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A Little Background

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A Little Background

Professor Kenneth R. Haslam has been involved in martial studies since 1960. As a boy, he studied Judo and Japanese Jiu Jitsu, later earning black belts in Kajukenbo, American Kenpo, and Kendo, and receiving formal teacher certification in Yang Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan.


In 1999, Professor Haslam was inducted into the Filipino Martial Arts Hall of Fame as a Weapons Expert (Blade). The following year, he was honored by the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame with a 10th-degree Black Belt and the formal title of Professor.


In 2013, he began formal firearms training and now holds concealed carry permits in California, Arizona, and Utah. He is a certified United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Instructor in both Concealed Carry and Home Defense, well as Women’s Handgun Self-Defense Fundamentals. Additionally, he is a certified Handgun Ambush Defense Instructor other certifications include:


  • DOJ Firearm Safety Instructor
  • Emergency First Aid Instructor
  • American Red Cross Certified Instructor
  • Certified Range Safety Officer (RSO)
  • Law of Self-Defense Instructor (trained under Andrew Branca)
  • Professor Haslam is also a certified trainer in non-lethal defense using the Byrna launcher system, an advanced pepper ball and kinetic defense device approved for civilian use.


Real-World Application, Real Lives Changed

Professor Haslam has trained private citizens, school security personnel, and families in self-preservation, intervention, and tactical readiness. His manual, Compliance, Intervention, and Protection, is used by districts such as Perris Union High School District to train over 40 campus security professionals in real-world de-escalation and emergency response.

His experience extends beyond civilian settings. Hundreds of frontline police officers, undercover agents, and military personnel have trained under him, many of whom privately credit the survival of violent encounters to the tools and methods he taught. Likewise, over two dozen civilians have escaped attempted sexual assault, home invasions, or physical beatings through techniques learned from his 360X DEFENSE system.

These outcomes are not shared to boast, but to reflect the gravity and responsibility of the work. In situations where violence is not theory—but reality—Professor Haslam’s system has proven its purpose: to prepare the one person who must prevail when help won’t come.


Author and Educator

Professor Haslam is the author of several published works, including:

  • C.A.M.P.S. – Child Abduction and Molestation Prevention Skills
  • C.A.R.E.S. – Children’s Action Response and Escape Skills
  • The Psychophysiology of Fear in Performance
  • R.E.A.L. – Realistic Experience Acquired Learning
  • Warrior’s Mind, Warrior’s Courage
  • The 360X DEFENSE Method
  • Compliance, Intervention, and Protection – used in campus security training

He continues to develop elite-level training curricula for 360X DEFENSE™, a method rooted in realism, legal clarity, psychological resilience, and biomechanical integrity.

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Our Promise:

We don’t sell fear.
We don’t sell fantasies.
We teach the responsibility of force, and the resilience to live with the consequences.


Train the one who must prevail.

Why Choose 360X DefenseTM?

Because your life isn’t a tournament. And survival doesn’t care about style points.

Most programs teach techniques.
We teach transformation.

We’re not a martial arts school.
We’re not a gun range.
We’re not here to give you a belt, a badge, or a fantasy.

We’re here to train the one person who must prevail when it all goes wrong.

What Sets Us Apart:

  • Real Violence. Real Consequences.
     We don’t simulate danger—we engineer your response to it. Every drill, scenario, and decision is drawn from the psychology of real assaults, active threats, and criminal behavior.
  • No Sport. No Ego. No Illusions.
     Our system isn’t built for competition. It’s built for confrontation. What we teach must work under chaos, fatigue, fear, and moral weight—or we throw it out.
  • Firearms + Empty Hand + Moral Clarity.
     We integrate firearms, hands-on defense, and mental recalibration into one system. You’ll know when to act, how to act, and why force is justified—legally, ethically, and tactically.
  • Veteran-Led. Reality-Tested. Civilians Included.
     Professor Haslam has trained military specialists, undercover officers, security teams, and civilians—some of whom credit their survival to this very training. You’re learning from what works, not what sells.
  • When the System Fails, You Won’t.
     We train for the moment help isn’t coming. When systems collapse, when law is delayed, when you are the only barrier between chaos and your family—you’ll be ready.