Self Defense Instructors

WITS Instructors (Self Defense, Wilderness Survival, and Firearms Training Instructors) Learn from Experience: The most distinguishing characteristic of our instructors is simply this: experience. There is no substitute. Theory is wonderful, but the real question is: how well does it work? Treat yourself not only to techniques that have been tried and true (and regularly updated) for decades, but also to the stories and wisdom that can only come from the voice of experience. These courses are a rare opportunity to learn directly from acknowledged experts and masters in their fields. Below is a small sampling of their achievements and qualifications. As you can see, our staff also features an uncommon balance of male and female instructors:
Dianne Reagan Soke Dai, Ten-No-Kishi Dojo, Scottsdale, Arizona Rape Crisis Counselor (Volunteer, 1990-91) Brown Belt, Chulukua-Ryu, Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, Shorei-Ryu Kenpo Karate Personal Protection Specialist, member Nine Lives Association Gunsite Training Center Graduate, Advanced Tactical Pistol NRA Certified instructor in Rifle and Pistol, Personal Protection and Home Firearms Safety Chief Range Officer, Deer Tribe Gun Club Arizona Dept. of Public Safety, CCW Certified Instructor Mary Minor Brown Belt, Chulukua-Ryu, Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, Shorei-Ryu Kenpo Karate Assistant Range Officer PPAT Assistant Instructor Graduate of Gunsite, Basic and Advanced Pistol and Shotgun Personal Protection Specialist, member Nine Lives Association NRA Certified instructor in Rifle and Pistol, Personal Protection and Home Firearms Safety Assistant Chief Range Officer, Deer Tribe Gun Club	Harley SwiftDeer Reagan Golden Life Achievement Award, World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Former law enforcement officer GNY/SGT E-7 Former Marine Corps Veteran, 1ST MARDIV Black Belt 10th degree, Soke, Chulukua-Ryu Black Belt 9th Degree, Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, Shorei-Ryu Kenpo Karate NRA Certified handgun and long gun instructor Founder, Range Master, Deer Tribe Gun Club World Jiu-Jitsu Champion 1967 - 1970 Co-founder of the American Indian Fighting Arts Association (AIFAA) Created Women's Personal Protection Awareness Training (PPAT), upon which many other personal protection programs have been modeled, in 1967 Soke, Ten-No-Kishi Dojo, Scottsdale, Arizona More martial arts qualifications More firearms training qualifications Bruce Beck Instructor in Wilderness Survival since 1978, Urban Survival since 1991 Founder of Ability Survival, Inc. Trained by U.S. Navy Survival Instructor George Beck (his father) Former Emergency Medical Technician Assistant Range Officer, Deer Tribe Gun Club Danny Hoskins Black Belt - Karate, Kali, Escrima, Arnis, Shootfighting Brown Belt, Chulukua-Ryu under Soke Reagan
WITS Assistant Instructors
Kristin Viken Blue Belt, Chulukua Ryu, Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, Shorei-Ryu Kenpo Karate Assistant Range Officer, Deer Tribe Gun Club Porsche Lynn Ladies Stock Gun World Champion, 1999 American Handgunner Blue Belt, Chulukua-Ryu, Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, Shorei-Ryu Kenpo Karate Assistant Range Officer, Deer Tribe Gun Club	We place intent into everything we do. We honor the sacred law that all things are born of the feminine and sparked by the masculine, our left hand the receptive feminine energy, our right the active masculine. Like the soil of Mother Earth or a black hole in space, black speaks of the feminine absorbing energy. Like Grandfather Sun or our ancestor stars, white speaks of the masculine, seeding the feminine and absorbed by her. One cannot exist without the other, and together they form a perfect whole, within and without, as above so below.
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