The origins of the tonfa called also "tongwa, tuifa, tunkua, tuiha " are known torise in the old Chinese islands of Okinawawhere it was used, at first time, in anagrarian way as crank to turn grinders thegrain, then secondly, of a way warrior toallow the farmers, deprived of weapons bythe Japanese occupant, to fight against thesamurais of this period. Even if it continuesnowadays in the martial arts, with twowooden tonfas, in the practice of Kobudo, itwas only adopted, in the 1970s, with ametal then composite material, in the USAand since then, by numerous lawenforcement all over the world.

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OPERATIONAL POLICE TONFAIts professional use was identif ied by

multiple naming going of the tonfa police tothe tonfa security including the professionaltonfa and the other similar names. There areso many different names as forms of tonfa.

From 2000s, hardly of his triple experienceof Captain of Police, Grand Master of martialarts and international expert of law

enforcement, the specialist of self-defenseand tactics of police Jacques Levinet,having led his own reflection on thesubject, developed a revolutionarymethod of the 21th century to pull all thetrue substance of this not lethalweapon. So thus was born OperationalTonfa Police or OTP which is, not anew name, but an unpublished and

successful process for an intermediateand complementary use with the handgunand the handcuffs. The OTP arouses fromnow on an interest growing up all over theworld.

ORIGINS

They base on the other inventionswhose Captain Levinet is the founder:

• SELF PRO KRAV or SPK – This self-defense, whichenjoys a success ringing in numerous countries, gaveat the top its originality by its concrete applications ofground. The defenses of the SPK are so many

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supports which allowed OTP to assert itssuccess. The absence of flourishes and thepedagogy became the keys of the success ofthese two methods which give, both to thec iv i l ians and to the profess ionals , theways(means) to face(to deal with) in theattacks of the street• Real Operational System or Police ROS –

There is an interactive link of existence betweenthe Real Operational System, methodcompletes for law enforcement, and OTP whichis one of the module in the same way as theBOP (Operational Stick Police), the GTPI(Gestures and Techniques Police ofIntervention). The ROS evolves according to itsapplications of ground and the "feedback"realized regularly by the staff AJL (AcademyJacques Levinet). As it is the difficulties of thestreet that dominate in the OTP, the techniquepasses in the background and the narcissisticdemonstration is not current. The reality isimperative to the detriment of the whim to giveway to the operational.

• MALADJUSTMENT OF THE TRAININGS· The trainings in the tonfa are often

unsuitable, either due to the lack of time, or dueto the lack of skill, or by absence of training planwithout forgetting also the political lack of will togive itself the ways to make a success. Thesubsidy of a tonfa is not enough to return theoperational policeman, still needs it the after-sales service. In other words an initial trainingupstream and continuous downstream withrecycling’s and "feedback" regular. Reason whycaptain Levinet wanted everything reexamines.· The OTP trainings are longer than in the

majority of the cases with drastic cuts on thetechniques which do not work in the reality. Atraining plan was both structured on the plantechnical and legal. Absence of stereotypicalattacks, predefined attacks and defensessecured with the tonfa foams, of unfeasiblearmed seizures of hand on the ground. Nopassivity neither any playful training but norplace in the hard law of the street. The resultscame very quickly, the modification and theevolution of techniques have proved vital andthe tonfa became really operational in the fullsense of the word

SPECIFICITIES

The OTP enjoys a frame of use so that everyprofessional understands his utility, about is itsdepartment of use and its material subsidy. The

influence of the GTPI was an importing factorbecause law enforcement is, in most of thetime, supposed to intervene team there.

• The complementarity –The work of the OTPis never considered remotely but takes intoaccount all of the material of pressure given tohis users. An intervention can begin withbare hands, require the use of the tonfa, thehandcuffs and, in certain cases, thefirearm with dissuasion or with retort. Thepoliceman has to adapt himselfbecause he never knows when andhow ends a danger. With the OTP thekey, the way to put handcuffs and theputting in yoke can be concomitant in arandom order according to the risk.Certain parameters are inescapable asto unsheathe the tonfa before thehandgun and conversely to sheathe theweapon) fire before the tonfa exceptcase of immediate shooting of retort.From this perspective, the change of userhand of the tonfa is essential to get the

hands free to use, if necessary,handcuffs or firegun.

• The key points – In the form ofconcrete answers, for the only agents or inteam, and not of a purely theoreticalteaching.

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“The training plan ofthe OTP requires that

the certifiedinstructor AJL

dispenses the officialpedagogy with the

ethical and legislativereferences inherent toeach of the countries

concerned by thetraining.”

