Tim Larkin is the founder of Target Focus Trainer and the author of the New York Times best-selling book, Surviving the Unthinkable as well as How to Survive the Most Important 5 Seconds of Your Life and When Violence is the Answer. He has trained everyone from SEAL teams to bluechip corporate executives. A former military intelligence officer, Larkin was part of a beta group that redesigned how Special Operations personnel trained for close combat. He has a 25 year career where he has trained p...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 12 min
John Hackleman is the legendary trainer of fighters such as Chuck Liddell, Glover Texeira and Court McGee along with a host of others. But he's also a lifelong martial artist, growing up tough in Hawaii where he was exposed to Kajukenbo - an art adapted to the realities of street violence and honour fighting on the islands. John would go on to become a champion boxer and kickboxer before switching focus to running his school and training fighters. In this episode, John shares some great insight ...
Aug 10, 2020•51 min
Tim Kennedy is possibly our most requested guest of all time. A former UFC fighter, special forces soldier, star of Hunting Hitler and Hard to Kill, founder of Sheepdog Response and Ranger Up - he holds black belts in BJJ, Japanese jujutsu and Matt Larsen's Modern Combatives. He is truly one of the most extraordinary human beings you might ever meet. In this episode we talk about: · What it was like growing up with a family that refused to accept mediocrity, and a Dad who stole a plane full of c...
Aug 03, 2020•49 min
Pamela Armitage is not your typical self-defence instructor. She wasn't a lifelong martial artist, a cop, a soldier, or anything of the sort. She was a dancer, a model, a sister, a daughter, and a yoga teacher. Through her own experiences, she developed a passion for helping people deal with trauma. Upon meeting the legendary Richard Dimitri, she began to merge her world with his and together they have formed an unstoppable duo rescuing traumatised teens and young adults from violence relationsh...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 13 min
How do you accidentally become a close personal friend and student of both Dan Inosanto and Rickson Gracie? Paul Vunak is a legend in the martial arts, a man that many feel is the true successor of Bruce Lee, a former hand-to-hand combat instructor for SEAL Team Six, and holder of more accolades than it bears to mention. He is the founder and head of the Progressive Fighting Systems and he has been the key component to bringing Bruce Lee's art of Jeet Kune Do into today's real world of combat. H...
Jul 20, 2020•59 min
This is not a typical interview, but more of a laid back chat with good friend, colleague, and all round great martial artist, Ron Amram. This is such a bonus show that I even asked Ron the Patreon-only bonus questions at the end and left them free for you all to hear on this episode. Check it out at the end!
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Luis Gutierrez is the Founder and CEO of ISR Matrix. He is a lifelong martial artist who has made a career of excelling as an instructor and coach with children, adults, law enforcement and military personnel as a gym owner and contractor. He is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu Black Belt, former SBG Vice President and owned and operated One Dragon Martial Arts/ Soflo Jiujitsu for 20 years before being hired by the Seminole Tribe of Florida to create and develop Big Cypress Martial Arts as its Head Coach a...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 18 min
What a ride this episode is. From growing up around crime, drugs, alcohol, violence and murder, to spending years of his own life in prison after a life-and-death knife fight, to now training law enforcement and private citizens how to prepare for violence... it's fair to say Varg has a unique story. You need to hear it. LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/managing-violence-podcast/id1441934641?mt=2&uo=4 LISTEN ON GOOGLE PODCASTS: https://www.google.com/podcasts?fee...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 15 min
How often do we hear self-defence instructors talk about "psychopaths", "sociopaths" or "random psychos" in scenario training, or discuss boogeyman threats? Yet, how many of them truly understand the terminology they are using? On this important episode, Krav Maga instructor and author, as well as clinically trained psychologist, Gershon Ben Keren, debunks many of the myths and misconceptions around these conditions. This is one not to be missed. LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.apple.co...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Aaron Mauldin returns to the show this week to talk all things civil unrest and what to do if chaos strikes your community. Aaron is a military veteran, close personal protection specialist, and the founder of ZERT - Zombie Eradication Response Team. This conversation is full of useful information with the always entertaining Aaron. Thanks for listening. Make sure to subscribe and leave us a review so you never miss future content. Want to check out the bonus content for this episode and others?...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 8 min
If you're someone who is looking at "what's next?" in your life, this is the episode for you. Dr Gav Schneider, world-renowned martial artist, keynote speaker, risk consultant and CEO is back on the show to talk about the concept of PREsilience (proactive resilience) and also how martial artists, cops, soldiers, first responders and other "warrior-minded" people can best make use of their skills in our new reality. LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/managing-violence-p...
