I’m a regular kinda guy.
I like working out, both in martial arts and at the gym.
I do so daily.
I have a love/hate relationship with running.
I do it anyway.
I am a Combat Arnis Martial Arts instructor and an NRA Certified Firearms Instructor.
I teach the State of Florida Concealed Weapons course.
I’m old enough to know what I like and what I don’t like.
I’m not scared to say so.
In spite of that I’m still pretty easy to get along with.
I tend to dress in darker colors…most of the time…
I like both cats AND dogs.
I have only seen snow twice in my life.
I hate the word “hate”.
I am a carnivore and proud of it.
I’m a hunter, too.
I am a grandfather.
I am literate. That means I can read AND write AND spell.
I hope/pray that you can, too.
I do know the difference between “your” and “you’re”.
I also know that “y’all” is singular and “All y’all” is plural.
I am probably the toughest Librarian you will ever meet.
Beer is an acquired taste, and I have definitely acquired a taste for it.
I like Classic Muscle cars.
I have ink, quite bit.
I DO support our troops.
I don’t care if you like me or not.
I am an unrepentant sinner.
A little bit of my training background…
Current:
- State of Florida Concealed Weapons Course
- Former Instructor for Options for Personal Security
- NRA Certified Firearms Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Range Safety Officer & NRA Life Member
- 3rd degree Black Belt Combat Arnis under Founder-Director Grand Master Bram Frank, CSSD/SC
- Shotokan Karate under Master/Censei Saito
- Tae Kwon Do under Sabanim Jung Nam Lee
- Certified Gunting/LapuLapu kinetic knife and CRMIPT kinetic impact tool Instructor under Founder-Director Grand Master Bram Frank, CSSD/SC
- Sparring partner to Guro Tony Torre, Combat Arnis CSSD/SC, Founder Miami Arnis Group
- Past sparring partner to Laci Szabo, Master at Arms, Knife Designer, Police Officer, actor
- Master at Arms, Order of the Black Shamrock
- International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) Certified Personal Trainer
- International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) Specialist in Sports Nutrition
I have taken courses and/or seminars with:
Martial Arts:
- Sifu / Magulang Na Guro / Kru / Sensei / Saya Dan Inosanto, Inosanto Academy
- Riddle of Steel by Master at Arms James A. Keating, Comtech/Combat Technologies
- Riddle of Steel South/Crescent City Steel, Master at Arms James A. Keating & Master at Arms John Saucier
- Marangal Na Guro Cass Magda, Magda Institute
- Sifu/Kru/Guro Dwight Woods, Unified Martial Arts Academy
- Grand Master Bram Frank, Founder Director CSSD/SC, Combat Arnis
- Guru Santiago Dobles, Dobles Institute
- Sifu/Kru/Guro Courtney White, Hybrid Martial Arts, LLC
- Sifu/Guru Burton Richardson, JKD Unlimited
- Prof. Tom Sotis, Amok Brotherhood
- Sifu Erik Paulson, Lt. Heavyweight Shootwrestling World Champion
- Sifu Tuyoshi Abe, Inosanto Academy
- Maestro/Guru Bruno Cruicchi, Garrote Larense
- Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje, Jr., Supreme Grandmaster Pekiti-Tirsia Kali System
- George Matheis, Jr. & Seth Berman, Modern Combative Systems
- Grand Master Richard Crabbe De-Bordes, De-Bordes Foundation of Combat Science
Firearms:
- Defensive Handgun by John Farnam, President, Defense Training International, Inc.
- Defensive Handgun by Andy Stanford, Director & Chief Instructor, Options for Personal Security
- Surgical Speed Shooting by Andy Stanford, Director & Chief Instructor, Options for Personal Security
- Tactical Shotgun by Andy Stanford, Director & Chief Instructor, Options for Personal Security
- Tactical Speed Shooting by Andy Stanford, Director & Chief Instructor, Options for Personal Security
- Defensive Handgun by Jim Clark, Lead Instructor, High Point Personal Security Training
- Force Options by Tony Torre, Chief Instructor, Options for Personal Security
- Tactical Rifle by Chuck Taylor, Director, American Small Arms Institute
- Practical Rifle by Randy Cain, Director, Cumberland Tactics
- Practical Target Shooting by German Salazar, NRA Double Distinguished Pistol & Rifle Champion, Camp Perry
- Combative Pistol from Modern Combative Systems by George Matheis, Jr. & Seth Berman
- Handgun Vitals by Daniel Shaw, Shaw Strategies
Keep in mind that training is a constant and this list will always be updating!
Also note that this is, by no means, a complete list of my training. Some things the general public does not need to know.
If I want you to know, you will.
