traveller

Just a few more day until I hit the road for my travels through the danger zone.
I have been knocking out lots of training, and refamiliarizing myself with a variety of weapons.
Always wanting to be prepared I saw an advertisement for "Close quarters Combat and personal defense training," so I went to check out the expo. There advert was nice with claims to have trained Police, military units, private security, and bodyguards.
Please, people -- Don't pay a dime for expos, and research an organization before you even step into their free shows. Make sure you only recommend reputable instructors to friends and family.
I will not mention business names, they get upset when you call them out, and I have already had one of them get a lawyer to contact me.
This group was ridiculous. I do not claim to be tough, or a bad ass of any sort. But if these guys used the tactics and techniques they were showing the crowd, I am pretty sure me and my 4-year-old could take out 10 of them.
The sad part was just how many young women in the crowd were awed by well-built muscular "Martial Arts Experts," and started signing up for the class.
Then the young male teenage mind naturally followed suit.
At best, in 6 months or so (that was the guaranteed training time to make you a master -- 6 months?) there will be a number of young men and women who walk with a bit of confidence and hopefully never get attacked by anyone.
Those that do try to use the defense system, will become a statistic. Unless of course they use it on my neighbors dog -- nah, they'll still lose.
I did speak to the manager of the Fitness Center who is allowing this "Team of Experts" to conduct classes to look into this group a bit more, but apprently they are certified by a few different organizations as instructors, and the management feels the instructors are a good bargain.
I am not sure what I can do with just a week left at home, but I have asked some other reputable instructors to check this group out.
With luck they will be able to do something and stop this crap training from taking place.

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jubaji

Some reason you felt the need to post this twice?

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Mike Brewer

I'm glad he did. People become vultures in the wake of any "tragedy" or stressful event. Let an alarm company catch wind of a break-in in your area and see if the salespeople don't hit the streets. Security advisors and consultants are some of the worst. These guys will prey on fear and vulnerability, and they'll fleece you faster than the bad guys ever would. Good advice, trav.

Oh, and by the way, all you need to do in order to mention people by name is a.) be right, and b.) add the preface that, "What I've heard about these people, and it may or may not be true, is..."

It works for the journalists.