"I spent thirty years in law enforcement as a Special Agent with both the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Justice. My main focus was on domestic and foreign counter-terrorism matters and the targeting of violent crime offenders across the U.S. After completing my government service I started my own security consulting firm and began conducting various types of counter-terrorism training primarily outside the U.S. I sought to improve my empty hand skills and needed an effective system for self-protection that could be realistically pressure tested within the combat sports and combatives communities. I found the answer in the Crazy Monkey Defense system"