SPEAR System
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| imagecaption =Coach Blauer demonstrating the Spear technique.
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| name = SPEAR System
| aka = Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response
| focus = Hybrid
| country = {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
| creator = Tony Blauer
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| website = http://blauerspear.com
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The SPEAR System® (an acronym for Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response) is a close-quarter protection system that uses a person's reflex action in threatening situations as a basis for defence.{{cite web|title=Tony Blauer Talks With Black Belt About the SPEAR (Part 1)|url=http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/690|last=|first=|date=|work=Black Belt Magazine|publisher=Active Interest Media|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609064828/http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/690|archive-date=June 9, 2009|accessdate=2010-05-09}} The founder, Tony Blauer, developed the SPEAR System® in Canada during the 1980s.{{cite web |url=http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/690|title = Tony Blauer Talks With Black Belt About the SPEAR (Part 1)|accessdate=2010-05-09 |work= Black Belt |publisher= |date= }}
History
The SPEAR System's origin began in 1982 with the developed "Panic Attack" drill that attempts to mirror the physiological response of a sudden ambush.
The "Panic Attack" study developed into the "Be Your Own Bodyguard" program and the present day SPEAR and Personal Defense Readiness ("PDR") programs.{{cite web |url=http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/692|title = Tony Blauer Talks With Black Belt About the SPEAR (Part 2)|accessdate=2010-05-11 |work= Black Belt |publisher= |date= }}
In 2007 UK's Association of Chief Police Officers approved SPEAR for inclusion in the Personal Safety Training Manual for the British police.Jane's Police Review, issue 150307 2009[http://www.policeone.com/police-products/press-releases/1342586/ "'The United Kingdom Adopts the Blauer Tactical S.P.E.A.R. System'"] policeone.com dated 20 August 2007. Recovered on 7 January 2009.
The Scottish Prison Service uses a modified version of SPEAR in its Personal Protective Techniques.{{Cite web|title=Control and Restraint Manual Volume 1|url=https://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Publications/Policies9.aspx|access-date=2021-03-31|website=www.sps.gov.uk}} {{Cite web|title=10. Annex|url=http://www.sps.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.aspx?fileName=Procurement|access-date=2021-03-31|website=www.sps.gov.uk}}
In 2010 an English Mental Health NHS Trust piloted the first ever SPEAR training programme for staff working with mentally disordered offenders.{{Cite journal |last=Mott |first=Andy |last2=Walton |first2=James |last3=Harries |first3=Lee |last4=Highfield |first4=Penny |last5=Bleetman |first5=Anthony |last6=Dobson |first6=Paul |date=2012-01-01 |editor-last=Bailey |editor-first=Di |editor2-last=Carson |editor2-first=Jerome |title=Personal defence training in a medium secure unit – a pilot study |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/17556221211287217 |journal=The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=200–213 |doi=10.1108/17556221211287217 |issn=1755-6228|url-access=subscription }}
See also
References
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