Instructor bio

Paul Clark has been training and teaching in various martial arts since 1995, earning black belts and instructorships along the way. Paul has trained and cornered fighters for amateur mixed martial arts events during his years of training in Virginia. He has fought in over fifty full contact stick and mixed weapons fights and achieved Warrior Member status, as well as an Instructorship from the Full Spectrum Combat Academy.

     Mr. Clark had the privilege to teach a seminar for a group of Marine Corp Martial Arts Instructors at the Naval Security Group Activity in Chesapeake, Virginia in 2004. For many years he's taught firearms and combatives related seminars at the Mock Prison Riot, a convention that draws law enforcement professionals from around the world. Paul has also taught at ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Education & Trainers Association) for Warrior Tactical Systems and as a Spidercuff Master Instructor. He has operated a successful martial arts school since 2006.

     During his 10 years in Corrections, Paul was a trainer for the Corrections Academy and later an Investigator in several facilities. He was a Senior Firearms Instructor and helped design the Defensive Tactics program. He was also a Master Instructor in Defensive Tactics and Mechanical Restraints. 

Paul is a NRA Pistol Instructor and has attended a variety of law enforcement and firearms related schools and seminars. He teaches 3 concealed carry classes per month in in Cabela's and Sportsman's Warehouse stores throughout West Virginia. He has also competed in IDPA competitions since 1997 and has participated in 3 gun matches both privately and for the DOC.

     Paul is a full time teacher and is constantly researching and studying to implement better teaching and training methods to improve the delivery of material to students. He has attended Methods of Instruction (MOI) from Force Science as well as training by Ann Bumbak the author of Dynamic Police Training and Officer Down 2012: Lessons Learned and Richard Neil the author of Police Instructor as well as a 40 hour Training for Trainers course through the DOC, among others. 

Mr. Clark has taken his extensive martial arts and firearms training background and applied the concept of using progressive resistance against a reactive, resisting opponent and applied it to civilian self defense and law enforcement training and development.

- Spidercuff Master Instructor (Don Gulla)

- Certified Force Science Analyst (Force Science Institute)

- Lakan Guro in Pekiti Tirsia Kali under Jared Wihongi  

-Duty Knife Instructor - Jared Wihongi

- Jeet Kune Do Concepts Instructor under John Davis (Full Spectrum Combat Academy)  

- Black Belt under Leonard Rycerz (Society of the Arts Martial Arts and Survival Club) 

- Black Belt under Carl Piper (Warbreed International Fighting Arts)  

-  NRA Pistol Instructor  

- Utah Firearms Instructor  

- First Aid/CPR Instructor – American Heart Association 

- Senior Firearms Instructor (Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol) – WV DOC   

- Defensive Tactics Master Instructor – WV DOC  

- Mechanical Restraints Master Instructor – WV DOC  

- CIDS (Correctional Integrated Defense System) Phase II Instructor – WV DOC 

- Basic Corrections Communication Instructor – WV DOC  

- Cell Extraction Instructor – WV DOC 

- Basic Intelligence Threat Analysis Certified (Department of Homeland Security)

-Methods of Instruction (Force Science Institute)