Gem City Martial Arts training is in The Counterpoint Tactical System.
CTS is a weapon-based integrated martial art designed for the street with an emphasis on real-world tactical counter offense. It's largest traditional influence can be found in the Filipino Martial Arts. The purpose of CTS is to train it's practitioners to be well versed in every phase of civilian armed and unarmed combat. The curriculum is designed with a survival based philosophy using a "Civilian Use of Force Continuum" to help better understand real world violence and how to appropriately respond to a bad situation.
