Success From Within

Alicia is a passionate and determined woman who seeks to empower herself and others by challenging what it means to be an advocate of the second amendment. She is a straight-shooter who has a focus on opening doors and minds to what being armed and prepared means to all people. 

"My name is Alicia Garcia, I am a Colorado native, born and raised. I grew up in a small town in southern Colorado (Trinidad), went to school in the west side of Denver CO (Presentation of our lady Catholic) during the weekdays, and went to College in Denver and Boulder CO (University of Colorado). Being from a small-town lifestyle, I spent the weekends with my dad and grandpa Garcia shooting trap, plinking with my dad’s Ruger Mark IV 22L, or doing something outdoors like fishing or camping. When I was in the city, my grandpa Hermosillo would take me on the bus to the Santa Fe art district to commune with local Chicano artists and activists such as Carlotta Espinoza and the mestizos he had befriended in his journeys. I learned early on from all the men in my life that I am precious and rare, that my voice is powerful and worth using, my ancestors are royalty and warriors of this land, and I am meant to be a leader. I had a strong presence of masculine men in my life; my grandparents, my uncles, my brother, my stepdad, and my father. I was a pretty independent child, walking home from school or taking the public bus (the RTD aka the ‘rough tough, and dangerous) home. My dad was not fond of this, so he used to sneak my knives at a young age that looked like pens or lipstick and he would tell me to keep them in my hand at all times. He educated me on the dangers of the real world pretty early, he used to tell me, “dad would always be here for you, dad is your protector, but sometimes dad can’t always be with you, so you have to learn to protect yourself.” This leads to more trigger time with my dad at the range or shooting on our family’s land in Hoehne, Colorado" 

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His Bio:

I started shooting competitions in 2009 and the shooting bug got me from the start. Shooting everything I could, every weekend I could. I wanted to get all the certifications that I could so I took classes and training under some of the sports top instructors helped me get to be at the level I am at today. I still try to take classes or squad up with the top professionals when I can to gain any knowledge from shooting with them. I have trained with LEO and the military on reactive shooter engagements as well. From there I went to work in the firearms industry for the past 10+ years. Working with companies both in the marketing, manufacturing side and the retail side.

-Team Springfield Armory

-Team Rise Armament

-Xtreme Tactical Defense VP and instructor

-7s Training owner

-NRA Instructors’ Pistol Shooting Course

-NRA Basic Pistol Course

-International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) Safety Officer & Match Director

-United State Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Range Officer

-Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit holder

-Sponsored competition pistol, rifle, 2Gun and 3Gun shooter, placing top 5 in IDPA.

-Classes from top level shooters/tactical instructors from all over the country

-CCW, Tactical, and Competition shooting instructor

-United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Instructor

-Retail firearms sales experience, law and 4473 form knowledge

-CPR, AED, First Aid

-United States Army Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) & Combat Lifesaver (CLS) from Master Sergeant Robb Mourton & Tactical Care Concepts (TCC)

-Chris Costa's Costa Ludus Handgun Elements Theory 1 & 2 (HET1 & HET2) and Carbine Elements Theory 1 (CET1)

-Wes Doss's Light, Sight, Lasers

-Ron Holmes (Instructor One) Pistol Shooting Class

-Randi Rogers's Competition Shooting

-Rob Pincus's Advanced Pistol Handling

-SABRE Law Enforcement Aerosol Projectors Instructor

Today we are joined by Anubis Heru is native of Denver Colorado. At age eight on his first day of school he was struck in the stomach by a much bigger kid during lunch. While gasping for air, he tried to tell an adult who brushed him off saying since they did not witness it they could do nothing.  From that day forward Anubis understood  that personal safety and protection is his sole responsibility.

Today Anubis is a firearms/self defense  instructor and a diligent practitioner of Tabimina Balintawak, an exclusive family martial discipline from the Philippines. He is a husband, father, entrepreneur and an upcoming professional writer.

We discuss Red Flags, Ulvade, The myth of Police requirement to Serve & Protect, CointelPro and much more!

