The team
Who are the people behind Tactical CQC Training?
A comprehensive and well-founded program like Tactical CQC Training does not come into being over night but is based on the long-term experience of its initiators in training martial arts and instructing military and police forces and other security staff. Behind this system stands the experience of numerous tactical trainers and men and women in the field. The technical director of Tactical CQC Training who is responsible for blending all the tactics and techniques into a logical comprehensive system and for keeping up our quality standards is Marcus Ruddies.
Marcus Ruddies, born in Hamburg, Germany in 1969 has been active in martial arts for more than 35 years and has acquired a number of black belts and instructor grades.
- Head Instructor and Technical Director Tactical CQC Training
Grades in martial arts:
- Master Instructor Krav Maga
- Expert Level 1 Krav Maga
- Head Instructor Filipino Fighting Arts (6. Dan)
- Chief Instructor Kali Sikaran (5. Dan)
- Associate Instructor Inayan Eskrima (2. Dan)
- Apprentice Instructor Jeet Kune Do – Kali
- Black belt Zendoryu / Kyusho Jitsu Pressure Point Fighting (1. Dan)
- Black belt kickboxing (1. Dan)
- Black belt Dacascos Wun Hop Kuen Do Kung Fu (1. Dan)
Mr Ruddies has gained further grades in other forms of martial arts like Pencak Silat Concepts, Savate - Boxe Française, Modern Arnis, VGT-Method of Arnis and Judo and years of training experience in grade-free sports and arts like boxing, Balintawak Arnis und Taiji.
While fulfilling his function as Head Instructor and Technical Director of Tactical CQC Training, Mr Ruddies is the director of Filipino Fighting Arts Association (FFAA), member of the technical commission at the German Krav Maga Federation (DKMV) and was a member of the board of the International Kali Arnis Eskrima Federation (IKAEF) for a number of years serving as international coordinator.
For many years, Mr Ruddies has cooperated with tactical police and military trainers and technical consultants of various martial arts (Krav Maga, Kali, Reactive Knife System, KSI Knife Defense, Amok, La Superba etc.). The Tactical CQC Training program is the essence of this continuous exchange and intense cooperation. Technically speaking, our system is in-between Filipino Martial Arts as it is taught in the Recon Marines and the Navy-Seals and Krav Maga which, starting from the Israeli military has spread into the training of military and police forces in a number of states.
In his function as the technical director of Tactical CQC Training, Mr Ruddies teaches seminars about topics concerning tactical close combat, is responsible for the qualification of instructors and offers seminars focussing on specific target groups, tasks, risks or other requirements our clients deal with. If you want to book a seminar, contact him via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Regular instruction modules lie in the hands of our global instructor team. The members of this team hold all the licenses required to teach the program on the highest possible level.
