I am Richard Liebespach, the owner of Self-Protection Essentials.
I save lives and enable people to go home for dinner.
I am a Speaker, Teacher, Trainer, Podcaster and Toastmaster because I have an interest in the most important 5 seconds of a person's life... the time it takes to get to safety when being Physically attacked.
I do this because I have family members, friends and students who have been touched by Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Rape, Bullying and Child Abuse and I want these things to never happen again.
I am a 3rd degree blackbelt in karate and certified by the NRA as a firearms instructor, qualified to teach across the entire spectrum of self-defense. But I do not teach self-defense. I teach self-protection. The difference is....
Self-Defense is "Oh my god! I'm being attacked! Now what do I do?!?"
Self-Protection is, lets no go there in the first place. But if we do end up there, I have material that can get you to safety.

I want you to get mad, but I spell mad differently. I spell mad,
M.A.A.D.D.D.
Mindset, Awareness, Avoidance, Deterrence, De-Escalation, and Defense.
Defense is last the list because if everything else goes right, the likelihood that you will every need to physically defend yourself against an attack is very small.
I am Richard Liebespach, my company is Self-Protection Essentials, and I may be reached via my website which is
SelfProtection.me
That is SelfProtection dot m e.

Thank you.