BIOGRAPHY:

    AS A NAVY SEAL RICHARD  DEMONSTRATED THE ABILTY TO REMAIN CALM UNDER PRESSURE AND MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS IN A MOMENTS TIME. PROUDLY SERVING HIS COUNTRY AS BOTH A COMBAT MEDIC AND NAVY SEAL FROM 1988 TO 2002 COMPLETING 4 DEPLOYMENTS OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH THE CARE AND TRAINING OF THE 16 MAN PLATOONS AS WELL AS FOREIGN NATIONAL SOLDIERS IN VARIOUS FORMS OF PRISONER HANDLEING, SELF DEFENSE, AND HAND TO HAND ASSAULT. DURING HIS LAST 4 YEARS AS A SEAL HE SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR TRAINING OVER 400 SEAL TEAM CANDIDATES.
    SINCE RETIRING IN 2002 HE HAS PROUDLY SERVED AS A FIRE FIGHTER / PARAMEDIC FOR 5 YEARS WHILE PROVIDING SECURITY TIPS, HOME INSPECTIONS, AND SELF DEFENSE CLASSES FOR BOTH HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS NEIGHBORS. 
    RICHARD HAS BEEN TEACHING SELF DEFENSE, MARTIAL ARTS, AND HAND TO HAND SKILLS SINCE 1986. YOU SAFTEY IS OUR LIFE.

TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS:

-TESTING BLACK BELT, SHOTAKON KARATE
  1982 – 1988, INSTRUCTOR 1986 -1988 MILAN, OHIO.

-BROWN BELT, AMERICAN KEMPO 1988 – 1991, 
  ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, SAN DIEGO CA.

-NAVY SEAL TRAINING 1991-1992, NAVAL SPECIAL
  WARFARE CENTER, CORONADO, CA. 

-S.C.A.R.S. (SPECIAL COMBAT AGGRESSIVE
  REACTIONARY SYSTEM) TECHNICIAN 1992, NAVAL
  SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER, CORONADO, CA.

-S.E.A.L. / BUD/S INSTRUCTOR 1998 - 2002

-BLACK BELT, SHAOLIN KEMPO, 1991 - CURRENT, 
  ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, LA MESA CA.

THE SURVIVAL SELF DEFENSE MISSION :

    MANY PEOPLE WALK THROUGH LIFE AFRAID OF WHAT LIES AHEAD, SCARED OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR DESIRE IS TO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE BOTH INSIDE AS WELL AS OUSTIDE THEIR HOME. DEVELOPING SELF CONFIDANCE, PERSONAL STRENGTH, AND EFFECTIVE SELF DEFENSE SKILLS THROUGH HARD WORK, QUALITY TRAINING, AND REPITITION IS THE FIRST STEP IN BEING ABLE TO DO JUST THAT. IT IS OUR GOAL TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING TO ENABLE YOU TO FEEL SAFE.