Abeyta Jr. is a second-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Chris Hauter of CombatBase, and ex-mil. He has trained U.S. State Department and Embassy personnel, Tier 1 foreign military partners, and USASOC, 3rd Special Forces Group Crisis Response Forces (CRF) throughout Iraq, Lebanon, Africa, Latin America, and other global locations. Additionally he is the founder of the DUALFORCES®.

Jeff Perez is a retired U.S. Army Special Operations veteran and fourth-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Chris Haueter of Combat Base. His assignments included the 82nd Airborne LRSD, 3rd Special Forces Group CIF, and 1st Special Warfare Training Group. His military training includes Ranger, SERE, Military Free Fall, SFARTAETC, and the Special Forces Sniper Course. Since retiring in 2019, Jeff has studied art, merchandising, branding, and creative strategy under Robert Abeyta Jr. and DUALFORCES®.