H2H Grappling Demonstration

In H2H cadets are exposed to striking, grappling and other self-defense skills. Here's a grappling demonstration that the cadets put on a couple years ago:

Technology Policy

Cadets are encouraged to bring cell phones to the FONC training, however all technology will be checked in with the instructors upon arrival. Cadets will be given an opportunity to use their technology periodically throughout the training, but access will be restricted. Cadets are also encouraged to bring MP3 players, which they will be allowed to keep throughout the week (with NO camera, phone or Internet access and NO trashy music).

Parents are encouraged to follow the website to keep up with the training (http://fonchand-to-hand.blogspot.com/). Daily posts will go up chronicling FONC.

Feel freed to contact me (Instructor Carroll) at 704-905-2276 with any questions you may have regarding this policy.

FONC H2H Training Announcement

Attention! FONC H2H is scheduled for 16Jun13-23Jun13 this year. Get the word out to your fellow cadets! Get ready for a week of this:

Call Instructor Jeff Carroll at 704-905-2276 with any questions you may have.

"Subduing the enemy with your bare hands."

FONC2012 Sunday Graduation

Here is a video montage of our last day at FONC 2012.  Be sure to watch to the end.

Officer's Report - 120624

Today is the last day of FONC H2H 2012. We began the day at 0700 by waking the guys up and getting them going on straightening out the facility. At 0815 I conducted Sunday morning devotions for any interested cadets. We looked a number of sports analogies from the Bible (running, boxing; wrestling) and discussed how these passages apply to us today in our everyday lives.

After devotions we headed over to the Golden Corral for some chow. I'm pretty sure most of the guys threw the zone diet out of the window there.

At 1030 we headed back to the training center, cleaned up and got things ready for graduation. The ceremony went very smoothly, with many parents and guests attending:

 

After the ceremony, the guys did a final cleanup and FONC H2H 2012 came to a close at 1400.

Thanks to everyone for coming out. Thanks for the opportunity to work with these young men.

Officer's Report - 120623

We woke the guys up at 0615 this morning for a surprise CrossFit workout. The cadets had 15 minutes to get their gear together before heading over to the CrossFit Charlotte location. Once we arrived, the cadets were given a surprise workout consisting of a 200m prowler push (a prowler is a metal sled carrying weights, deisgned to be pushed across an asphalt parking lot), an 8-foot wall climb, box jumps, sit ups, 25-pound ground-to-overhead lifts, pull ups, weighted hill runs with a sandbag. We grouped the guys together in teams of two for this workout. Here they are in action:

After CrossFit, we headed back to the training center where the cadets ate breakfast and got ready for their first grappling session of the day with Shinjiro Sasaki, a world-class judo competitor and instructor:

After this session, we ate lunch and assisted our hosts - the folks from the judo club - in breaking down their martial arts camp at a nearby facility. The guys got 4 hours of community service for doing this. We ate dinner (a treat - pizza & ice cream), straightened out the facility, and watched the movie Rudy before lights out at 2400. 


Tomorrow's graduation - a big day. Stay tuned for our next report.

Life Lesson - 120623

I watched the movie Rudy with the guys tonight. This is a tradition the last night of our training. The bottom line: Being the best football player, boxer, wrestler, or judo player does not define success. Instead, making the most of what God has given you is what makes one successful.

I've seen this movie 5 or 6 times - I cried every time. And I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one watching it tonight that shed a tear.

I am very, very proud of each and every Sea Cadet that toiled through this training. It was grueling. It was challenging. It was an honor working with them. And it is my hope - indeed my prayer - that each and every young man that I worked with this week experiences success in life - real success - by making the most of his God-given talents.