Fear Brian!

BG & JP

The first time Brian Giles visited Roseberry's, he was a young police officer with a black belt in Taekwondo. He had been victorious in many tournaments, and he was pretty sure that he was a total badass. During that visit he was paired up to free spar with Sensei Bad Brad (if you know who that is, then you know that means "trouble ahead!"). Every time Brian tried to attack Brad, he kept ending up on the ground, with no idea how it happened.

After that visit, Brian put on a white belt and joined Roseberry's as a new student, starting his journey all over again. I think that was about twenty years ago, and he now holds a 5th degree black belt in Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate, as well as a 3rd degree black belt in Korean Taekwondo, and a 1st degree black belt in Matayoshi Kobudo (Okinawan weapons).  He's been a twelve time Cornhusker State Games Karate Black Belt Champion, and he won bronze at the World Police & Fire Games. 

As a police officer Brian was on the SWAT team, and he has trained with members of the elite FBI Hostage Rescue Team. He was also an instructor in firearms, defensive tactics, pressure point control, and Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint. The word on the street is that during his time with LPD, Brian restrained more criminals with LVNR (which is a modified RNC) than any other officer. I believe his record still stands to this day.

In 2000 Brian left LPD and became a firefighter with LFR, because he decided that choking bad guys wasn't scary enough, he wanted to fight FIRE! He is currently a Captain with Lincoln Fire-Rescue, as well as a trained hazmat technician, and a member of Urban Search & Rescue.  Brian has also done some writing, and one of his articles was recently posted on Firetown Training Specialist. Although it was written for firefighters, I found it to be great advice for anyone who trains, so I wanted to share it.

"Are you the type of person who approaches training with the mindset of just wanting to train so you can say you trained?"- Giles-Sensei

Is Your Training Based on F.E.A.R.- by Capt. Brian S. Giles