Our main mission revolves around preparing individuals for real-world situations where personal safety, as well as the safety of others, is at stake. The training programs offered focus on enhancing situational awareness, mastering armed and unarmed combat tactics, honing grappling skills, and utilizing improvised weaponry effectively.

Every session gets one of three classifications:

The participant needs the movement made easier.

The participant performs the current variation appropriately.

The participant demonstrates sufficient control/capability to increase the challenge.

This prevents the classic fitness-industry mistake:

“If you can do it, make it harder.”

T3 says:

“If you can demonstrate competency, determine whether progression is appropriate.”

As an NRA Instructor and a classically trained martial artist with over 40 years of experience in various disciplines, Tony has meticulously studied and analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of each art form, culminating in the development of an efficient and practical system known as T3

 Urban Defense.

What sets Tony's classes apart is their tailored approach, customizing each session to suit the unique capabilities of the students. By participating in these empowering programs, you can expect to heighten your overall awareness, fortify your mental and physical strength, and acquire invaluable skills to safeguard yourself and your loved ones.

As a proud Marine veteran, Rick Noda has always been a passionate and motivated individual and as such, has had a passion for passing along that motivation in order to inspire others to be the best versions of themselves – especially when it comes to their fitness goals. As result, he developed the T3 Body Training program, which is  a science-based approach that utilizes USAT and TRX training, cardiovascular system improvement, stretching and muscle strengthening, and nutritional guidance.

The baseline should be collected before the participant begins the first Daily 7 session.

I recommend making this very simple:

3 — Competent
Controlled movement, appropriate range, no significant compensation.

2 — Developing
Movement completed but with noticeable compensation, reduced range, or inconsistent control.

1 — Modified
Requires a regression, assistance, reduced range, or significant modification.

0 — Unable
Cannot safely perform the movement as prescribed.

That gives us something much better than saying:

“Movement-quality score increased from X to Y.”

I would keep this deliberately simple.

The T3 system does not need to become a laboratory full of equipment.

We want tests that a coach can reproduce.

Potential core measures:

Standardized chair height and time/repetition protocol.

Measures lower-body functional performance.

Standardized single-leg or supported balance assessment appropriate to the participant.

Measures stability and control.

Coach observes the participant’s hip-hinge pattern.

Measures fundamental movement competency.

Standardized bodyweight squat or appropriate regression.

Measures lower-body control and mobility.

A standardized low-risk movement performed for a defined period.

Measures repeatability and tolerance to work.

The important principle:

Same test. Same instructions. Same conditions. Same scoring system.

Otherwise, we aren’t measuring change—we’re measuring different tests.

This fitness program compliments T3 URBAN DEFENSE by teaching students fitness techniques that they can use everyday, regardless of their location and whether or not they have access to a gym.