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Training Group offers seminars and training for law enforcement, corrections, security, and first responders. The specialized training of S.T.O.R.M. Training Group can be custom tailored for your organization’s specific needs because S.T.O.R.M. Training Group is more than just another defensive tactics system. Our professional instructors have over forty years of combined training and experience. The techniques we teach have been heavily researched and tested, and are designed to be practical and easy to use. Our systems have been successfully fielded in multiple law enforcement, corrections, and private security agencies. Our instructors are committed to reducing risk and saving lives through the development and delivery of high quality training to our clients. Our foundation is rooted in realistic, proven fighting principles and modern training methodologies. Our end state is 100% satisfaction and confidence in the knowledge and skills we bring to your organization. We guarantee to provide you with the most engaging and effective training you have experienced or your money back. Conventional instruction methods used in law enforcement yield a 20% rate of skills retention for officers. Our participant focused methods of training have been shown to increase that rate of retention to around 80%. This increase in skill retention translates to a reduction in aggravation and injury to subjects, which in turn lowers complaints of officers’ conduct and department liability. This skill transfer also contributes to overall citizen satisfaction as well as increased safety to officers and citizens alike. The founders of S.T.O.R.M. are united in the desire to provide premium quality training to law enforcement and related agencies. We are professional instructors and lifelong students of the combat arts and science. All of our materials and methods are optimized for rapid learning and real world application. Our training systems are time tested and proven to be effective in the field. Through years of hard work and research we have developed the most lawful and reasonable techniques available anywhere for law enforcement officers. We are equally capable of enhancing an existing program, or building a new one, based on the needs of each individual organization we serve.

10/11/2026

Chaz popped one of Tom’s ribs during the demo right before this. Tom’s safety talk suddenly got a lot more personal. 😂

Nothing’s gonna kill your progress in a defensive tactics training program faster than injuries in the training environment.

Administration won’t like it. Your officers won’t either. After training thousands of cops and implementing department-wide programs, we’ve learned that safety has to be part of everything you teach.

Set clear safety guidelines. For every technique, ask: How could someone predictably get hurt? Then explain the risk and how to avoid it. Stepping too far across a partner’s leg can injure their knee. Rolling while their hand is planted can injure their wrist.

We’re talking about protecting training partners in the mat room. Field applications depend on the circumstances.

Experience and pressure testing teach some hard lessons. Your students shouldn’t have to repeat them.

Better training, better outcomes.

Congratulations to our newest STORM Training Group instructors! 👏Officers from multiple agencies across Michigan complet...
10/09/2026

Congratulations to our newest STORM Training Group instructors! 👏

Officers from multiple agencies across Michigan completed our five-day Foundation Instructor Trainer course, FIT, this week in Ann Arbor, hosted by Washtenaw Community College.

We’re grateful for the time, effort, and trust each of you invested in this program. Thank you to Washtenaw Community College for bringing us together and hosting a great week of training.

As you bring this curriculum back to your agencies, our hope is that you build confident officers, strengthen teamwork, and see the same improvements in force and injury outcomes documented in other agencies implementing STORM.

We’re excited to see what you accomplish and grateful to be part of it.

Interested in attending FIT or hosting training at your agency? Visit StormTrainingGroup.com to explore upcoming courses and hosting opportunities. Host agencies receive two complimentary spots.

Better training, better outcomes.

10/09/2026

Female officer. Beautiful team takedown. 👏

We see it all the time: multiple officers struggling to take one resisting person to the ground. More officers doesn't automatically mean better teamwork.

Here, each officer has a job. One controls the upper body. One controls the legs. They work together, and the takedown follows.

As STORM co-owner Tom Menton explains, takedowns against resistance are difficult. The system officers use needs to be simple enough to learn, retain, and apply with limited training time.

We’ve trained thousands of cops, including officers with no combat sports background. This specific takedown has been documented thousands of times. Video after video. Report after report. Testimonial after testimonial.

But footage and testimonials are only part of the evidence.

Bold claims about safety and effectiveness deserve proof. Ask to see the measured field outcomes.

STORM’s curriculum is backed by peer-reviewed, published research documenting dramatic reductions in force and injuries to officers and subjects. Our evidence page brings together that research, public outcome data from additional agencies, and independent medical and legal reviews.

See the results across multiple agencies. Read the research. Evaluate the evidence:
https://stormtraininggroup.com/featured-case-study/

Your officers have limited training time. Give them a system they can learn, bring back, and use together.

Visit StormTrainingGroup.com to learn about our five-day instructor certification course, FIT, and inquire about hosting training. Agencies that host receive two complimentary spots.

Better training, better outcomes.

10/09/2026

When the punches start, what’s your plan? 👊

Push him away? Punch back? Reach for a tool?

Chad Malmberg demonstrates the problem: staying at arm’s length leaves you right where the subject can keep delivering powerful punches.

