Sammy Franco is among the world's leading authorities on armed and
unarmed combat. Highly regarded as a pioneer and innovator of combat
sciences, Mr. Franco is the founder and creator of Contemporary Fighting
Arts, a scientific and practical combat system designed specifically to
provide the most efficient and effective methods possible to avoid,
defuse, confront, and neutralize both armed and unarmed assailants. Mr.
Franco has authored numerous magazine articles and several books, as well
as a series of instructional videotapes. He has also been featured in
newspaper articles and on radio and television programs, including CBS'
48 Hours with Dan Rather.
Mr. Franco is a Law Enforcement Master Instructor who teaches and super-
vises defensive tactics training for local and federal law enforcement
agencies, including the United States Border Patrol. He is a member of
the prestigious American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET)
and is also listed in the "Who's Who Directory of Law Enforcement
Instructors." In addition, Mr.Franco is a nationally certified police
instructor in the following curriculums: PR-24 Side-Handle Baton, Police
Arrest and Control Procedures, Police Personal Weapons Tactics, Police
Power Handcuffing Methods, Police Oleoresin Capsicum Aerosol Training
(OCAT), Police Weapon Retention and Disarming Methods, Police Edged
Weapon Countermeasures and "Use of Force" Assessment and Response
Methods. He is also a nationally certified firearms instructor (police
and civilian) who specializes in firearm safety, personal protection,
and advanced combat shooting.
Mr. Franco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the
University of Maryland and is regularly featured as a speaker at a number
of professional conferences. He also conducts exciting and enlightening
seminars on the martial arts, self-defense, and firearms. As part of his
ongoing mission to deliver "the combative truth," Mr. Franco has also
authored seven books. Four of these--Street Lethal, Killer Instinct, When
Seconds Count, and 1001 Street Fighting Secrets--are currently available
through Paladin Press. The other three, tentatively titled "First Strike,"
"The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall," and "War Machine," are under
contract with Paladin.
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