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, Rebecca 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 is an important contributor to the program

 

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 historical photo shows  the First Division National Instructors Group

Every front line instructor of Taiwan's National Police Agency

After a grueling 120 hour APA Tactical CQC Session

An awesome assembly of experts comprising of National Champions

and one Head Chief Instructor with sunglasses

 

 

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 

 

 

Special Police Group

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Special Group Operators - Top Echelon Counterterrorist Instructors. 

The inside knee locks the shoulders with an Inside Reverse Wrist 0finger-torque, Body to Elbow brace, and an uppercut to the post radial or Ulnar nerve system. The subject has his hand in palm-up (and ankles crossed) mode for visual confirmation and to avoid quick push off.

 

 

 Primary Rapid Reaction Strike Force for Taipei County

 

Photo from National News Source

“Two Man Outside-Seven”, executed using APA- CQC Tactical Riot Extraction

First Provincial Security Law Enforcement Rapid Deployment Support Force

4^th Generation APA trained officers implementing APA by the book