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Diana Storey
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Hey all!
Thanks for having me! I’m beyond excited to be working towards being an instructor with this amazing team!
I taught self defence about 15 years ago to mainly high school students. I’m also a huge fan of the Defendo system and Bill Underwood.
My husband and I own both a medical repatriation/medical standby company as well as a safety services company. In addition, I train German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois. Our once quiet rural community has seen an influx in drugs and crime, making a lot of families feel really unsafe. I felt like it was time to take a stand and empower our community. Funny story. I had gotten the email about signing up for the new program and just hadn’t gotten around to it. Well that changed on Friday. I was at a park training with one of my dog clients and her German Shepherd pup. We were so both focused on the dog that we didn’t notice a really unhinged looking guy coming rushing into our personal space and pretty much right behind us. The pup sure noticed and lost his mind at him (good boy!) It was enough to give us some space and tell him to back up several times. He wordlessly ignored my request and came closer as we backed up. He even tried calling the dog away from us and towards him (that absolutely did not go well and Zep looked like he wanted to eat the guy). I rapidly changed my tone with him to the point he flinched and sulked away asking why I needed to be mean to him. Sorry dude, but there are enough polite dead girls.
This was my sign that I needed to go home and sign up ASAP! I’m glad I did.
The content of these programs is nothing short of phenomenal.
Looking forward to the journey and serving my community!
D