Marc MacYoung

No Nonsense Self-Defense 

While in Germany teach de-escalation to the Rhineland Police, someone noticed Marc MacYoung's habit of looking both ways when passing through a doorway. He was asked why.

"Because of the time a burglar tried to put an ax in my skull,"  Marc calmly answered.

"You're joking?" his host asked incredulously.

"No. I'd come home for lunch. The burglar was still upstairs in the house. I walked through a door, he swung the ax, I jumped away and pulled my weapon. So there we were, both armed and looking at each other trying to figure out what to do next."

"What happened?"

"I talked him out of the house and let him go." Marc answered. "What was most annoying about it was I called my roommates and told them there'd been a break in. They came home and started freaking out. I was the one who almost got killed and they're panicking. I got so fed up with them I went back to work."

That incident happened before Marc started working in professions where he regularly had to talk violent people down.

MacYoung was raised in situational poverty. He grew up on the gang infested streets of Los Angeles. This gave him extensive first-hand experience with crime, violence and the people who commit them. He freely admits, "When I was younger, I was part of the reason why LA was so dangerous." Turning his life around with the help of his retired FBI step-father, Marc embarked on a career of protecting people from criminals and predators.

He's worked as a bodyguard, bouncer, event security and director of a correctional institute. Although proficient with use of force, he quickly realized that de-escalation saved him from having to do paperwork.

In 1989, prompted by, he says, 'being tired of repeating myself,' he started writing a booklet to give to people wanting to learn self-defense. That became his first book on street survival. He's since had 21 books and videos published on surviving in high risk situations, crime avoidance, pre-attack indicators, street knife use, street culture and a wide variety subjects related to conflict. 

Marc developed the internationally recognized Five Stages of Violent Crime program that is a standard ofthreat identification and articulating immediate danger. The Five Stages is taught in use of force classes and concealed carry courses throughout the US. He's a member of the International Police Defensive Tactics Association and taught police de-escalation and defensive tactics in four different countries, including Germany, Poland and Sweden.

He is also a court recognized expert witness on cases involving violence.

Marc currently resides in Colorado with his wife and is celebrating his 14th year of not having been shot at.

Visit Mr. MacYoung's website: http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com