On this episode I am joined by my own boss, sensei, mentor and all around violence expert Dr Gav Schneider. Gav is a 7th degree black belt in krav maga and jujitsu, as well as holding a PhD in criminology specialising in use of force decision making. He is an experienced security professional, cutting his teeth protecting dignitaries in his native South Africa before moving to Australia. He is now one of Australia's most in-demand and highly regarded risk management consultants and the creator o...
May 27, 2021•55 min
Todd Fox is the Founder & Managing Director of the Close Protection Corps which provides protective services to celebrities, executives, diplomats, and NGOs. To date the company has succesfully operated in 147 countries.Todd is a former Marine, Law Enforcement Officer, Professional Fighter and Author. His most recent book, Protection for & from Humanity, is focused on providing protective systems and processes for the average citizen. *** Support our Partners: FujiSports (Americas): www....
May 14, 2021•52 min
Nick Wyborn is a defensive tactics instructor and security professional with a combined 16 years security and law enforcement experience across multiple Government agencies. As an Operational Safety Instructor in the NSW Police Force, Nick was one of the youngest members of the WTTU (Weapons & Tactics Training Unit), a specialist unit within the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn. He is a Police & Civilian Response to Active Shooter Instructor, and an instructor of multiple defensive tactics...
May 07, 2021•54 min
Jeff Quail, MSc has a Masters degree in Applied Psychology from the University of Liverpool. Prior to becoming the CEO of Setcan Corporation, Jeff served as a law enforcement helicopter pilot in Canada. Jeff is responsible for the creation of the Shocknife, StressVest, Neck Check, SimVoice and numerous other RBT products. Jeff is a court declared expert in officer safety training and tactics. He is the co-author of the excellent new book, A Scientific Approach to Reality Based Training. Grab a c...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Mark's career reads like a 1980's movie, starting off in the Marine Corps serving in the infantry as a rifleman to one of the most respected police officers and martial artists in Los Angeles. He's also the author of several books and articles for magazines for Black Belt back in the day. He retired from the LAPD three years ago after three decades of sustained violence and hunting the worst of the worst in the way of criminals and violent anti-socials. He is the survivor of 5 gunfights and nume...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Asphalt Anthropology was developed by urban explorer and self-defense instructor, Beverly Baker. The goal of Asphalt is to provide skills and counter fear so that people can navigate dense, public spaces with more freedom, joy and boldness. A student and observer of violence dynamics, Beverly began her education as a girl with wanderlust undeterred by tales of the boogeyman. She has dodged peril and outwitted threats on the streets of major American cities, Europe, the former Eastern Bloc and So...
Mar 30, 2021•51 min
Michael Julian is the creator the A.L.I.V.E. Active Shooter Survival Training Program and CEO/President of MPS Security & Protection, providing corporate executive protection, threat and risk mitigation, and security.
Mar 23, 2021•53 min
Eddie Quinn is a UK-based martial arts instructor across multiple disciplines, but most well known in the Silat, Filipino Martial Arts and Muay Thai communities as well for his groundbreaking self-protection system, The Apprach. In this interview I chat to Eddie about the near-death experience of being stabbed at 18 years of age and how that led him to the martial arts to overcome his fears and led to him becoming one of the world‘s most renowned self-protection instructors.
Mar 17, 2021•50 min
Tommy Joe Moore returns to the podcast to talk Fairbairn and Sykes, WW2 combatives, the evolution of western martial arts, and his new book The Shanghai School of Streetfighting. Support our Partners: FujiSports (Americas): www.fujisports.com FujiSports (Australia): https://www.fujisports.com.au/?ref=mvp Enter discount code MVP10 for 10% off your order (excludes mats, cages and custom gear) Make sure you check out this episode on our website: www.violencepod.com LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https:/...
Mar 10, 2021•55 min
In part two of my recent interview with Lee Morrison, we talk about his approach to instructor development and his new evolution "the Path to the Peaceful Warrior." *** Grab Joe's book Neon Jungle: A Bouncer's True Tales of Lessons, Laughs and Lacerations at this link: https://geni.us/neonjungle Make sure you check out this episode on our website: www.violencepod.com LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/managing-violence-podcast/id1441934641?mt=2&uo=4 LISTEN ON GOOGL...
