Avi Nardia is a a former hand-to-hand combat instructor for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Reserve, the Israeli counter-terrorism unit YAMAM and the Israeli Operational Police Academy. He teaches the martial art of Kapap, as well as Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Krav Maga.
I worked for 8 years with severely emotionally disturbed adolescents in a partial-hospitalization setting. I am trained in TCI-Therapeutic Crisis Intervention-and The Sanctuary Model of Trauma Informed Care, and applied those philosophies and techniques in my work regularly.
I have been training martial arts and self-defense since 1987. My main discipline at the beginning was ITF Taekwondo. In 1997 I participated in Krav Maga instructor course and changed my main focus of training to more reality based self-defense.
At the helm of SAFE International™ is founder and CEO Christopher Roberts. Chris has positioned SAFE International™ since its formation 20 years ago, to its current position as Canada’s Leader in self-protection instruction.
Alain Burrese is an Author, Speaker, and Personal Security, Safety and Self-defense Instructor. He has combined his years of martial art and self-defense training, his military, bouncing and security work, and his formal education which includes a business degree and law degree into books, DVDs, and programs to help people stay safe and defend themselves if needed.
Andrea F. Harkins, is a published author, a life coach, a motivational and martial arts blogger and a public speaker. Andrea has studied and taught martial arts for twenty-six years. Her training evolved into her writing about martial arts experiences as they relate to life experiences.
Andrea’s book, The Martial Arts Woman, is now available at www.themartialartswoman.storenvy.com or on Amazon!
The Martial Arts Woman shares the stories and insights of more than twenty-five women in the martial arts, and how they apply martial arts to their lives. This book will motivate and inspire you to go after your goals in life and to fight through every challenge and defeat every obstacle. The Martial Arts Woman will open your eyes to the power of the human spirit and the martial art mindset that dwells in each of us! You can contact Andrea through her website, www.themartialartswoman.com.
My name is Andrew Holland and I am the owner of The Self Defence Expert.com. For the last 5 years, I have written articles on self-defence and martial arts that have been read by over 300,000 people.
