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About Alain Burrese
Alain Burrese is a leading expert on Active Shooter Response. His book, Survive A Shooting, along with his classes focus on teaching people what they can do to survive these terrible events. Alain empowers people with the fact that they don't have to be victims, but rather they can form a plan and enjoy life safely. He doesn't teach paranoia, he teaches preparedness. Alain appeared in the PBS Documentary "Active Shooter: Are Montana Colleges Ready?" He's also been interviewed on radio stations all over the country on responding to active killers and terrorist threats.
Also, Alain Burrese, like his character Ben Baker, is a former Army sniper, attorney, and father of a beautiful little girl. He lives with his wife and daughter in Montana where he writes and speaks on active shooter response, safety, self-defense, and effective communication.
Alain's novel "Lost Conscience" is a thriller that answers the questions: What should an attorney do when the law fails to prosecute a child molester? Why train in military and martial art skills if you aren't going to use them for doing good? Is there a difference between what's right and what's legal?
Besides the two books above, Alain has written 7 other books and has appeared in 11 instructional DVDs on martial arts, security, and self-defense.
Also, Alain Burrese, like his character Ben Baker, is a former Army sniper, attorney, and father of a beautiful little girl. He lives with his wife and daughter in Montana where he writes and speaks on active shooter response, safety, self-defense, and effective communication.
Alain's novel "Lost Conscience" is a thriller that answers the questions: What should an attorney do when the law fails to prosecute a child molester? Why train in military and martial art skills if you aren't going to use them for doing good? Is there a difference between what's right and what's legal?
Besides the two books above, Alain has written 7 other books and has appeared in 11 instructional DVDs on martial arts, security, and self-defense.
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Blog postThis is an old story, and I’m not sure where it originated. I found an old e-mail where a friend, now no longer with us, sent it to me. I’m not sure where he got it, but because I really like the story and the message it teaches, I want to share it with you here.
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– Daidoji Yuzan
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Blog postOn May 18, 2018 Alain Burrese appeared on NBC Montana to discuss the tragic shooting in Texas and what people can do during these terrifying events.
Alain Burrese on NBC Montana News at 6:00
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Alain Burrese on NBC Montana News at 10:00
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Full interview at KECI 13
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Blog postSelf-Defense against a knife attack while unarmed is always a worst-case scenario, and one you really should do everything in your power to avoid. I talk and write so much about awareness and avoidance because it really is extremely important and your best bet at keeping yourself safe and unharmed. What makes self-defense against a knife attack even more arduous is that many serious assailants will not brandish the blade prior to attacking. You may not know the knife wielding attacker has a k2 years ago Read more
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Blog postLife is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
– Confucius
Sometimes it is important to take a step back and simplify. As Confucius said so long ago, we insist on making life complicated. Sometimes we do this with our martial arts too. We insist on making things more complicated than they need to be.
Simple techniques, done correctly, are often the best for actual self-defense. However, this does not mean we can’t practice things more complicated to imp2 years ago Read more -
Blog postHere is a video I did live on FaceBook talking about the Korean Martial Art Festival held in Crestview, Florida. This year the event will be held the weekend of April 20-22, 2018.
Check out the video and there’s a link below to go register.
Korean Martial Art Festival
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Blog postForge yourself in the Way.
– Miyamoto Musashi How do we forge ourselves in the Way as Miyamoto Musashi directed in the classic text The Book Of Five Rings? I think there are several things we need to do in order to forge ourselves in the Way. These include:
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Blog postWow, the last couple of months have flown by. Two different workshops for the Forest Service, Effective Communication and Workplace Bullies, the Korean Martial Art Festival in Florida where I taught two sessions, the six week Self-Defense for Kids class at the YMCA, The Montana Mediation Association Conference where I taught one session, Action Shooter Classes, security work at several events, security for Paul McCartney concert booked for August, two day conference to speak at penciled in fo6 years ago Read more
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“The path of the Warrior is lifelong, and mastery is often simply staying on the path.”
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Blog postA year ago, Friday of Memorial Weekend, I flew out to spend the weekend with a mentor of mine. Flew in on Friday and we worked till my flight home on Monday afternoon. Since then, I’ve made a lot of progress on things we worked on, but I also fell short in some areas.
I just made a commitment to him, that I would be back on track working on the lessons he taught me, as well as using additional resources he has. He said “way to go” and that he was there to help when I needed it, just a7 years ago Read more -
Blog postVictoria Pynchon (with Joe Kraynak) did an outstanding job with the book Success as a Mediator For Dummies. The book contains an excellent overview and practical advice in regards to many areas of mediation, including advice on finding a mediation market, required education and training, hints on networking with other mediators, the various styles of mediation, and much more. I’d easily recommend this book to anyone wanting to get into the field of mediation, and even for those of us that hav7 years ago Read more
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Blog postI teach a lot of things. Later this week I’ll be teaching communication and conflict resolution skills in a four hour workshop. In two weeks, I’ll be in Florida teaching Restraint and Control techniques at the Korean Martial Art Festival in Crestview, FL. I also teach safety principles, Hapkido, self-defense, cane, and living with the Warrior’s Edge. I teach through my workshops, seminars, key notes, books and DVDs. However, nothing is as important as the message in this video.7 years ago Read more
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Blog postWatching the news this morning, I learned about an accident that happened last September. A friend I went to high school with was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide while under the influence for the September head-on crash that killed tow people and two counts of felony criminal endangerment because the deceased driver’s two children suffered broken legs during the crash. Court records say his blood-alcohol level was 0.245, or just over three times the legal limit, shor7 years ago Read more
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Blog postNegotiating With Backbone: Eight Sales Strategies To Defend Your Price And Value by Reed K. Holden is a very good book for those in procurement. The negotiating strategies presented in this text focus on the selling model that the author teaches. It is a very good model for those working in this field.
The first part of the book contains four chapters that focus on the tricks procurement people or economic buyers use to get lower prices and how to mitigate the damage of th7 years ago Read more
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