Welcome to the official Common Sense Self-Defense / Street Combat site. Founded by Grandmaster Bram Frank, CSSD-SC has been the hub from which he has promoted his Combat Arnis and Modular systems, along with his knife designs.

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Online Instructor Training

We are now offering the ability to earn a Basic Instructor Certification in Modular Knife. The course is comprised of video training and one-to-one video access with Grandmaster Bram Frank and a test by video for the final exam.

  • This program consists of 29 segmented videos covering 4 hours of pure instruction. Filmed at the 3 day, 2018 Birthday Bash Instructor Camp.
  • You will learn the foundations of Modular, the 4 primary modules, switch points, decision points, Bram speak and concepts on how to teach the Modular System.
  • There will be 6 mandatory check-ins during your training to make sure you are on the right track.
  • You also get 3 additional, 30 minute one-to-one video chats with Bram Frank. This can be used for Q&A, guidance, or to talk about the weather.
  • You will also be provided with a digital supplemental resource book in PDF format
  • SIGN UP TODAY!

Once completed, students will receive a digital certificate that is suitable for printing, and get all other rights given to instructors.

Update your Information

Are you or have you been a CSSD instructor? Have you, at any time taken our courses in Combat Arnis, Modular Knife or CRMIPT?  If this is you, please take a moment and fill out the form via the following link.  We are in the process of updating our database.

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