PACIFIC ARCHIPELAGO COMBATIVES!

And "Freelancer Filipino Martial Arts"

The Very Essence of Pacific Island Combatives

."Forge Your Kenpo, Your Silat, Your Karate, Your Jujitsu and Your Filipino Studies With The PAC Program! "

Japan! Hawaii! Indonesia! Philippines! Polynesia! "Some call this Pacific Archipelago Combatives 'Jungle Fighting.' "

Think of all the great systems of the Pacific and the best things inside them! Karate from Japan. Silat from Indonesia. Arnis/Kali/Escrima from the Philippines. Hawaii's conversion of Kenpo/Kempo. Kajukenbo. Warlike tactics of the Polynesian peoples who explored and settled so much of the Pacific. The Ring of Fire! This region's history of military conflicts. Each one is better than the other in different ways. It has always been this bigger Pacific collective of hand, stick and knife martial that I have loved. Never just one system. Hybrid practitioners-free thinking experts from several systems-simply produce the best fighters. The very foundation of this course is based upon that principle, to produce that type of free, hybrid fighter. " - Hock

"Hey Hock, I'm at the end of one of two days of a "famous Filipino guy" seminar. Had an absolute blast, but I can barely remember a single thing. Thanks for making a system that's as simple, straight-forward, logical, and professional as your PAC. I take you for granted sometimes until l'm reminded I can either memorize the 27 techniques of (insert foreign-sounding drill name here), both inside and outside variations, plus the advanced 13 extensions and subsections, or I can memorize your four positions on the combat clock and get it all and never forget it! Hope you're doing well." --Don Young of Michigan

Hock Hochheim demonstrating Mano Mano on the Negros Island, South Pacific, April, 1995.

Hock's Archipelago Teaching Authority:

* From The Philippines.
----Earned the title of Arnis Guro & 1st Dan Black in Manila, the Philippines in 1993
----3rd Degree Black Belt in Arnis De Mano - from Grandmaster Ernesto Presas
----2nd Degree Black Belt in Modern Arnis - from Professor Remy Presas
----Various rankings in Filipino & JKD Concepts from several Guro Inosanto instructors

* From Japan.
----7th Dan in Bujitsu Kempo from Soke R.J. Oak

----3rd Degree Black Belt in Aiki-Jitsu - Dr. Carl Fareneli
----3rd Degree Black Belt in Aiki-Jitsu - Prof. Joe Lansdale (in the Denora System)

* From Hawaii...
----2nd Dan Black Belt in Kajukenbo from 5th Dan Sifu Dean Goldade (in the Gaylord Method)

* From Indonesia.
----Basic Instructor in Sadiq Kuntao Silat from Guru Brandt Smith
----Studied in and with various Silat systems since 1987

Pacific Archipelago Combatives Consists of:

* Mano Mano/Silat/Kenpo/Jujitsu and more from the many Pacific Islands flowing systems of kicking, hand striking, trapping, grappling/ground fighting. Hand versus hand, and empty hand vs. weapons.

* Single Cane combat.

* Double Cane combat.

* Cane and Knife combat - Espada Y Daga

* Knife combat.

Forged in the Ring of Fire- The Pacific Archipelago systems are:

* The Arnis / Kali / Escrima of the Philippine Archipelago.
* The Silats of Indonesian and Filipino Archipelagos.
* The Karates, Jujitsu and Aiki-Jujitsu of Japanese Archipelagos.
* Kajukenbo and Hawaii's Conversions of Kenpo/Kempo to America.
* Cane and Knife Fighting from all of the Pacific Islands.
* Polynesian hand, cane and small club fighting

Archipelago means an expanse of water with many scattered islands. In this case, that body of water is the Pacific Ocean and the major martial islands are Japan, Indonesia, The Philippines and Hawaii. This 10 level hardcore Archipelago Combatives Course is dedicated to the most combative aspects of ALL the island systems of the Pacific. Zero esoteric.

No katas, anyos or forms. No redundant drills paying homage to endless lists of Grandmasters where you are only repeating the same techniques over again under different names. No art for art's sake. Nor do we will use outdated and exotic stances, ideas or weapons. This is a combat course, not a history course. Train with Hock in seminars and/or in semi-private and private lessons, all in organized progressions. Plus-train with certified instructors in your region. Rank promotions, instructorships and recognitions are available, or just train for knowledge to augment your skills to support and enhance your system! We are here to inspire, not confine."

Pacific Archipelago Combatives (PAC) is a course created by Hock and it carries with it the subtitle "The Essence of Pacific Island Combat." An Archipelago is a vast body of water containing many islands, and in the case of Hock's new martial course, that body of water is the Pacific Ocean, and the islands are Japan, Indonesia, The Philippines, Hawaii and smaller locales like Okinawa and Samoa.