We are joined in this episode by Damien Allen. Damien is an instructor of firearms and freedom enthusiasts. He believes in developing skills to build autonomy and be a resource to others. 

We discuss what spurred him to invest in himself and why he believes we are closer to chaos than we may think. 

He can be reached at 

1. www.freedomelevated.net

2. Instagram

3. Dj Composition

The books he offered are the following:

1. Negroes with Guns by Fred Williams

2. Going Home by A. American

3. When Violence is the Answer by Tim Larkin

Joining us today is Instructor "Zee" Durham, retired from the Army’s Special Forces (18C) where he specialized in building clearing and combatives. To better his skills, he earned a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, was a competitive MMA fighter with a 7-1 record, and is a multi-time champion in various grappling tournaments. He now seeks to share his skills by teaching people to protect themselves (and others)- regardless of occupation or skill level. Zee has a knack for pulling from his vast experience the right mix of skills each client needs, and crafting custom courses that fit budget and time constraints.

While in Special Forces, Zee deployed 6 times to various locations in the Middle East with all of them being combat deployments except 2. During these deployments, Zee worked with hundreds of soldiers in the elite forces of these various countries. Zee taught them, trained them, and fought beside them in order to accomplish the mission successfully.

We discuss the following and all sorts of stuff between and beyond:

1. The little guy doing big things

2. Being a better person

3. Suffering to get to success

4. Purpose and being a part of something larger. Be a resource to your community

5. Commonality and staying in our small worlds

6. Being a Capable Citizen is being able to handle what life throws at us. We have the ability to do great things. We are all people able to accomplish great things.

7. Worst Case scenarios and preparedness

8. Trauma/Violence and broken families and breaking curses of our upbringing

9. And more!

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Book for this Episode - "Ender's Game Series" by Orson Scott Card

We are joined by Sharyn Hinchcliffe, Second Amendment Advocate, LGBTQ instructor, civil rights advocate, Founding member of Western Washington NAAGA, Pink Pistols Administrator, Blue Line supporter, and more. She is available at, 

Our Books, for this episode, are: 

" Beyond Courage: The 9 Principles of Heroism" by,  ISBN 10 : 039952889X

" The Deacons for Defense: Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement" by,  ISBN 10 : 0807828475

" Man's Search for Meaning" by,  ISBN 10 : 0807060100

" The Well Armed Woman's Concise Guide To Concealed Carry" by,  ISBN 10 : 1497309190

" Night" by,  ISBN 10 : 9780374500016

We explore:

1.  Civil Rights

2. Second Amendment Radicalization

3. LGBTQ access to firearms

4. Legislative benefits

5. History of 2A in minority communities

6. Immigrant access and history of 2A discrimination

7. Access to services for women and other underrepresented groups

8. And much more

We are joined by Master Cliff Kinchen, Veteran of the US Air Force, business owner, family man, lifetime martial artist, mentor, leadership coach and more. He is available at, http://www.kinchenmartialarts.com/

Our Book, for this episode, is: " " by,  ISBN 

We explore:

1.  Martial Arts

2. Leadership

3. Making life decisions

4. Military 

5. Enriching your community. 

6. Firearms

7. Inner Center Crack

8. China

We are joined by Kamau Mshale, artist, activist, martial artist, and good human being. He is available at, 

Our Book, for this episode is: " Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police ForcesRise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces" by, Radley Balko ISBN 1610394577 

We explore:

1.  Police brutality, its legacy and trauma within Black communities. 

2. Mutual Aide, alternatives to police systems

3. Preparedness, the need to do what we can to be better and ready

4. Systems of empowerment. 

We discuss the effects both positive and negative of growing to adulthood in environments full of violence and death.  We share our experiences and see if we have benefitted overall from such stark realities.  Did we need to experience trauma and violence to be better protectors? 

We have Akil Parker History and Math teacher discuss his thoughts on his recent article, "Guns in Schools." We discuss what has been the cost to Black populations in the absence of firearms historically in our schools and consider what it could mean contemporarily.