When you want top-notch facilities, the nicest equipment, and the best looking instructors, you go to Sheepdog Response in Austin, TX. For those who can’t afford it, Greenhorn Combatives in Colorado Springs is the next best option. As an affiliate of SDR, we deliver pressure-tested concepts, scenario-driven instruction, and real-world tactics for armed self-protection with the same hardcore standards and professionalism you’d expect from a premier program—without the premium price tag.

At Greenhorn Combatives, we take you from green to grit. We turn beginners—people with little or no experience in fighting or shooting—into operators who think, move, and act with calm decisiveness and intestinal fortitude while under real-world pressure. You’ll train in your everyday clothes, using practical, pressure-tested skills. You’ll learn to assess risk, manage space, and isolate threats through core concepts and fundamentals. We fuse mindset with technique and run realistic scenarios that will harden you against fear and confusion. By the end, you won’t just know what to do—you’ll do it instinctively, with confidence and responsibility, ready to protect what matters most.

When you train with us, you’re not just learning from hobbyists or part-time enthusiasts, you’re learning from the best instructors in the world; professionals who have spent their lives preparing for the worst so they can teach you to be at your best.

Our Cadre includes:

• Special Operations Veterans who have operated in the world’s most hostile environments.

• Law Enforcement Officers and SWAT Operators who bring real-world urban tactics and crisis response experience.

• Firefighters and Paramedics with hands-on lifesaving experience when seconds matter most.

• Blackbelts in Jiu Jitsu and in the Army Combatives Program; Instructors who understand close-quarter-combat from both the mat and the field.

Each Greenhorn Combatives instructor has been tested — in combat, in the streets, in the cage, and in life. When you attend one of our courses, you’re not just learning tactics, you’re gaining the skills, mindset, and confidence taught by those who have lived it.

This is Greenhorn Combatives. America’s Martial Arts. Come train with us and die less often.