Empty-handed qualifications:
-10-year earned black belt in a derivative of Kenpo known as UMAS. Continuous training since 2006, with goal to be under instruction at least 100 hours a year annually.
-Presenter at national martial arts gatherings specializing in empty-handed skills for firearms carriers and firearms skills for martial artists
Pistol and related qualifications:
-Rangemaster Certified Pistol Instructor
-NRA Certified Pistol Instructor in Home Firearm Safety, Basic Pistol, Personal Protection in the Home, Defensive Pistol, Personal Protection Outside the Home
-Shooting-performance.com (Mike Seeklander) Firearms Instructor Development graduate
-State of Arizona certified Armed Guard instructor
-UTM Professional Training Organization certified
-Law of Self Defense verified instructor graduate
-NRA Range Safety Officer certified
-Certified Civilian TASER Trainer
-Daily CCW carrier since 2006
-National speaker on real-life defensive encounters; in 2017, was invited to speak at the NRA Carry Guard Expo and keynote speaker at the Rangemaster Instructor Conference
Social Media:
-YouTube channel is among the most-viewed self-defense and firearms channels on YouTube, currently garnering between 15 and 30 million channel views monthly
-Known for narrating defensive encounters caught on surveillance video for lessons learned for self-defenders of all kinds
-Facebook page reaches 1+ million per week with content to help self-defenders better protect their families.
Related education and qualifications:
-96-hour Masters Degree in a Communications field (MDiv, Phoenix Seminary, 2006)
-9 years classroom experience teaching both undergraduate and graduate students
-Honorable Discharge, United States Navy (Electronics Technician [Nuclear], First Class {E-6})
-Narrated Defensive Encounters used by multiple LE Agencies and Academies, MIL LE posts, and hundreds of firearms and combatives trainers around the world.