Tim Larkin and the psychology of self-protection

Published: Aug. 16, 2017, 5:30 a.m.

Tim Larkin is the founder of Target Focus Training and one of the world's foremost experts in self-protection. \xa0Tim and Mark go back a long way, and Tim was formerly an intelligence officer with the Navy. He\u2019s trained various branches of the Spec Ops community on close combat. Tim is also the author of several books, including, most recently, \u201cWhen Violence Is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake.\u201d Tim teaches that it helps to focus on the\xa0similarities that every human body shares, so that we can learn the ways that all people will be vulnerable. This podcast is both informative and very counter-intuitive.\xa0 Listen to this episode to get an insight into how we avoid thinking about violence instead of learning it and where it fits in.\xa0