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GCH

U.S.

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Expertise

I can answer questions pertaining to personal safety, armed and unarmed self-defense, strategic and tactical planning and considerations having to do with real-world situations. I can also answer questions pertaining to children's safety and self-defense, and women's safety and self-defense. I DO NOT answer questions regarding aspects of oriental martial arts.

Experience in the area

Kukkiwon certified Black Belt, ETS certified self-defense instructor, NRA certified firearms instructor for state concealed carry permits, NRA qualified Distinguished Expert, Handgun; IDPA classified Expert, Stock Service Pistol Division; Instructor 1T4-8 (children's self-defense program); Instructor, Women's Self-Defense program; Instructor, Tactical Pistol Skills Development Seminar; Instructor, Introduction to Defensive Pistol competition.

Organizations

ETS, IDPA, NRA, F.I.G.H.T.

Publications

Tactical Journal

Education/Credentials

Bachelors and Masters degrees; various diplomas, certificats, and certifications in unarmed self-defense, defensive handgun, tactical rifle, defensive folding knife, and fixed blade fighting knife.

Awards and Honors

Numerous trophies, tactical pistol competition

Past/Present Clients

Private

Average Ratings

Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
James	08/01/08	10	10	10	10
ash	03/31/08	10	10	10	10	thank you so much
Stewart	03/11/08	8	9	10	10	Thanks so much
serenitywest	12/07/07	10	10	10	10	Thanks for the indepth response! Hope to .....
sridu	03/14/07	10	10	10	10	Thanks for reply.

Recent Answers from GCH

2009-04-04 Knife:

For the most part, unless one is trained in a specific style (such as with a Karambit or a double-edged knife), the various small differences in blades (spear point, clip point, tanto, etc.) are just interesting

2009-02-15 debate on self defence:

It is a tenet of virtually all cultures that living things (people in particular) have a default right to exist. The founding documents of the an independent North American nation reflect this in the Declaration

2008-04-11 defense:

Particularly when it involves firearms, defense of a near attack and defense of a far attack are two different things. E.g. when dealing with a CQ firearms situations, you want to stay back from cover

2008-03-10 Women's self defense:

Stewart, Those are excellent questions. I should tell you up front that women are an enigma to me when it comes to self defense, and when asked to do a woman's self defense seminar, I usually persuade

2007-12-06 dvd:

First of all, DON'T use any Israeli system for handgun training - it is horribly inefficient. With all the information out there, these days the cutting-edge instructors are all vectoring in on the

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