Tuesday, November 25, 2008 ROAD RAGERS! Living in Central Florida gives the average citizen the opportunity to experience a phenomenon that is becoming more and more common. Road Rage. It is amazing to me how some people are suddenly empowered to use vicious and venomous outbursts, obscene gestures, and threaten us on a moments notice with the force of one of the most lethal weapons known to man; the automobile. While anyone following Read More

Touchy subject, but I am not one to shy from this topic, there is too much to lose. I own a gun. I own several guns. I have shot competitively, I shoot for sport (skeet), and I shoot for as a survival skill (personal defense, or hunting) I abide by the law, and I believe it is my right to own a weapon given that fact. Read More

What are your hot buttons? One of the biggest reasons we end up in confrontations isn’t spontaneous violence from another person. Most often, its our lack of self awareness and centering ability that leads us to escalate an unworthy situation. Ego, expectation, and self-control are all variables in the equation. So I ask again, what are your hot buttons? The kids repeating the same question a hundred times? The wife leaving the Read More

The Trojan Horse. A gift, or a weapon? It depends on who’s perspective you seek I suppose. For the sake of this rant, I ask you to consider a different context. This is the gift you can give yourself to present in your City of Troy moment. Consider the position of strategy it would give you during any type of confrontation to have the skills, knowledge, and emotional presence to respond Read More

Monday, November 17, 2008 A friend of mine was assaulted after leaving a restaurant recently. It was mid evening, after sunset, and “John”, for the sake of this conversation, along with his wife left the restaurant and walked to the car in a neighboring department store parking lot. As they arrived at their car, a man in a running suit approached from the department store area. As he approached, John told Read More

Saturday, November 15, 2008 What has kept you from taking that first step? Is it the visualization of failure that holds you in place? Is it a fear of getting hurt? Is it a fear of what others will say? What keeps you from coming to a self-defense course? APATHY It wont happen to me. That kind of thing doesn’t happen in my neighborhood. ERRONEOUS or CONFLICTING BELIEFS I am too small (weak, afraid) to defend Read More

I CANT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME..... But even before that, that awful feeling in your gut boils up, telling you things are not all right. Visions begin to form in rapid fire across your mind. Oh, God, what will he do to me? Will I live through this? If I do live, what will I have to live with? Why me? The inertia created by fear is working against Read More

Welcome! This is the first in what I hope is many sharing experiences to come. I will be using this blog space to bring to light some issues and experiences as they relate to safety, fear, confidence, and life training skills. Where am I coming from? If you have browsed my site, you will see that I specialize in the training of self-defense. I began the journey to this business 25 years ago Read More