A brief history and background:
Elite Training Specialists, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 for the purpose of providing law enforcement, security, corrections, military, personal protection teams, bail enforcement agents, civilians and other professionals with the most up-to-date use of force and tactical training options available. Today, we continue to complete Instructor & Instructor Trainer courses to allow us to offer the most advanced training options. Elite Training Specialists, Inc. has a staff of highly trained instructors and close quarter protection specialists. President & Grand Master Instructor Garry Welch has over 28 years of law enforcement and law enforcement training experience. Garry has worked as a sworn law enforcement officer at the Municipal, County, State & Federal level during his career. He also has over 45 years’ experience training civilians, law enforcement officers, security personnel, and military, and teaching Martial Arts at the local, state and federal level. With the creation of the TSA and the Air Marshal program after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Garry was selected to be an Instructor Trainer & a Training Coordinator for the federalization of all 429 US & US Territories civilian airports. He was one of four people chosen to start training for the Federal Air Marshals at the FAA Training Base in Atlantic City, NJ. Garry taught classes in Aircraft Counter Measures, Close Quarter Combat, Ground Fighting, Knife Defense, Weapon Retention & Disarming, Handcuffing, and Defensive Tactics. Garry holds a Grand Master Level Black Belt (9th Dan) in the Martial Arts and is a 2015 inductee into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame as “Distinguished Master". He currently studies under Professor Wayne Carman (10th Degree / Grand Master) with the International TCB Karate & Martial Arts Association. He is an Expert Level Krav Maga Instructor. Law enforcement courses include, but are not limited to, Firearms, Close Quarter Combat, SWAT, Knife Defense, Chemical Agents, Defensive Tactics, and many other subject matters. Garry is an expert witness in law enforcement use of force issues, and he has taught at the Federal & State Police Academy levels for 11 years. He is a VIP, Dignitary & Close Quarter Protection Specialists (Bodyguard) and Elite Training Specialists, Inc. also offers these services to the public. Grandmaster Welch was awarded his Soke Rank, for his years of service in the Martial Arts and the creation of his own Combat System of Kingdom Tactics. He was also awarded his Professorship in the category of “The Psychology of Combat”, for his expertise in the martial arts and his mastery of many systems of combat.
ETS can structure any training course to fit the needs and budget of any agency or department.
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