Craig Gray is an advanced Krav Maga & Budo Taijutsu Black Belt Instructor with over 35 years experience in martial arts and defensive tactics. He is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for numerous law enforcement agencies as well as nationally syndicated Frontlines of Freedom Military / Veteran Talk Radio Show.

His field experience spans executive protection & security services, corporate America, martial arts, coaching, teaching & being a knucklehead growing up. Craig created the MCOLES (Michigan Commission of Law Enforcement Standards) Self Defense for Law Enforcement Training Program and was an adjunct instructor for defensive tactics & protector ethics at the Homeland Security & Protective Services Academy within the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps. He is also an Associate at Resolution Group International, a conflict management company serving the needs of the U.S. Military, law enforcement agencies and private organizations.

Craig helps people go from feeling unconfident, vulnerable, and disempowered to being formidable, clear & successful after discovering a simple framework to handle conflict inside and around themselves.

Craig is the founder of the PeaceWalker Project, a personal leadership and defense training organization. He is also the owner & head instructor at Ronin Martial Arts, a long standing brick and mortar local academy in West Michigan.

Craig is the founder of the PeaceWalker Project which is an on-line training resource & community for conflict management, leadership and defensive tactics. This unique approach helps people to clarify & develop a Protectors Lifestyle, which enhances every aspect of your personal and professional life.

Craig has been also been featured in numerous professionally produced videos and other training materials regarding defensive tactics, conflict communications, leadership and empowerment.   

Craig has taught hundreds of seminars and workshops throughout the United States. Over the past two decades he has addressed numerous private and government organizations on leadership & empowerment skills and defensive tactics. His presentations are interactive, informative and entertaining. His business, teaching and real world experiences as well as an extensive background in martial arts, give him a unique and interesting perspective to share in his presentations.

Organizations Craig has worked with:

LAW ENFORCEMENT:

Camden County Police Department, New Jersey

Michigan Department of Corrections

Members of The United States Secret Service

West Michigan Criminal Justice Training Consortium

Allegan County Sheriff's Department

City of Grandville Police Department

City of Walker Police Department

City of Norton Shores Police Department

City of Cedar Springs Police Department

Covert Township / Van Buren County Police Department

City of Allegan Police Department

Kent County Sheriff's Department

Members of the New Jersey State Police Department

Members of the Atlantic City Police Department

Members of the Federal Marshal Service

Many others... 

NON-PROFIT:

Mel Trotter Ministries

The Conquerors International Strength Team

Girl Scouts of America

Walker Senior Association

YMCA

YWCA

West Michigan Small Business Breakfast Club

SCHOOLS:

Grand Valley State University

Calvin College

Grand Rapids Public Schools

Caledonia Public Schools

Comstock Park Public Schools

Creston Christian Schools

Timberland Charter Academy - Muskegon, MI

Rockford Community Education

Sparta Community Education

Job Corps (Florida, Grand Rapids, Flint)

Caledonia Public Schools

West Michigan Environment Science Charter School

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