Instructor Bio

• Retired from the Military: 10th Special Forces Group (ABN)
• Military H Instructor Identifier & SOCOM Hand to Hand Combat Instructor
• Former Team Leader and Tactical Trainer: QRF for Counter Terrorism
• Previously worked with all Special Operations forces, including:
  • US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Force
  • United States Seal Team Six

Law Enforcement Experience:

• Graduate of three different police academies
• Served as a Police Officer in three different states

Current Instructor or Former Adjunct for the Following National Training Schools:

• American Warrior International
• ARMA Training
• Lethal Force Institute
• Defensive Training Inc
• American Small Arms Academy

Graduate of the Following:

• FBI Hostage Negotiation School
• Smith & Wesson
• H&K
• Sig Arms Academy
• NRA Police Firearms Instructor Schools

Attended the Following National Training Schools (Partial Listing):

• Mid-South
• Thunder Ranch
• Police Officer Survival Institute
• Universal Shooting Academy
• 727 Counter Terror Unit
• Vickers Tactical Training
• Strategos International
• NASA Law Enforcement Academy
• Phoenix RTB
• PPCT
• North Mountain Pines Training Institute
• Team One
• ICE

Martial Arts Experience:

• Over 40 years of Martial Arts Experience
• Certified Instructor in Jeet Kune Do & Kali and the American Warrior Free Fighting System
• Recognized as one of the top knife instructors in the country

Additional Professional Accomplishments:

• Served as a Personal Protection Specialist and former Private Investigator
• Published Author: Collaborator on The Special Operations Tactical Sniper Manual, available from Paladin Press

Published in the Following Magazines:

• The Chief of Police (The Official Publication of the National Association of Chiefs of Police)
• POLICE Magazine
• Police One
• Tactical Gear Magazine
• Tactical MilSim Magazine
• Concealed Carry

Co-wrote for the Following Publications:

• Black Belt
• Guns & Ammo
• SWAT
• Combat Handguns
• GLOCK Annual
• Martial Arts Insider
• Bodyguard Magazine
• Filipino Martial Arts Magazine
• Real Fighting

Appeared or Featured In:

• Gung Ho Magazine
• Soldier of Fortune Magazine
• SWAT
• Black Belt
• Martial Arts Digest
• Real Fighting
• American Handgunner
• Combat Handguns

Personal and Professional Accomplishments:

• Trainer of the 552 Military Police Unit, voted Best Tactical Unit in the Army
• First American awarded Romanian Parachute Jump Wings
• One of the first two Americans to train the Nigerian Police Forces in Africa
• One of two reporters ever granted first-time access to NASA Kennedy Space Center, featuring their security
• Gold Medal Winner at the coveted Arnold Schwarzenegger Martial Arts World Games