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Tom Tarshis graduated from UC Berkeley and received a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan. He later received his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is a board-certified psychiatrist who recently completed a 3-year research fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford University where his focus was on bullying and victimization in schools. Dr. Tarshis has presented information on bullying at both national and international meetings, and has published data in scientific journals on bullying and victimization. He is currently the director of the Bay Area Children's Association, a non-profit agency working with children and families with mental illness. Dr. Tarshis is also the parent of three children ranging in age from 3 to 12 years-old. His expertise and guidance provided to parents in our DontBullyMyKids.com video is needed information by many parents, as most parents don't even realize their children are being bullied at school. Dr. Tarshis tells us how to know if your child is being bullied. He also gives parents solid advice on how to prevent their children from being targets of bullies, and what to do if their child is already being bullied.

Dr. Andre KnustGraichen, a true martial arts master who has been presented in Black Belt Magazine happens to be a Clinical Professor and a Practicing Doctor of Chiropractic with a special emphasis in neurology and nerve centers. His 20+ years of practical medical experience allows him to share his clinical knowledge and combine aspects of the martial arts and self defense into the DontBullyMyKids.com Program. Knows as Dr. Andre, his extensive experience has been used to teach people in all walks of life. He began his training in 1967 and is currently teaching specialized training to military personnel (Green Berets, Army Rangers, and specialized Personal Security Details) in addition to teaching the public through seminars, workshops, and private instruction. In our DontBullyMyKids.com Video, Dr. Andre shows us common grabs a bully will do to our children and some incredibly easy counters to those grabs so our kids can free themselves and get help. He also shows us some pressure point moves to give our children an upper had on the bully. All moves taught by Dr. Andre are simple yet effective, and easy for parents to master and teach their children.

Mike Alford is a newly retired Law Enforcement Officer from Santa Clara County. He has 36 years experience and has worked for three different law enforcement agencies. His experience includes working as a beat cop, an evidence technician, a training officer, and a juvenile detective. He has spent detective years working in physical child abuse, sexual child abuse and missing persons. He also was Co-Developer of San Jose's Megan's Law Detail. This was a program to locate and track sex offenders living in the city of San Jose. It later became the model for numerous police departments throughout the nation. Mike gives parents the background behind Megan's Law and tells parents how they can use this information to better protect their children from sexual predators that may be living near by.

Mike Swain is considered to be the most successful Judo player the US has ever produced. Mike Swain is the only man from the Western Hemisphere to win a gold medal at the World Championships since its inception in 1956. The World Championships is a very prestigious tournament held only once every two years. As a World Champion, 4-time Olympian (bronze medallist in the Seoul Games) and 1996 Olympic Coach, Mike Swain has gained a phenomenal amount of valuable knowledge and experience. His video series by World Martial Arts are considered by many experts to be the finest Judo videos ever produced. Mike conducts Judo and self defense seminars and has done strength training with Mr. Grasso off and on for the last 5 years. Mike shows parents how to teach their children to fall should they be pushed in a bullying encounter and how to stand up and protect themselves without getting injured from an attack. This is very important information as many people are badly hurt or even killed from hitting their head on the ground when they fall.

Javier Mendez is a 2-Time World Kickboxing Champion. He is the founder and owner of the World Renowned American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) in San Jose, California. AKA is rated as one of the top three producing mixed martial arts training facilities for champions in the world. Now Mr. Mendez focuses on training elite full contact fighters and world champions. He has a great reputation in the mixed martial arts community. Mr. Mendez is often asked to comment and appear on matters related to Mixed Martial Arts as his expertise is sought after. His knowledge and skill regarding stand up self-defense fighting techniques are sought out by many world champions due to his extreme level of expertise. Mr. Mendez, who has done strength training in the past with Mr. Grasso, appears in our DontBullyMyKids.com video showing basic self defense skills for parents to show their children. The purpose of course is for kids to protect themselves and build their own self-esteem and confidence. There is no better instructor for this than world renowned Javier Mendez!