Freelancer Filipino Martial Arts is Hock's Filipino system. If you get rank in the PAC? You atuomatically get rank in the Freelancer FMA system. It is inside the PAC.

Over three decades ago, Hock began amassing the most combative aspects of fighting systems, attaining several black belts and certifications, strengthening it all with his military and police training and experience for a reality check. He has spent the last 21 years dedicated to finding the common threads, correcting and omitting sport aspects, artsy extravagances and isolating the very essence of combat. Hock reports he has never really felt comfortable forced to teach only one. He blended all these systems with his prior years in other martial arts like karate, kenpo and jujitsu and added his 23 years experience in policing and military training. His years of teaching culminated into this hardcore PAC format.

Taught in standing, walking, running and kneeling and ground fighting applications, the overall PAC course covers 5 main areas of study, empty hand combat, single cane combat, double cane combat, knife combat, knife and cane combat is structured this common sense learning progression:

1) Solo command and mastery- every practical movement scientifically collected is here and worked solo and on objects for power development.

2) Skill developing synergistic, flow drills.

3) Hardcore combat drills.

4) Sparring in all areas- In stick fighting, Hock emphasizes the head shot, or the "Kill shot" which conceptually works to kill-shot or diminish the fighter, working for a knock-out, disablement, or allowing for the follow-up disarm and takedown possibilities. He believes that bashing away with sticks and ignoring helmet shots teaches students to virtually "commit suicide!" "If too many of your stick fights are ending in submission tap outs or chokes on the ground? Something ain't right with your stick fighting." In Kill shot, there is a coach with each fight to call the fight as it would really happen. Helmets must be worn, but helmet shots cannot be ignored. They count. "

5) Disarms and Counters to Disarms/Weapon Retention.

6) Joint cranks or "locking" and counters.

7) Takedowns and throws.

8) Crisis rehearsing combat scenarios.

Hock and GM Ernesto Presas in the Philppines, 1992

"Hock is...the Freelancer" - Ernesto Presas

Hock and Remy Presas in 1993. Hock has also studied extensively with several

instructors in the Inosanto family since 1986.

The PAC Rank Levels: A Primer and Quick Overview

Gold Phase Level 1
Level 1 Knife (same as Knife CQC and knife course material: See TM1)
Level 1 Stick (same as Stick CQC / SDMS course material: See TM1)
Level 1 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material: See TM1)
Unlocking Sinawali 1:Double Weapon Intro, strategies and tactics. Single series)
Make the Connection Series 1: The PAC Outside Invasion Series 1 See left to order this DVD

Gold Phase Level 2
Level 2 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material: See TM2)
Level 2 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material: See TM 2)
Level 2 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material: See TM2)
Unlocking Sinawalis 2: Diamond Singles and Sinawali Boxing
Make the Connection Series 2: PAC Counters to Common Blocks: See left - Order this DVD

Blue Phase Level 3
Level 3 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material: See TM 3)
Level 3 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material: See TM 3)
Level 3 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material: See TM 3)
Unlocking Sinawali 3: The X-Pattern Series
Make the Connection Series 3: The Rear takedowns: See left - Order this DVD

Blue Phase Level 4
Level 4 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material: See TM 4)
Level 4 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material: See TM 4)
Level 4 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material: See TM 4)
Unlocking Sinawali 4: The Increasing 12s
Make the Connection Series 4: Straight and Bent Arm Takedowns: See left- Order this dvd

Green Phase Level 5
Level 5 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material)
Level 5 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material)
Level 5 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material)
Unlocking Sinawali 5: Circular Series
Make the Connection Series 5: Weapon Disarming: See left- Order this dvd

Green Phase Level 6
Level 6 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material)
Level 6 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material)
Level 6 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material)
Unlocking Sinawali 6: The Hit 6 Crossovers, Make the Connection Series 6: Order this dvd
Advanced Instructor after Levels 4, 5, 6

Brown Phase Level 7
Level 7 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material)
Level 7 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material)
Level 7 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material)
Unlocking Sinawali 7: Sumbrada: See left- Order this dvd on the shopsite

Brown Phase Level 8
Level 8 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material)
Level 8 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material)
Level 8 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material)
Unlocking Sinawali and Connection Skill Beneath the Surface : See left- Order this dvd
Make the Connection Series 8

Brown Phase Level 9
Level 9 Knife (same as Knife CQC course material)
Level 9 Stick (same as Stick CQC course material)
Level 9 Unarmed Combatives (the same as the UC CQC course material)
Unlocking Sinawali 9: Double Stick Combat Scenarios
Make the Connection Series The Matrix 9: See left- Order this dvd on the shopsite
Expert Instructorship after 7, 8, 9

Level 10 Guro / Black Belt Test
All of the above with several hundred mixed weapon combat scenarios. Get a video sample of the test here: Click here

Levels 11 and higher, contact Hock