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Designed with the armed Citizen Defender in mind, IDS Training is uniquely engineered to deepen and accelerate your motor learning and skill acquisition. New Member Exclusive Courses, Content and Seminars will be frequently added to our already extensive collection so you can be ready if faced with a life-threatening critical incident.
Our Premium Courses are more than just linear videos, they can also be experienced as an open progression through an intuitive and interactive technology called LearnDash. This allows you to track your progress, add questions and comments and receive badges and certificates for completed lessons.

Meet Your Instructor
Todd Fossey – Meet Your Instructor
Todd Fossey is the founder of and Chief Instructor at Integrative Defense Strategies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a regular contributor Funker Tactical, Aperture Fight Focused YouTube channels, a member of the Personal Defense Network’s (PDN) Contribution Team, a member of the 5.11 ABR Academy Instructor Team, a 2nd Amendment Advocate, a champion for the Citizen Defender, and is sought after for seminars and training camps across the country.
After training several years with Israelis, Todd earned his black belt in Krav Maga in 2017. Fossey continues his extensive MMA and submission grappling apprenticeship under legendary MMA coach (and Special Forces Instructor) Greg Nelson at the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy. Fossey is a (PFC PSOC) Certified Executive Protection Agent, (FSI) Certified Force Science Analyst, and is actively involved with force-on-force scenario, active shooter, and SWAT training for various law enforcement agencies and departments. In addition to his work in weapons based combatives, firearms, and tactical instruction, he is a former lecturer at medical schools and has a 15-year background in psychophysiology which offers him special insight into the psychological, physiological, and perceptual effects of high-stress critical incidents and human performance.
Fossey is best known for his innovative, evidence based, and holistic approaches to integrating multiple disciplines into training and personal defense, specializing in extreme close quarters, weapons based combatives for armed Citizen Defenders.
During the time of his formal education, Fossey worked as a bouncer and head of security where he was faced with many violent and life-threatening encounters.

SIRT Training Pistol
SIRT Training Pistol | What is it and How Does it Work? | Watch Now for FREE!
Perhaps the most effective pistol training aid ever created, the SIRT training pistol will open up a whole new world of training possibilities for you. This FREE course will provide you with an expanded explanation and demonstration of this groundbreaking training aid and will change the way you think about training your pistol craft.
Runtime: 10+ Minutes
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Dry Fire Safety Protocols
IDS Dry Fire Safety Protocols & Best Practices | Watch Now for FREE!
Why would you need to know safety protocols for inert weapons or dry fire? This FREE lesson will answer that question as it lays out clear, step by step procedures to keep you and others safe as you train in the convenience of your own home.
Let’s do what responsible Citizen Defenders do and follow these safety protocols.
Runtime: 11+ Minutes
Watch Now! You’ll be glad you did!
The Best – “Thug” Rose Namajunas
Empty Your Cup | Integrated Combatives Super Seminar
Forget Everything You’ve Heard About Training
Unprepared Impossible Odds for the Concealed Carrier
IDS APEX Level 2 Instructor Certification Course
Shooters vs Defenders Redux
A Complete Defense | Integrative Combatives
Citizen Defenders are Not Like Other People | Join the Movement
Proxy Drill Dynamic Shooting Positions – Extreme Close Quarters
Concealed Carrier vs Jiu Jitsu World Champion
IDS APEX Level 1 Instructor Certification Course
Why They Kill
Your Training Is A Cage
SIRT STIC
Head Hook | A More Detailed Look
Why I Only Shoot Glock
Is Your Vehicle a DEATH TRAP in an AMBUSH
How to Make it as a Firearms Instructor | The Rules
Linear vs Non-Linear Training
Force on Force Vehicle Defense | Citizen Defender Bootcamp
A Story of Intentional Practice
Stunning FBI Report on Citizen Intervention in Active Shooter
Fix or Fight Drill | Things You Can’t Do at the Range
IDS Active Shooter Scenario Training
3rd Party Intercept Tactics for Family or Executive Protection
Large Scale Scenario Training
Live Fire Vehicle Defense Block
Would You Switch
BJJ Submission Nightmare
How Bad ECQC Training Can Get You Killed
The Truth About Training BJJ for Self-Defense
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