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Meet the Team

Texas Level 4 Personal Protection Officer Instructor
Red Zone Threat Management Empty Hand Knife Defense Instructor and Adaptive Striking Foundations Instructor

Relson Gracie Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt and Instructor at Lone Star MMA in Tyler, Texas
Tae Kwon Do Black Belt
Reserve Deputy Constable (Sergeant)
Former Member of Multi-Precinct Special Response Team for 11 years (responsible for conducting all Dignitary Protection training)
International Defensive Pistol Association Expert Rating
Professional Defensive Firearms Instructor since 1994
Completed over 80 private sector and law-enforcement weapons and training classes

Rangemaster certified Advanced Handgun Instructor
Red Zone Threat Management certified Adaptive Striking Instructor
NRA Certified Basic Pistol Instructor
Former Texas Level 4 Personal Protection Officer
Former Agent in charge of a 9 person plainclothes protection detail at a D-FW mega-church
Martial arts background including the study of both empty hands disciplines and edged weapons
Completed 40 hour SWAT certification course
Certified PSD driver
UTM (Ultimate Training Munitions) Certified
International Defensive Pistol Association range safety officer with expert rating
Certifiable training junkie having completed an obsessive number of private sector weapons and tactics courses.

Full-time law enforcement firearms instructor in a large county police academy teaching basic, intermediate, advanced, and instructor classes in use of handguns and carbine
Reserve Deputy Constable
Former Chief Deputy Constable and Team Commander of multi-precinct Special Response Team
Master Peace Officer
Certified Police Sniper
TCOLE-Licensed Firearms Instructor (Semi-Auto Pistol and Revolver)
FBI-Certified Firearms Instructor (Field School)
Master Degree in Criminal Justice
3rd Place finisher in 2019 Tactical Conference handgun competition
Palisade Training Group Small-Frame and Large-Frame Revolver Instructor
Rangemaster certified Shotgun Instructor

Rangemaster certified Advanced Handgun Instructor and Shotgun Instructor
Law enforcement officer for 24 years
Currently a Federal Law Enforcement Officer in the Department of Homeland Security
Former patrol officer in largest municipal police department in North Carolina
Former instructor in Defensive Tactics for his agency’s academy
Former member of North Carolina National Guard (MOS was Infantry)
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt
Kenpo Karate Black Belt
Experienced Boxer
Completed multiple firearm, tactics, tactical medicine, and criminal behavior courses
Owner of DFW Defensive Training

Rangemaster-certified handgun instructor
Life-long student of martial arts. Trained extensively in hand-to-hand combat with and without handguns
Concealed Handgun License – 1995 (active License to Carry)
Tactical Handgun (Maneuvers and Weapons, LLC) – 1996
Extreme Close Quarters Combat (Shivworks) – 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012
Rogers Shooting School (Practical) – 2009
Intermediate Action Jiu-Jitsu (Cecil Burch) – 2011
Rangemaster Instructor Class – 2014
Advanced Handgun (Spencer Keepers) – 2016
Rangemaster Advanced Instructor – 2016
Edged Weapons Overview (Shivworks) – 2017
Tactical Pistol (Spence Keepers) – 2017
NRA Basic Pistol Instructor – 2017
A Girl and A Gun Annual Conference – 2013, 2014
Rangemaster Tactical Conference – 2015, 2016, 2017
Invited Speaker: Remediating the Experience Shooter (2015), Metro-Tactical: Personal Safety in the Urban Environment (2016), Handgunning Essentials (2017)

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