Joshua B. says, "I have known and trained with Doug for a number of years. Take the opportunity to engage with this man. He is a truly unique mix of background, skills and interests. As far as martial arts goes you get a wonderful blend of Systema, Tai Chi, Grappling, Traditional Asian striking arts, and Modern Combatives. I'm sure I'm missing something but you get the idea.
Add to that the insight from his experience as a Police Officer, working with SWAT, and his Personal Protection training brings realism and context to whatever he is teaching. So often, especially in "self defence" classes and combatives there seems to be no realization or examination of the consequences legal and otherwise, of a use of force encounter. He brings that insight to the table.
Couple all that with an ever inquisitive mind, and a very wide ranging corpus of interests and life experience and you have an entirely unique learning experience." Read more