Don’t punch with a puncher. Even good strikers get caught. Everyone has a puncher’s chance.

Now take away the gloves, add pavement, a sudden attack, and possibly other people. That’s a different problem than sparring in the gym.

When the subject keeps bringing the fight and you can’t safely disengage, cover up, protect your head, and close distance to a clinch. Work toward control and a takedown when appropriate.

Train to stop the assault and gain control.

Visit StormTrainingGroup.com to learn about our five-day instructor certification course, FIT, or bring STORM to your agency. Agencies that host receive two complimentary seats.

Better training, better outcomes.

10/08/2026

Throwback Thursday to “advanced handcuffing.” First, identify which leg is yours. Then locate the handcuffs. 😂

Yes, this is satire. But it gives us a chance to nerd out on a serious training question: How complicated does this need to be?

Jiu-jitsu is a key ingredient in police defensive tactics. So are wrestling and other grappling concepts. The challenge is choosing what officers can learn, retain, and apply within the training time they actually get.

Since STORM was established in 2015, we’ve spent more than a decade training thousands of cops—not just instructors, athletes, or people with combat sports backgrounds. Entire academies. Entire agencies, including departments with 500–600 officers.

Every shape, size, and skill level. Officers with existing injuries. Recruits who have never played a contact sport. Those experiences have shaped what we teach.

A technique can be excellent on the mats and still be a poor fit for an officer who gets limited training and may need it months later, under stress, wearing equipment.

We’ve repeatedly seen where people get stuck, what they forget, and which skills require more ongoing practice than their training schedule supports. We also consider what happens when something fails: Does the officer maintain a defensible position, or end up underneath the subject, exposed to punches or a weapon grab?

That’s why we prioritize simple concepts, leverage, gross motor movements, and control that leaves room for error. Officers need a system they can rely on even when their recall or ex*****on isn’t perfect.

Everything takes practice. Keeping it simple means making that practice count.

Because we don’t get to choose which officer faces the next resisting subject, sudden assault, or routine call that turns into a fight. It could be any officer, on any shift. Training has to benefit the entire roster.

And if your handcuffing sequence needs a director’s commentary, it might be time to simplify. 😂

Better training, better outcomes.

Two departments, one shared commitment to serving their communities. 👊Belle Plaine PD and Le Sueur PD have teamed up to ...
10/08/2026

Two departments, one shared commitment to serving their communities. 👊

Belle Plaine PD and Le Sueur PD have teamed up to bring us in for in-service training for several years, and we’re grateful for their continued trust.

This day focused on the bread and butter of arrest and control: single-officer and team takedowns, ground control, prone hand recovery, reacting to punches, tool integration, and weapon retention. Then we put those skills to work through pressure drills, getting everyone on the same page.

The best part is coming back year after year, seeing their progress, and hearing how the training is serving them in the field. Great people and a really fun day on the mats.

Want to bring STORM to your agency? We can tailor a day of in-service to your department’s needs, bringing practical training directly to the officers who serve your community.

🔗 https://stormtraininggroup.com/host-training/

Better training, better outcomes.

Lunch break, STORM style. 🤙Lunchtime rolls with our FIT crew at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and ...
10/08/2026

Lunch break, STORM style. 🤙

Lunchtime rolls with our FIT crew at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a special guest today: Mike the Cop

Mike, thank you for taking time out of your day to check out our program and spend time with this group. We’re grateful for the opportunity to share what we do with someone who has done so much to support the law enforcement community. It was a pleasure having you with us!

Better training, better outcomes.

We’re grateful for the people who step onto the mat with us, put in the work, and trust us with their training.Thank you...
10/08/2026

We’re grateful for the people who step onto the mat with us, put in the work, and trust us with their training.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences. Your feedback helps us improve, and your words help other officers know what to expect.

The goal is always to send you home better prepared to protect yourselves, serve your communities, and teach the officers beside you. We’re thankful to play a part in that.

Better training, better outcomes.

10/06/2026

More field footage of the STORM Training Group curriculum at work.

Tom Menton, co-founder and co-owner of STORM, breaks down the teamwork shown here. He’s a jiu-jitsu black belt and former Saint Paul police officer, SWAT operator, and lead use-of-force instructor.

This subject appears ready to fight. Watch what happens when two deputies establish control together.

Coordinated control can discourage resistance. If the situation escalates, both deputies are already connected, better protected against strikes, and positioned for a team takedown. Nobody is playing catch-up after the fight starts.

It’s bigger than handcuffing. It’s establishing control sooner as a team, reducing injury risk to officers and the subject, and putting officers in a better position to manage resistance with lower levels of force.

Have two officers available? Train them to work together.

Visit StormTrainingGroup.com to learn more about our five-day instructor certification course, FIT, and to inquire about hosting training. Agencies that host receive two complimentary slots.

Better training, better outcomes.

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