Private Investigations and Personal Security/Expert Profile

Expertise

My specialty is crime prevention, crime avoidance and surviving high-risk situations. My books are known internationally as a realistic approach to self-defense and survival in street conditions. I teach police, military and others `professional use of force.` I do have extensive martial arts training, I can answer questions about wing chun, kali and silat and general commercialized martial arts effectiveness in self-defense situations. I cannot answer specific questions about popular sport style martial arts.

Experience in the area

In my youth, I was part of the reason the streets of LA were so dangerous. As I matured, I "changed sides" and started being the one telling criminals "no, you can't do that." I bring extensive live-fire experience to the subject.

What do you like about this subject?

My approach to this subject isn't about teaching people how to be tough or how to be aggressive. The approach I take is more along the lines of improving life skills to help people avoid violence.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Violence is a process. A process that can be easily derailed and/or avoided with simple non-violent steps. Although self-defense is important, life skills that keep you out of conflict are far more useful.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Although young people often feel that they must fight in order to prove something, the long term costs of violence ar never worth what you think you might gain by doing it.