Personal Security Detail Operations Book 4

From a young age I participated in combat training as it is necessary for a man later in life. It helps your self-esteem and feeling of safety when you can protect yourself.

For this reason, I was told it would be good to learn karate. This I started doing in 1979 and continued for about 17 years, reaching black belt 2nd Dan in 1991. During this period, I participated in several karate competitions, winning gold, and several bronze medals in competition. From 1985-1986 I did my national service in the South African Defence Force (SADF), doing border duty for 9 months in the combat area (red zone/war zone). This is where as a 20-year-old I saw my first contact (real life shooting) as a group of ANC/ SWAPO terrorists attacked our perimeter base.

From about 1987 till the early 90's I worked doing door duty at clubs, sometimes on my own and sometimes in a team. During this period in our country, you very seldom found men suing each other or presenting the case to the police, as they normally took their punishment like a man, and that was where I had most of my street experience situations up until about 40 years of age. Personally, and in the capacity of a soldier, Close Protection Specialist (which has the extensive use of pistols) I have used pistols extensively.