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Clint Sporman began his training in Combatives in 1992, under Carl Cestari.
Carl Cestari was internationally recognized as one of the World’s foremost authorities on authentic WWII Close-Quarters Combat. Cestari’s system was based greatly on the methods taught by William E. Fairbairn & Eric A. Sykes, as well as his own personal experience.
Sporman continued intensive systematic training in all aspects of Close-Quarters Combat for the next fourteen years until Cestari’s untimely passing in 2007.
Prior to his passing, Mr. Cestari designated Clint Sporman his sole protégé and his official successor.
Pictured with the Fairbairn Smatchet
Sporman receiving his Black Belt (Shodan) in
*Nippon Goshindo Jujutsu
Kean University Gutterfighting seminar
Gutterfighting CQB Seminar, Sweden
Law Enforcement CQB and Combat Pistolcraft training, Sweden
Hostage Rescue/High Risk Warrant Course – Blackwater Training Center, Moyock, NC
Post Hurricane Katrina – New Orleans, LA
Post Hurricane Katrina – New Orleans, LA
Assault Rifle Instructor Course, Fort Dix, NJ
Acting as liason between Kean University Police and Secret Service Detail for President Clinton and Governor Corzine.
Pictured with President Bill Clinton and John Corzine.
Alongside Cestari, Sporman interviewed and received direct training from a wide variety of noted specialists in WWII Combatives which include:
Close-Combat Instructor to OSS & MITC (Interviewed)
* (Many of Nelson’s top instructors were close friends, training partners, and students of Mr. Cestari)
OSS Maritime Unit Operational Swimmer Group 2 (OSS-USCG Frogman) (Interviewed)
OSS, MAC-V-SOG, U.S. Army Special Forces. (Interviewed)
Developer of the Vietnam Tomahawk (Interviewed)
Pentjak Silat Seminar 1997/1998
U.S.M.C. Office-in-Charge of Close-Combat who trained under USMC Close-Combat legend John Styers.
R.O.S.S. Seminar 1997/1998