Lawrence Kane Interview  manager's picture  Lawrence Kane is the
author of Martial Arts Instruction (YMAA, 2004) and Surviving
Armed Assaults (YMAA, 2006), as well as co-author of The Way of
Kata (YMAA, 2005) and The Way to Black Belt (YMAA, 2007). He has
also contributed to other author's books, published numerous
articles about teaching, martial arts, self-defence, and related
topics, and is a forum moderator at, a website devoted to
traditional martial arts and self protection.   Since 1985,
Lawrence has supervised employees who provide security and
oversee fan safety during college and professional football
games at a Pac-10 stadium. This part-time job has given him a
unique opportunity to appreciate violence in a myriad of forms.
Along with his crew, he has witnessed, interceded in, and
stopped or prevented hundreds of fights, experiencing all manner
of aggressive behaviours as well as the escalation process that
invariably precedes them. He has also worked closely with the
campus police and state patrol