CEO - BLAUER TACTICAL SYSTEMS USA, LLC

Tony Blauer is the mad scientist behind a host of innovative and evolutionary drills and combative concepts such as the S.P.E.A.R. SYSTEM™, Ballistic Micro-Fights™, HIGH GEAR™ 'Impact Reduction Suit', Emotional Climate Training™, the Range Rover Drill™, Live Action Response Drills™ (L.A.R.D.), the A-SAP Model™, Cycle of Behavior™ and others mentioned throughout this website. He currently receives over 15,000 e-mails per year, and if you email him, he'll still find time to reply to you. If you would like to contact Mr. Blauer, please send an e-mail to tony@blauertactical.com

PRESIDENT - BLAUER TACTICAL SYSTEMS CANADA

Jesse Blauer. Behind all our training is an invaluable 'organizational brain'. That brain belongs to Jesse, who runs the administrative, logistics and accounting components that allows B.T.C.M.S. to effectively provide over 200 seminar days a year, present at 6-10 trade-shows across the USA, produce HIGH GEAR™ and much more. If you would like to contact Jesse, please send an e-mail to jessica@blauertactical.com

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS - BLAUER TACTICAL SYSTEMS CANADA

Marc Joseph is the liaison for our customer base and our core staff trainers for all of B.T.C.M.S. service offerings, which include integration and support for P.D.R. team & S.P.E.A.R. SYSTEM™ coaches, HIGH GEAR™ end-user support, recruiting and staffing of our training teams, and technical training. Marc has an extensive background in customer service and will always work hard to ensure your training or equipment requirements are taken care of promptly. To contact Marc, please send an e-mail to marc@blauertactical.com

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & PROGRAM CERTIFICATION

MOBILE TRAINING TEAM: As our company grows in scope and responsibility, we will continue to build our team with trainers who have earned their place on our training team through hundreds of hours of study, training, courses and seminars.

Tony Torres served in the US Navy for 9 years where he served as a Search & Rescue Swimmer and on the Nuclear Weapons Security Team. He was part of Physical Security for Atlantic Fleet Headquarters as well as their DT Instructor.

After the Navy, Mr. Torres served as a police officer for 12 years with the Virginia Beach Police Department. His law enforcement experience includes Plainclothes Special Enforcement Unit, Mobile Tactics Team (Assistant Team Leader), Background Investigator, Community Policing Team as well as Defensive Tactics & Fitness Instructor for the Academy and In-service training. Mr. Torres was also a Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services General and Defensive Tactics Instructor as well as a Court Recognized Use of Force and Defensive Tactics Expert Witness.

From 2002-2003 he was a lead instructor at Blackwater Training Center for the U.S. Navy's Anti-Terrorism Warfare Development Group teaching CQB & force-on-force. From 2003-2005 Mr. Torres worked for Blackwater Security Consultants in Iraq as Team Leader and Tactical Commander for various protective service teams including Ambassador Bremer detail, Ambassador Kosnett detail and a QRF/CAT/Convoy team.

Mr. Torres has been involved with the S.P.E.A.R. SYSTEM since 1999 and has used S.P.E.A.R. tactics and research in both the street and in court. He is S.P.E.A.R. SYSTEM certified, a HIGH GEAR Simulation System Instructor and Ballistic Micro-Fight Certified. Mr. Torres now teaches full-time for Blauer Tactical Systems. He can be reached at torres@blauertactical.com

 

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Erwin van Beek served in the Dutch army where he also had duties as a DT, combatives and Firearms instructor. Always interested in police work, he took a position with the military police as a DT and Firearm instructor and then perused his Police diploma.  He is currently one of the  top  instructors in Holland and teaches to counter-terrorism, military special forces, SWAT, firearms and defensive tactics instructors at their national academy. He is also a graduate of the Sports Academy of the Netherlands, where he earned his Academic degree for physical training and education.

In 1997, Mr. Van Beek started studying Mr. Blauer's research and system by video. He began integrating the scenario drills and close quarter tactics into his personal training and at the academy. In 2004 he traveled to the USA to earn certification in the S.P.E.A.R. System and officially bring the system back to Holland.  Shortly after returning he helped organize a national training symposium for military, SWAT, DT & firearms instructors and brought Mr. Blauer overseas for a week-long series of briefs, demos and drills on the S.P.E.A.R. System.

Since 2005 Erwin has traveled many times to the USA and the UK to attend advanced & instructor courses in the S.P.E.A.R. System, that include HIGH GEAR Simulation System Instructor & Ballistic Micro-Fight Instructor,  S.P.E.A.R. System Applications for the Gunfight, S.P.E.A.R. System Operator Course, Personal Defense Readiness Coach, S.P.E.A.R. System Ground Combatives. Currently Mr. Van Beek is one of our lead trainers in Europe and assists with our mobile training team abroad.

ADJUNCT STAFF 

Jason Dury
Charlie Moore
Joe Framke
Jeff Engelbrecht
Joe Skovira
Tom Arcuri
Dana Arcuri
Robb Finlayson

EUROPE 

Erwin Van Beek
Wytse Dijkstra
Neil Wilson
Zeb Glover 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Bob Willis
Brian Kinnaird, Ph.D.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Dr. Robert Smith