Throughout the last few years we have seen a resurgence (of sorts) in the world of Martial Arts led, for the most part, by Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).  MMA can be seen in such programs as UFC, IFC, IFL, Strikeforce or King of the Cage.  These events have become so popular the annual revenue generated […]

In recent weeks I attended a conference that addressed various topics surrounding violence on today’s campuses, one of the workshops dealt with hate crimes.  I was surprised to hear how often they occur, actually now that I think about it, I was not all that surprised.  I would like to think we have progressed passed this […]

There is a lot of talk in the self-defense community about the use of intuition.  On a personal level I am a big fan of utilizing it to its fullest potential.  Anything to avoid a physical conflict in my books takes top billing.  In short, your intuition is figuratively and literally a “gut feeling” that something […]

I am often asked what a potential criminal looks like.  Well the answer often lies in not what they look like rather how they behave.  My personal theory is the media (movies and the like) have wrongly conditioned us to think that all criminals have a certain look.  For example they may look evil, scary […]

There are various degrees of stalkers.  Typically in my classes I talk about the four types of stalker.  In this article I’ll focus on only three types since the fourth type really is not applicable.  In broad terms there are essentially three types of stalkers: intimate partners, delusional and what is often defined as a […]

IDEAL FOR NURSES, ER WORKERS, PSYCHIATRIC and FIRST RESPONDERS 
The program was designed to provide professionals with the opportunity to develop necessary skills to avoid or minimize the need for physical restraint. The program concentrates on the assumption one party is already resisting or actively fighting, not being compliant. The training focuses on maintaining the safety and dignity of […]

Such popular social networking sites like Facebook, My Space, Orkut (if you are Brazilian or Indian- they have a lot of users) and the like have become immensely popular in the past several years.  Like any good thing there is often a dark side that comes with it, or grows out of it.  If you […]

To begin, lets take a look at some numbers.  According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (2002) some general characteristics of crime on college campuses are:

41% of the offenders were thought to be using drugs or alcohol
72% of the off-campus crimes occurred between 6PM and 6AM
66% of the assaults were unarmed
58% were committed by strangers.  […]

 
IDEAL FOR NURSES, ER WORKERS, PSYCHIATRIC and FIRST RESPONDERS
TLC- Tender Loving Control (sm) 
The program was designed to provide professionals with the opportunity to develop necessary skills to avoid or minimize the need for physical restraint. The program concentrates on the assumption one party is already resisting or actively fighting, not being compliant. The training […]

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