• The distance – It is dependent on the reaction in front of danger. Both we see it coming, andin this case, the defense will be remote and anticipated. We favor the indirect blockings to thedirect parades, with the length of the tonfa, thanks to dresses in wrist point, sword clocks and

tomahawk points. Let be our vigilance did not allow us tosee coming the attack and the defense will be unexpectedand very close. In this hypothesis we favor theconditioned reflex and the indirect blockings with thebody of the tonfa, thanks to dresses handle heel,sword heel and mini tomahawk. The distance thus

conditions the natural, innate and reflexivetechnique.

• The handles – The OTP does not limititself to the commonplace said dressessmall and big side ". It adapts them withregard to the missions what opens a radiusof action mattering in the interventions inreduced or closed environment. Theholding idol of the OTP is the minitomahawk which offers the opportunity to

change strong hand easily, tohang on and to push away butalso to lock a key with aputting in yoke of protection.The little and the big fork ofthe OTP in holding swordpoints and sword heelprotects against anyfortifying or downward

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attack. Forks facil itate thedisarmament by lock-picking.The handle of the OTP does notonly serve to hold him but torespond, to pick, to lockand to exercise points ofpressure.

• Hands free –Thetechniques of the OTP authorizethe changes of hand for puttinghandcuffs or a use of fire gun. Itis necessary to possess a timebeforehand on the evolution ofthe situation. Either the retort isenough, or it is necessary toneutralize, to lead up, and tobring to the ground, to use jointlyhandcuffs, a palpation, a lifting, anda use of fire gun or a lock with theuse of tonfa. In brief the OTP neverreleases from the beginning to theend of the intervention. The keys oftwist and israeli are a remarkablehelp on the subject because they freeboth hands.

PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGY

The training plan of the OTP requiresthat the certified instructor AJL dispenses the official pedagogy with theethical and legislative references inherent to each of the countriesconcerned by the training.

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“The trainings in the tonfa areoften unsuitable, either due tothe lack of time, or due to thelack of skill, or by absence of

training plan withoutforgetting also the

political lack of will togive itself the ways to

make a success.”

• Law explanations – With the OTP, not useful to know articles of law on the self-defense. Thepoliceman or the soldier explains the technique used in the action so that it is in accordance with thelaw of its country. Not a simple reasoning but a demonstration way judicial reconstruction. Thetechnic used must assure, with a judge or with an immediate superior, the legitimacy of theintervention. The pedagogy of the OTP gives all the legal assets to reach following the example ofthe retorts there pricked in the body in holding wrist clocks, bends upward, to avoid anyinconvenient percussion with the face. In the same way the use of the gun is not synonymic ofshooting of retort but also release of a hostile environment or a protection for the agent and theindividual.

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• Specific terminology – With the OTP, the words area way to limit the responsibility. We never use the termof "strikes", synonym for aggression, but that of"retorts", equivalent to a defense. We speak to highand understandable voice in a professional frame. Thecontrol of the media and the cur iosi ty of thespectators, provided with their mobile phones photosand videos, oblige us a minimum of caution. Theintervention allies safety, protection and intervention inthe strictest respect for the law of the concernedcountry.

• Adaptation for the trainings -The legal criteria of theexcellent intervention are fitted to the country applicant.For example in the USA, the use of the firearm is lessbinding than in the European countries, where from lesstechnicality of OTP. On the other hand a capital gain forthe keys of pressure with putting in yoke of release andprotection.• Real situations –The OTP favors the teamwork by

exercises of Police (Protection, Connection andIntervention) with the tonfa of intervention in hardmaterial. Not of tonfa foam which do not sanction the

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bad positions or the lack of control. What's the use thissecure training which will not be current in the street.

LABEL POLICE OTP

The OTP enjoys a significant aura thanks to thefollowing points.· Multilingual Programs - The TOP trainers of the AJL

are multilingual, for the greater part, (English, German,Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) to dispense a trainingdirect and understandable for all.· Label ROS - OTP - The program, the training plan,

the recycling, the feedback, the renewable certificate

every year, make of the label instructor ROS -OTP amuch appreciated quality criterion.· International Gratitude - The demonstrations

and the OTP seminaries of the founder, in everycorner of the world, aroused the enthusiasm bythe b igges t i n t e r na t i ona l expe r t s o f l awenforcement.

The Operational Tonfa Police is not an accessory ofdemonstration, such as nunchaku for example, but thebest not lethal weapon, of which Captain JacquesLevinet knew how to pull all the up to now unequalledprofessional efficiency.

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