Periodically I am approached by people who tell me how much money I could be making on the Women’s Self-Defense Institute or from Defend University. They tell me of all the money that can made from selling franchises or on-line courses; by charging more for instructor certifications, or by charging instructors licensing fees or association [...] Read more »
The dates are in for women’s self-defense instructor certification courses for Tampa and New York. Tampa Fight Like a Girl and Girls on Guard March 3 and 4 New York Fight Like a Girl and Girls on Guard April 21 and 22 Both courses are being taught by Steve Kardian. Contact him for registration at [...] Read more »
“American Sniper” is really two stories in one: Chris Kyle‘s journey to becoming the United State’s most prolific military sniper ever; and a surprisingly frank account of a couple’s marriage strained by the separation caused by the war and Kyle’s commitment to the Teams. Interwoven into the story of Kyle’s deployments overseas and his brief [...] Read more »
“That horrible incident underlined something I’d learned in SEAL training and that I believe even more strongly today: You can’t anticipate al the challenges that are going to be thrown your way. All you can do is prepare yourself to the best of your abilities.” Don Mann, Inside SEAL Team 6, p. 100 Mann [...] Read more »
“Law enforcement officers around the world have a round in the chamber at all times because they know that seconds count. Law enforcement encounters normally take place at 7 meters or less and are over in less than 5 seconds. It is fast, it is violent, and you do not have time to think. You [...] Read more »
“…Department of Justice studies have proven that an adversary armed with only a knife can advance and defeat an individual armed with a handgun from distances up to 20 feet. By the time the armed individual recognizes the threat, determines that lethal force is justified, and withdraws the handgun from the holster, the adversary can [...] Read more »
Assisting with a recent concealed handgun instructional module in a high level executive protection course revealed a number of items which apply to everyone carrying a concealed weapon for self-defense. This particular course had representatives from the military, law enforcement and the security industry. There was also a very skilled martial artist taking the course as a way [...] Read more »
“Additionally, according to the FBI, states with Right-to-Carry laws have a 22 percent lower total violent crime rate, a 30 percent lower murder rate, a 46 percent lower robbery rate and a 12 percent lower aggravated assault rate compared ot the rest of the country. Similar FBI statistics show total violent crime rates drop once [...] Read more »
Steve Kardian and I recently certified five new women’s self-defense instructors for two modules of the Women’s Empowerment Series at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Haley Taricani, Joe Salvati, Secret Brown, Samantha Cook-Watt, and Sherry Gelle successfully passed the requirements to teach New women’s self-defense instructors (l. to r.) Sherry Gelle, [...] Read more »
In the news story which features the video of the woman being attacked in Brooklyn, a person identified as the self-defense expert at the end of the story continues to promulgate the theory that yelling ‘fire’ is more effective than yelling ‘help’. This theory holds that you are more likely to attract people’s attention by [...] Read more »