Al Ridenhour

Al Ridenhour is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Marine Corps with 28 years of active service and reserve with multiple combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also served as a Law Enforcement consultant to the NJ State Police Special Operations Section, NJ Transit Police Operations Section, The NJ Regional Operations and Intelligence Center, the FBI Philadelphia Bomb Section, and a subject matter expert to the US Department of Homeland Security's Explosives Division. With 40 years of Combative Arts experience, he is recognized as a self-defense expert worldwide and is highly sought out for seminars, workshops, lectures, and special individualized training. He is the Co-Author of Attack Proof: The Ultimate Guided in Personal Protection, The Warrior-Scholar Ideal, and Co-Author THE FIVE LEMENTS OF COMBAT. He has appeared in Black Belt Magazine, Blitz Magazine, and The Forensic Examiner. He is also the President and Co-Founder of the International Warrior Arts Association (IWAA).