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Our 7 primary instructors come from a wide variety for backgrounds. Some are police officers or martial arts instructors, but some are just average men and women who have dedicated a great deal of time and training into becoming rape prevention instructors. We strive to keep a very low student to instructor ratio at our seminars, and our family at the Bushido Judo School has always been there to help. All instructors work on a purely volunteer basis. All proceeds from class are reinvested back into the program by way of training, equipment, scholarships, and donations to non-profit organizations. The instructors donate their time and energy because they believe in our mission and we want all women to be safer.

 

Our instructor qualifications are listed here.

Chief Instructor
 
Chip Slade is an AWSDA certified rape prevention instructor and the regional representative for the American Women’s Self Defense Association. He is certified through the Modern Warrior Defensive Tactics Institute as a confined area safety tactics instructor and is a sworn law enforcment officer in the Raleigh/Durham area.
Senior Instructor
 
Heather Fox have been teaching rape prevention since 2003. She is a student of Hapkido, Muay Thai, and law enforcement Subject Control and Arrest Techniques. Heather is a sworn law enforcment officer in the Raleigh/Durham area.

Instructor

 

Melinda Pearce is an accomplished graduate of multiple women's safety and self defense programs and has been an assistant instructor with BWSD for 2 years. She is also a passionate opponent of human trafficking and a member of Jubilee, an anti-slavery organization.

Assistant Instructors

 

 

Jon McCarthy has been with the program since 2006 as an assistant and our original padded assailant. He has been a supporter of the program since its inception. Jon holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jujitsu under Royce Gracie
  

 

 

John Fox has been an assistant and a supporter of the program since 2006. He is a highly skilled padded assailant and a sworn

law enforcement officer in the Raleigh/Durham area.

 

 

Melissa Russo is a certified instructor through RAD (Rape Aggression Defense Systems) and is an active tri-athlete and runner. She has been with BWSD since 2007.