Jun 01, 2020•56 min
Daz Norton is the founder of Fendo UK (Integrated Defence Systems). Living a lifestyle of Combat Arts spaning almost 3 decades in the UK, Daz started training in as many styles and systems as he possibly could. However, it wasn't until working in front line Security (Store Detective, Security Management and Consulting, Bouncer, Close Protection) as well as working for Law enforcement in roles as a Police Officer and Custody Officer that he came to deal with serious violence on a daily basis. Wit...
May 21, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Drawing on his life’s experience growing up in government housing, his decades of training martial arts, and his academic background — he codified his experiences into what is today known as the Crazy Monkey Defense System. Rodney earned his Doctorate from the University of Leicester’s School of Business. His thesis and research focused on the embodied aspect of Mindful-Leadership. Key to his research was studying the efficacy of mindfulness first taught through an experiential, action oriented ...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Do you know how to spot a potential threat or person of interest in a crowd? Do you know how to explain to a fellow civilian or potentially an emergency dispatcher why something "just doesn't look right"? That's exactly what we're talking about in this episode of the Managing Violence Podcast with Dr Nate Meehan. Dr. Meehan led the JDLR Project research team while he was a Social Scientist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Adversarial Modeling Exploitation Office. At the NRL...
May 07, 2020•53 min
Dr Richard Diston holds a PhD in security risk management, having written his final thesis on workplace violence. He also boasts more than 20 years of experience in the field of violence including military service and time working as a doorman and security professional. He is highly regarded as a security trainer and consultant. Thanks for listening. Make sure to subscribe and leave us a review so you never miss future content. Want to check out the bonus content for this episode and others? www...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min
This is truly an episode not to be missed! Early in life, Michael was enrolled in special-education classes and given the drug Ritalin. As a result, he endured constant bullying. To compensate for his small and skinny stature and the social stigma of being in special education, Michael’s mother enrolled him in his first martial arts class in 1980. Earning several different rankings in various traditional arts, Michael stumbled upon Jeet Kune Do in the late 1980’s. In the early 1990’s he not only...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Alain Burrese is a former Army Sniper, a fifth degree black belt, and a certified Active Shooter Response instructor. He is the author of 8 books and 11 instructional DVDs and teaches a common sense approach to staying safe and defending yourself through his Survive a Shooting and Survive and Defend programs and websites. He’s combined his experience, education, and training to design programs to teach you how to survive. In this interview we talk about his excellent book, Survive a Shooting, an...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Denise Koster, has worked in the area of violence since 1985. Denise provides management and labour groups with investigation services, practical education, intensive training and consultation. These services specifically focus on the identification, assessment, investigation and management of workplace violence, code and non-code harassment, sexual harassment, bullying and elder/resident abuse. As a Certified Threat Manager (CTM), graduate of Gavin Debeckers’ Threat Assessment and Management Ac...
