The First Three Seconds Decide Everything
COUNTER ASSAULT TACTICS (C.A.T.)
TRICOM Counter Assault Tactics (C.A.T.) trains you to survive the onset of a sudden attack - aka “the ambush.” Whether it be a sucker punch, a tackle, a sudden edged or impact weapon attack, these tactics give you a fighting chance to survive.
Real violence doesn't start with a fighting stance. It often starts before you have time to get ready. A hand grabs your collar. A fist is already moving before you see it coming. Someone closes distance and you're on the ground before you understand what happened.
Most self-defense training assumes you'll see the threat coming. C.A.T. is built for the moment you don't.
Ambush attacks are won or lost in the first second, not the first minute. If you're still trying to process what's happening, you've already lost the window that matters most. Surviving the initial onset of an assault is what determines whether you get the chance to survive the rest of it.
Your Course Instructor
Jared Wihongi
25+ Year SWAT Operator & Police Instructor
U.S. Army Special Forces Combatives Instructor
Global Combatives Instructor and Tactical Training Specialist
Jared Wihongi is internationally recognized as a leading authority in close-quarters combatives and law enforcement control tactics.
With over 40 years of martial arts experience, multiple black belts, and Grandmaster rank in the Filipino combat art Pekiti-Tirsia Kali, his work bridges the gap between traditional martial arts and modern operational combatives.
The tactics taught in TRICOM and Advanced ACT have been refined through:
- Years as a nightclub security professional
- Service as a street officer and SWAT operator
- Work as a Police Academy Defensive Tactics Instructor
- Instruction for U.S. Army Special Forces combatives programs
- Training law enforcement, military units, and security professionals worldwide
His experience has helped shape combatives programs used by professionals across the globe.
What C.A.T. Is
TRICOM Counter Assault Tactical is a focused module built around one problem: surprise, close-quarters assault. This includes:
- Sudden sucker-punch style attacks
- Takedown and tackle attempts
- Sudden edged weapon assaults
- Any close-quarters weapon attack where you're caught off guard
Rather than teaching a technique for every possible attack, C.A.T. follows core TRICOM principles: a small, high-percentage set of responses that apply across multiple attack types. Fewer moving parts means faster learning, faster recall under stress, and a better chance those skills are actually there when you need them.
Who It's For
- Civilians who take personal protection seriously and want realistic, no-nonsense skills
- Law enforcement who need to close the gap between "aware" and "already under attack"
- Military and executive protection professionals operating in unpredictable environments
- Anyone who has trained self-defense before but never specifically for the moment before you know it's happening
Why TRICOM
TRICOM Counter Assault Tactical is developed under the same Tri-Angle Combatives framework used across all TRICOM modules, built from decades of law enforcement, SWAT, and Special Forces combatives experience. The approach is the same one used to train operators: keep the toolset small, make it work under real stress, and make sure it transfers to more than one scenario.
No technique guarantees an outcome. What C.A.T. gives you is a simplified, trained response to the moments most self-defense training skips, the ones that decide whether you get a fighting chance at all.
