
Team-Survival · Thuringia, Germany
Combat Survival course: evasion, escape and survival
Evasion, escape, close combat and survival under pressure. Military-inspired survival training for civilians.
Team-Survival · Ronny Schmidt
The course
The Combat Survival course is aimed at civilians who want to train for evasion, escape and survival in crisis regions. Drills, technical instruction and scenarios alternate. Participants work under physical and psychological pressure.
The course is led by Ronny Schmidt, owner of Team-Survival, a former paratrooper and survival and self-protection instructor. It is open to private individuals, security personnel and people whose work takes them into crisis regions or uncertain security environments.
Training content
What you practise
Evasion and movement in the field
Tactical observation and planning, evasion and escape, orientation, navigation, tracking and countertracking. Countertracking involves disguising one’s own trail and misleading pursuers with false tracks.


Close combat and restraints
Offensive close combat and advanced opening of professional double-lock handcuffs form part of the course.


Drills, questioning and pressure
The training includes drills and scenarios involving interrogation and pressure. Physical and mental strain are part of the training structure.


Survival during escape
Survival basics in a hostile environment and behaviour in areas at risk from mines. The programme also introduces the basics of finding food, making fire, obtaining water and purifying it.


Course · Team-Survival
Combat Survival training
The full course description and an option to book are available directly at Team-Survival. All instruction and exercises are conducted in German.