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Ryan Hoover is a 2nd degree black belt in Krav Maga and co-author of three books on Krav Maga: Black Belt KM, KM for Women and KM for Beginners. Helping people healthier, safer lives is Ryan’s driving force. He has trained professional athletes, military and law enforcement officers, actors, stay-at-home moms and dads, and busy professionals all around the world. In this interview we talk about why reality-based self-defence practitioners should be training combat sports, what combat sports athl...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr
Paul Sharp is a career law enforcement officer with significant experience working in SWAT teams as well as prolonged under cover work in gang and drug task forces. During his 20 year career, he was also heavily involved in defensive tactics, firearms and use of force training at all levels. Beyond his law enforcement career, he is a highly regarded martial arts instructor - a BJJ black belt under Straight Blast Gym founder Matt Thornton, and 1/6th of the Shivworks Collective. Paul has been ther...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 6 min
WOW. One of our true bucket-list guests, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. In their description of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Slate Magazine said, “Grossman cuts such a heroic, omnicompetent figure, he could have stepped out of a video game.” He has five patents to his name, has published four novels, two childrens’ books, and six non-fiction books to include his “perennial bestseller” On Killing (with over half a million copies sold), and a New York Times best-selling book co-authored with Glenn Beck. He is...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 11 min
If you know... you know. If you don't know, you're in for a treat. Deane Lawler is famous and infamous in equal measure in the Australian martial arts world. Growing up around violence and quickly excelling in both combat sports and traditional martial arts, Deane became also became a legend of the bouncing and security world. In this interview, Deane tells his story for the first time ever and provides some great tips for helping people access their inner warrior and ability to survive extreme ...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Marc MacYoung is an undisputed legend of the violence management and self-defence world. He has over 30 published titles across print and visual media and has been active in this space for more than 30 years. In this interview we discuss the often-overlooked aftermath of violence. The physical, legal and emotional consequences of engaging in violence. If you'd like to hear bonus content from Marc and other guests, make sure you sign up over at patreon.com/managingviolence
Feb 27, 2020•1 hr 36 min
This man needs no introduction. He's one of the most intense, "realest" self-defence and combatives instructors on the planet. He's established himself as a modern legend of the game. His intensity of mission and passion for teaching the art of violence is apparent within seconds of listening to him talk. Please enjoy one of our most requested guests ever, Mr Lee Morrison. If you want 24 minutes of bonus content, make sure you sign up to our Patreon over at www.patreon.com/managingviolence
Feb 20, 2020•55 min
Ray Floro is a legend of the Australian martial arts and one of the world's leading experts on the use of edged and improvised weapons. He has taught all over the world, including to various police, military and special forces groups. Dubbed "the smiling assassin" Ray is loved in Australia for his ever-present smile and giggle as he dismantles his hapless prey, even now in his 50's. Don't miss this interview with one of the world's leading experts in his field. Remember, if you'd like to hear bo...
Feb 13, 2020•58 min
One of our most popular guests from Season 1, Matt Larsen is the Director of Combatives at the US Military Academy at West Point and the Father of Modern Army Combatives. He holds black belts in BJJ, judo, and karate. His black belt students include the likes of Tim Kennedy. Moreover, Matt is an expert in institutional and organisational training design. In this episode, we dive deep into how to effective transmit physical skills in the combative environment. Matt holds a Masters degree in psych...
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Richard Dimitri began his martial arts journey at the age of 6. By 21 he’d acquired instructor certifications and black belts in several forms of martial arts and combative disciplines which lead him into various careers that spanned over 2 decades in the fields of private and corporate security, executive protection and bouncer. Richard continued his journey into the depths of counter-violence, researching & formulating a functional for all methodology of self-protection predicated on human...
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Patrick is the Founder and CEO of The CP Journal and the co-author of, "Left of Bang." Before starting the company, Patrick served in the United States Marine Corps for seven years, progressing to the rank of Captain before returning to the private sector. Through his two deployments to Iraq, he saw first hand the importance of strong leadership and effective training for our nation's protectors. Following his time as a Company Commander, he became the officer-in-charge of a mobile training team...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Tony Blauer is back to talk about his ongoing passion for making people safer, how to incorporate scenario replication into your training and ensuring it is safe, productive and realistic, and also the development of his revolutionary High Gear impact reduction suit. Many thanks to Tony for making himself available again for the podcast. Check out all the things he does over at www.blauerspear.com
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Aaron Mauldin is a close personal protection operative with AS Solution and also the owner/founder of ZERT: Zombie Eradication Response Team where Zombie is used as a metaphor for any kind of natural or manmade disaster. Aaron has an extensive background in military and celebrity protection, and many of these skills are applicable to protecting ourselves and our families. Check out more about Aaron's work at: https://assolution.com/ https://zertnation.com/ Links to YouTube videos that Aaron ment...
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 8 min
