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Jill Cermele is a professor of psychology and an affiliated faculty member of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Drew University. Her scholarship, teaching, and activism are focused on gender and resistance, outcomes and perceptions of self-defense training, and issues of gender in mental health. With Martha McCaughey, she was a guest editor for the March 2014 special issue of Violence Against Women on Self-Defense Against Sexual Assault. McCaughey and she also write the blog See Jane Fight Back, where they provide commentary and analysis on popular press coverage of self-defense and women’s resistance.

Martha McCaughey is a professor of sociology and an affiliated faculty member of the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Program at Appalachian State University. She is the author of Real Knockouts: The Physical Feminism of Women’s Self-Defense and The Caveman Mystique: Pop-Darwinism and the Debates Over Sex, Violence, and Science. With Jill Cermele, she guest edited the special issue of Violence Against Women on self-defense against sexual assault and blogs at See Jane Fight Back. www.seejanefightback.com

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I am Amir, a cognitive psychologist (MSc) and self-defense instructor at Instinctive Systems. I developed a passion for self-defense and conflict management during my time at the University of Leiden.

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Anonymous Kunoichi as been a passionate writer since she was very young, when she lost herself in the stories of Narnia and Oz, as a way to escape the reality of life with an abusive parent.

At the age of 22, she entered a local dojo in a small New England town, seeking self defense lessons. Her life changed and with feet firmly placed on the path of martial arts, she has continuously searched out challenges that have encouraged her personal growth on all levels – emotionally, physically, and mentally. Fifteen years on the path, and still going strong. But she’ll be the first to admit, she’s fallen hard a few times.

When she’s not working, you’ll often find her running for hours on quiet country roads, devouring a good book, and perhaps surfing Foodgawker for new granola recipes.

Her happiest moments are in the dojo, training alongside friends who are family.
For evil has no place there.

My name is Selco and I am from the Balkan region, and as some of you may know it was hell here from 92-95, anyway, for 1 whole year I lived and survived in a city WITHOUT: electricity, fuel, running water, real food distribution, or distribution of any goods, or any kind of organized law or government.

The city was surrounded for 1 year and in that city actually it was SHTF situation. We were all thrown into this and our allies were our enemies from one day to the next. Today I’m prepared but I learned a lot going through this hard time.

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Hock Hochheim has taught force necessary combat strategies to citizens, the police and military all over the world in places like South Africa,  Australia, Germany, Europe, The United Kingdom, China, Southwest Asia for the military and of course, other countries and throughout the United States. Hock has actually done more in real life than most people reputed to be…“ famous and experienced.” Currently Hock teaches hand, stick, knife and gun combatives in some 40 seminars in 11 or 12 allied countries a year.

 

Jordan Tabor is an American martial artist and security guard. After beginning training in 1999, he would spend the next fifteen years developing his technique and his understanding of violent conflict. He has taught his martial arts at many prestigious schools, including Harvard and Anapolis. He currently teaches grappling and self defense in the Boston area by day, while working security by night.

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Born in 1969, Richard Dimitri began his martial arts training in 1975. By the age of 21 he’d acquired instructor certifications and black belts in several forms of martial arts and hand to hand combat disciplines which lead him into various careers that spanned over 2 decades in the fields of private and personal security, bodyguard for high profile clients and doorman. With his training and experience, Richard began researching & formulating a personal methodology of close quarter combat and personal defense predicated on human behavior and the psychology of violence.

Ed is a security specialist and combatives instructor with over 10 year experience in public safety along the northern border area of Mexico. He runs seminars and private training specific to anti-abduction, escapology, free hand and unconventional edged weapons work. He is also director of Libre Fighting Systems in Mexico.

He is available for seminars, private and semi-private lessons. If you are interested please free to send a message to: edsmanifesto@gmail.com

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Wim Demeere started working as a personal trainer in 1994 when this profession was still rare in his native country of Belgium. His passion for teaching and helping people improve the quality of their lives has made him a much sought after trainer both at home and across the globe. Over the years he passed on his knowledge to a wide variety of clients: CEOs of global companies, world-class athletes, best-selling authors and many different clients of all ages. Regardless of their background, his objective is always to help them achieve their goals of martial skill, athletic performance and perfect health.

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