Featuring Don Baird Don Baird began his study of martial arts in 1962 and since then has spent his entire life honing his skills and knowledge. After producing several outstanding champions, Baird devoted himself to helping his community and was appointed technical advisor to a Southern California police department. He spent more than a year doing research and technical development and spent literally hundreds of hours riding on patrol. Together with Officer Brent Ambrose, head of SWAT for a local California police department and one of the country's most respected authorities in self defense training for police officers, he developed Hands On Police Defensive Tactics. In Volume 2, Baird and Ambrose introduce grappling techniques for law enforcement officers in the street, chi sao training with practical applications for officers and locks, throws, strikes and parries. Both law enforcement personnel and civilians alike can masters these techniques designed to create an instant response in the real world, where a split second can mean the difference between life and death.