How would your martial arts skills work for you as a maximum-security prison guard, street cop, or county sheriff? Joe Lewis black belt Chris Sutton has trained in nearly a dozen different martial arts styles and he also held each one of those jobs. His first fight with an inmate was over a single Reeses Cup™. Find out if his martial arts training helped or hindered him. Also, learn how the Police Academy 10-week training program compared to his martial arts training. Here are more show notes from this fascinating interview with Chris Sutton. Websites: SelfDefenseBusiness.com MartialArtsTeachers.com EmpowerKickboxing.com JohnGraden.com :38 Corrections officer :40 Care, custody, and control of some of the worst criminals in the world 1:05 Law enforcement boot camp for felons 1:40 Maximum Security Prison Guard 1:43 Street cop 1: 50 Talking to crime victims 2:00 Capturing criminals 2:10 What they will kill you for 2:30 Did martial arts help or hinder your job? 2:40 Gets into a fight over Reeses Cup 3:10 Inmate gets knocked out 3:35 Chris went to 13 different public schools in Tampa Bay as a kid 3:48 Using martial arts against violent criminals 3:58 Feelings during a real fight 4:25 Cobra was developed to be market-friendly, easy to learn with maximum impact 4:40 What you learn in the Police Academy 4:44 Why does it take 4-5 years to earn a black belt yet Police Academy graduates go straight to the streets 4:50 What he created in COBRA 5:30 Why COBRA is designed for everyone to progress together 5:35 How he decides what to teach and include in the course 5:45 What is different about COBRA vs Krav Maga 6:52 If you need help today, who would you call to help market your self-defense program? 7:50 Companies that call COBRA for training 9:00 COBRA in contrast to what's out there 9:15 Living a life of quiet desperation not making money 9:30 How would you teach a real estate safety seminar 9:40 How COBRA tests programs before releasing them to members 10:30 What support COBRA provides for instructors 11:00 What a new member gets when they join COBRA 11:30 Do you need a school to teach COBRA 12:00 How to create income 24 hours a day 12:10 What succeeds at COBRA and who tends to fail 13:30 The income potential for COBRA 14:00 The difference between selling yourself vs selling your program 15:10 Some COBRA success stories 16:00 The house that COBRA built 16:16 You don't need to attend a COBRA certification seminar 17:15 The importance of following the COBRA system Important Links MartialArtsTeachers.com JohnGraden.com MATACertification.com MATAInsurance.com SelfDefenseBusiness.com (COBRA-Defense)