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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank Elsie S. Young, Richard K. L. Young, Margarethe F. Young, Pat Young, Kathy Young, Dean Sensui, Owen Uyehara, Walter Wong, Fred Degerberg, Jim Leone, Mark V. Wiley, Randall Roberts, Dave Infante, Ellen Ercergovich, Yancy Walden, Derek Kunishima, Don Lin, and Buddy Fowler. They helped make this book a reality. Without their support, guidance, and inspiration, this book would never have been completed.

I would also like to thank my law enforcement “family,” who helped guide me through a safe and rewarding profession and shape my defensive tactics skills. These people are listed in the order that they came into my life: Deputy James Mahone, Sergeant Dale Schirman, Deputy Gene Reed, Lieutentant Mike McAndrews, Sergeant Easie Williams, Corrections Officer Ernie Tell, Sergeant Al Fraijo, Deputy Roy Burns, Deputy John Fernandez, Lieutenant Robert Dillard, Sergeant Robert Alcaraz, Reserve Deputy Hank Nagamine, Sergeant Byron Woods, Sergeant Paul Peitrantoni, Sergeant Roberto Causey, Captain Mitch Tavera (Inglewood Police Department), Sergeant Dave Infante, Sergeant Danny Rosa, D. A. Investigator Darren Levine, Sergeant Derek Sill, Officer Tony Pasqual (Los Angeles Police Department), Deputy Kenji Mashiko, Deputy Mike Sherod, Sergeant Sam Mahi (Honolulu Police Department), Sergeant Dave Lewis, Sergeant Manny Anaya, Lieutenant Roy Levario, and Lieutenant Mark Relyea.

I cannot forget to thank the members of my own Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, especially Sheriff Leroy Baca and Undersheriff William Stonich, for their unwavering support throughout my career.

I also want to thank my martial arts “family,” who helped me develop many of my techniques and apply them in a law enforcement environment. These people include Richard Miura (wado ryu karate), Alfred Dela Cruz (chuan fa kajukenbo), Master Hong (tae kwon do and hapkido), Raymond Tabosa (escrima), Pat Hodges (northern shaolin, pa kua), Fu Ling Tung (tai chi chuan), Calvin Yamamoto (kenshu kan karate), Jason Yoshida (judo), Eiichi Jumawan (boxing), Kimo Pang (internal shaolin), Hide Hirayama (taido), Danny Cacho (wing chun), Daniel Duby (savate), Danny Inosanto (kali/jeet kune do), Richard Bustillo (kali/jeet kune do), Bernie Pock (northern praying mantis), Richard Sylla (savate), Bira Almeidia (capoeira), Arjan Surchai (Thai boxing), Camisa (capoeira), Fidel Fraijo (boxing), Huang Ken Wang (shuai chiao), Daniel Ng (eagle claw kung fu), Andy Lau (eagle claw kung fu), Walter Wong (wing chun), the Machado brothers (Brazilian jiujitsu), Herman Suwanda (mande muda silat), Jerry Walker (lua), Tim Pahi (mao mao), Ron Balicki (shootwrestling and kali), Rorion Gracie (Gracie jiujitsu), Bob Koga (aikido), Tom Meadows (combat whip/latigo y daga), Erik Paulson (shooto), Gene Labell (wrestling), and Rinaldo Santos (Brazilian jiujitsu).