Eric Mayes, Owner, Rocky Mountain Self Defense LLC

I am a lifelong martial artist, who really just wants to “know stuff”. I enjoy the learning, and the discovery of new things, and the camaraderie that you get from associating with your own special type students. I am exceptionally fortunate to have found a niche in the martial arts/ self-defense/tactical world that accepts me. This has allowed me to be a full-time instructor for the last 10 years.

I also truly believe that anything I can do, I can teach someone else to do. This lets me share the amazing stuff that I have been so lucky to learn from the outstanding instructors I’ve been able to train with.

Instructor Certifications:

Owner of Rocky Mountain Self-defense

Martial Blade Concepts:

Certified Full Instructor in Martial Blade Concepts, Counter Blade Concepts, and the subsystems of Damithurt Silat , Sobadiwana Escrima

International Combat Hapkido Federation:

Rocky Mountain Region Director of Training and Operations

Rocky Mountain Region Director of Weapons and Ground Survival

Certified IPDTI (International Police Defensive Tactics Institute) Instructor

Certified Ground Survival Level 3 Instructor

Certified Master Combat Hapkido Instructor

5 th Degree Black Belt in Combat Hapkido

Hoch Hochheim’s Scientific Fighting Congress

Certified Close Quarter Combatives Advanced Instructor

Black Belt in Karatejutsu

Black Belt in Archipelago Combatives

Grand County SWAT Defensive Tactics Instructor

Miscellaneous

Systema (Russian Martial Art)

Bujutsu (Japanese Warrior Arts)

Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu, Tantojutsu, Aikijutsu, Koppojutsu, Muho Kenpo, Silat, Escrima, Kali, Jujutsu, and Shootfighting