Al Abidin has invested over 25 years trying and testing every martial art and self-defense system he could get his hands on. This included learning from police academy instructors, martial arts experts, street fighters, ex-convicts and combat soldiers. Here are some who Al has trained: Los Angeles County Sheriffs-Lennox Station, U.S. Department of Commerce-NOAA Office of Law Enforcement, City of San Clemente-Marine Safety Division, and numerous individual law enforcement offic