Finding the Truth

Neil Ripski is an international workshop provider in Chinese martial arts and thought. His experience with different styles gives a unique perspective on the shared principles between the arts.  Internal martial artist of Xinyi, Bagua, and Taiji Quan as well as Zuiquan, and shaolin 18 Lohan Palm. Neil now focuses on the personal internal transformations possible through Chinese training methods.

Joe Saunders is a violence management expert and the host of the Managing Violence Podcast, where he has had the opportunity to interview the world’s foremost authorities on self-protection, violence prevention and post-incident considerations. He specializes in the use of “the martial art of communication” – a modern, wholistic take on de-escalation for use by both regular citizens and law enforcement/security personnel. You can learn more about Joe and his podcast at www.violencepod.com

Vice President LBF Legends Boxing Foundation, Women’s Boxing Worldwide At first. J’Marie Moore tried to deny her life's blood. She worked as a flight attendant in the Pacific North West for over a decade, she did everything she could to put boxing out of her mind. Eventually she gave up trying to convince herself that the brutality wasn’t for her. However in this first of a series of interview we will be talking about the life and legacy of her father Archie Moore. 

 Dr.  Zilberman emigrated from Ukraine to the US to become a physician of neurology. He is a long time student of martial arts. He has always had a focus  on resilience. A student of toughness both mental and physical, he has become increasingly focused over the years on our ability to self maintain and self heal.

When she is not working on Indian projects, she is writing children’s books and Teaching Karate. She is Project manager for FairFight.nl in India. An NGO which empowers vulnerable young women through martial arts training. Lately she has been pushing the boundaries in India beyond martial arts training per se because we can reach more women faster if we also teach specialist self protection interventions. The goals are to work alongside communities to supply support and training. Her blog on the project - is linked here

https://fairfightvaranasi.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/this-is-indias-worst-disease-and-we-need-to-fix-it-before-even-more-women-are-hurt-leena-child-rape-victim/

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Pam is the Chief Impact Officer at Study Of Violence,  a free online educational site full of free online courses on violence prevention and defense. She is a trauma informed self defense and yoga instructor. She is also a trauma informed educator who holds train the trainer programs for self defense and yoga teachers, showing them how to adopt trauma informed approaches and methods in their classes.