After years of study in Yoshinkan Aikido—one of the hardest-hitting of the traditional Aikido styles—I was invited to train at the Honbu Dojo in Tokyo, Japan. It was the original hand-to-hand training school for the renowned, respected Tokyo Riot Police, for their street-effective technique. During one memorable training session, in freestyle sparring (randori), as I [...]
As a professional instructor and keynote speaker throughout the public and private sectors, my courses range from awareness-based training (preventative measures) to empty hand defense, to non-ballistic weapons defense (edged, impact, flexible), to defensive firearms. At the very end of each course delivery, time is allotted for participant’s questions. In a year’s time I deliver [...]
As sworn deputy and later as a federal employee, it was incumbent upon those of us carrying firearms to qualify with those weapons meeting the minimum standard as set by that agency or department. Technically speaking you could squeak by your in-service qualification with a barely passing score. However, to the rest of the team [...]