Mar 02, 2021•57 min
Lee Morrison is the founder of Urban Combatives, a legend of the self-protection industry, and someone Geoff Thompson refers to as a "self-protection God." Lee returns to the podcast in this multi-part interview. In Part 1 we discuss Lee's Tier 1 Civilian curriculum, preparing for worst-case scenario sudden violence, and how you can be useful in times of crisis. ** Our book of the week this week is Living in the Deep Brain by Rory Miller. You can pick up your copy here: https://geni.us/iYKc2 Whi...
Feb 25, 2021•44 min
Ellis Amdur has worked in the field of crisis intervention since 1989. He has developed a range of training and consultation services, as well as a unique style of assessment and psychotherapy. These are based on a combination of phenomenological psychology and the underlying philosophical premises of classical Japanese martial traditions. Ellis’s professional philosophy can best be summed up in this idea: the development of an individual’s integrity and dignity is the paramount virtue. This can...
Feb 17, 2021•56 min
Duncan Andrews runs arguably the world's finest and most comprehensive scenario-training programmes for self-protection enthusiasts. Everything from live situational awareness training, to combative application, then interrogation for government trained interrogators and a mock trial with a real barrister! You can't get more real than this without risk to your freedom. A former riot police officer, operational skills trainer, soldier and more, Duncan Andrews is a beast of a man and has an incred...
Feb 10, 2021•51 min
Lawrence Kane is a prolific martial arts author with 20 books to his credit including titles on how to teach martial arts, how to survive real violence and the finer points of karate. In his most recent book, he has teamed up with Kris Wylder to dissect the classic Art of War by Sun Tzu and provide a modern commentary and dissection of each of line of the immortal general's work. Pick up a copy of the book here: https://geni.us/nVZMG While you're at it, grab a copy of Joe's new book, Neon Jungl...
Feb 04, 2021•58 min
Willie "the Bam" Johnson is a Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame martial artist, a 7th degree black belt in karate and a 5th degree black belt in Wushu Kung Fu. However, his story started very differently. Born in a poor neighbourhood to a disabled mother, Willie spent time between tournaments selling drugs and running the street. A pivotal moment while incarcerated turned his life around and he's spent the last 30 years giving back to the community he came from. This is a raw, emotional and power...
Jan 26, 2021•53 min
My guest on episode 73 is Director of Actions Breaks Silence, Debi Steven. Debi is an experienced martial artist and martial business-woman with a passion for ending gender-based violence. She runs the amazing not-for-profit to equip women and girls with self-protection skills in Africa and India, as well as teaching boys and young men how to develop ”Hero Empathy” and to be an active bystander.
Jan 20, 2021•57 min
"These girls live in the worst place in the world to be female." My guest on Episode 72 of the Managing Violence Podcast is Mary Stevens from the UK. Mary began karate in 2003 at the late age of 31. Her son was being bullied so she enrolled him and then took the chance to begin herself. She went on to become obsessed with the study of self-protection (separate from karate) and founded her own dojo, Athena School of Karate. Mary is also a project manager and adviser to FairFight, helping to equip...
Jan 13, 2021•54 min
In this interview, Rich and I dissect and react to Bruce Lee's classic 1971 article "Liberate Yourself From Classical Karate" which was his JKD manifesto. We discuss Bruce's immense impact on both our lives and the martial arts world as a whole, and the importance of growth and evolution in individuals and systems. Make sure you check out this episode on our website: www.violencepod.com LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/managing-violence-podcast/id1441934641?mt=2&...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 16 min
In this special two-year anniversary episode, I break down the 21 key lessons I have taken from over 150 hours of conversation with the world‘s leading experts in self-protection and violence management.
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 11 min
In this LIVE conversation with Randy King, we chat about what regular people need to know to keep safe, how Randy‘s professional focus has shifted in this direction, and how we need to educate our communities about what‘s truly important when it comes to staying safe from conflict and violence.
