WHAT IS LKD COMBAT: This is the art to study if you’re looking for fast results and street effective skills. Created in 1984 by Master Paul Treacy using concept's and skills derived from arts he trained in over the years, which include Wing chun, Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Aikijitsu, Kali and much more. The training syllabus will take you from White to Black Sash, teaching you to defend yourself against one or more attackers. LKD Combat is an elite, reality-driven fighting system engineered for one purpose: to survive and dominate violent encounters. Designed for the harsh realities of modern street violence, LKD fuses the ruthlessness and combative efficiency of close-quarter combat (CQC) tactics. In LKD, there are no rules and no wasted movements, only what works when your life is on the line. Core Principles of LKD Combat Self-Defence: Explosive Action: Every response is built on overwhelming speed, power and aggression to shatter the attacker’s ability to continue. Instinctive Response: Techniques are brutally simple and based on natural human reflexes, ensuring you can react instantly under extreme stress. Maximum Efficiency: Strike vital targets and neutralize the threat with minimum effort and maximum effect. Weapon Survival: Specialised training against armed threats—edged and impact weapons emphasizing both disarming and incapacitation. Environmental Control: Mastery of fighting in confined spaces, multiple attacker scenarios, and dynamic environments where every second counts. Situational awareness and de-escalation strategies. Training in LKD prepares you to: Crush surprise attacks before they fully develop. Survive knife ambushes, threats and mob violence. Turn fear and adrenaline into unstoppable force. Learn to read a situation and walk away. Simplicity: Techniques are designed to be easy to learn, recall, and apply under stress. Aggressiveness: Emphasis is placed on decisive, overwhelming counterattacks to neutralize threats quickly. Realism: Training scenarios mirror real-life violence—dealing with weapons, multiple attackers, surprise ambushes, and high-stress environments. Adaptability: LKD practitioners are trained to respond instinctively and adapt techniques fluidly depending on the situation (e.g., confined spaces, standing, or ground positions). LKD Combat isn’t about trophies it’s about raw survival. When violence explodes without warning, LKD gives you the instinct the tools and the mentality to end the fight before it ends you.