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 24 min
"When you're having an argument with an idiot, make sure he's not doing the same"Totti Karpela is a security expert, former police officer and Director of Peace of Mind Threat Management, currently splitting his time between Helsinki and Hong Kong. He is a global thought leader in threat assessment and an expert in verbal conflict resolution. Make sure you check out this episode on our website: www.violencepod.com LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/managing-violence-po...
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr
Ever wondered who to trust? How to verify whether your instincts about someone are correct? Robin Dreeke‘s job after 9/11 was to recruit and catch spies for the US government as the Head of the FBI Counter-intelligence Behavioural Analysis Unit. He built a formidable range of skills to assess trustworthiness and detect signs of deception. In this podcast, we talk about the simple tells that you can use to determine how much trust to place in another human being.
Oct 27, 2020•58 min
In this interview with MMA and WWE legend, Ken Shamrock, we talk about his troubled youth and the impact that had on his fighting career, breaking his neck as a teenager and being told he'd never play contact sports again, his fighting and wrestling career, and what he's doing now. Please enjoy this interview with an absolute legend, The World's Most Dangerous Man, Ken Shamrock. Make sure you check out this episode on our website: www.violencepod.com LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://itunes.appl...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 2 min
It would be fair to say that Shaun has seen his fair share of violence and depravity throughout his life. In fact, more like many lives worth. But it has not defined the man he has become today. Despite it trying its very best. Shaun O’Gorman is a highly accomplished and recognised Retired Police Officer and former member of the Queensland Police Dog Squad, or K9 Unit. After joining the force at the tender age of 19, Shaun worked his way up to the K9 unit at just age 22. His normal ‘every day’ w...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Enson Inoue is an MMA legend having fought in both PRIDE and the UFC against the toughest fighters in the world at their peak - fighters like Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Minotauro Nogueira, Igor Vovchanchyn, Mark Kerr, Heath Herring and more. Enson became famous for his philosophy of ”Yamato Damashii” (or Japanese soul). In this exclusive interview, Enson talks about his willingness to die in the ring, some of the craziness that his warrior spirit got him into outside of the ring, and his hum...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Rory Miller joins the elite club of three-time guests on the podcast and we couldn't be happier to have him back. In this interview, we dive into his most recent book - Living in the Deep Brain: Connecting with Your Intuition.
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Tommy Joe Moore is the founder of Bartitsu Lab as well as a lifelong boxer, judoka and martial arts enthusiast with background in both combat sport and reality-based self-defence. In this conversation we talk about the European martial art of Bartitsu, made famous in the Sherlock Holmes novels, how a system that was only taught for 2 years is still fascinating practitioners 120 years later, and the application of bare-knuckle boxing in self-defence.
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 15 min
He's the grandfather of modern self-defence. A legendary martial artist whose journey of self-discovery and self-destruction on the doors of Coventry nightclubs was documented in the paradigm shifting memoir, Watch My Back. His breakthrough training methods such as Animal Day training changed the way self-defence was taught throughout the world in the 1990s. Since then, Geoff Thompson has written more than 45 books, stage plays, films, a musical and won a BAFTA. His martial arts journey has led ...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min
You will be hard-pressed to find a martial artist with the depth and breadth of experience that Richard Norton possesses. After 55 years of continuous training, Richard combines practical experience working in bars and clubs in the 70's, bodyguarding the world's biggest celebrities through the 80's, starring in martial arts films with the likes of Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan, holding high dan-ranks in Zen Do Kai, Goju-ryu karate, Chun Kuk Do, and Brazilian JiuJitsu, and choreographing fights in...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Savannah Archambault is a self-defence instructor and founder of SAVage Hybrid Combat Systems based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Growing up in a military family, Savannah always had an urge to protect her community and be of service. She eventually found her calling after stumbling across the legendary Kevin Secours and becoming an instructor in his system of self-defence. In this conversation we tackle some hard topics and provide a criminally under-represented view of what it's like to be a fe...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 14 min
