Team

Team

Chris Sankey - Founder | Lead Instructor

Defensive firearm:

  • USCCA Certified Defensive Firearms Instructor - Concealed Carry and Home Defense
  • USCCA Certified Training Counselor - #327466
  • IDS APEX Certified Level 1 Instructor
  • Force Recon Marine Chris Graham’s 30-10 Pistol course
  • Int’l Combative Concepts (ICC) – Close Combat Shooting
  • Mike Oxner – 21-day Alpha Shooter course

Combatives:

  • MN Kali Group Rick Faye - Jeet Kune Do Concepts, Panantukan, Muay Thai, Edged weapons
  • SCARS student
  • Target Focus Training student 
  • Blauer Tactical Solutions student
    • Performance Enhancement Psychology
    • Cerebral Self-Defense - The Mental Edge
    • Meta-Cognition
  • Larry Wick - Tactical Street Survival™ 
    • Gun, Knife, Weapons, Empty hand 
  • Guided Chaos program
  • Certified Close Quarters Combatives Instructor - Pizzo 

Additional background:

  • 1985-1991 Tae Kwon Do - competitor, instructor
  • 2001-2003 trainer for professional hockey players' in on-ice fight management and tactics
  • President/co-owner Microm, Inc. 1997-2017
  • Founder of Quiet Pride LLC. 2012 - Mental Game and Peak Performance Coaching
  • Vigilant Agent - 2018 (specialized safety training for real estate agents, church security teams, businesses and private organizations)  
  • Mike Gillette - Psychology of Strength and Mental Toughness Program
  • Founding Member - [IAPPC] Int'l Association of Positive Psychology Coaches
  • Board of Directors - Minnetonka Sportsmen's Club (2014-present)
"Slow, Perfect, Repeated iterations of fundamental movements to subconscious mastery
is the key to building skills for performance under stress." - Chris Sankey

Michael Duffy - Senior Instructor

 

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Michael studied at Metro State University in the fields of Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology.

As a martial artist of 24 years, he has earned instructorships and rankings under the top martial artists in some of the most effective fighting arts available today.

Michael has worked with, been taught by, and trained Operators, Law Enforcement Officers, and competitive shooters.  He is currently a senior instructor at Conditioned Response and owner of Motion LLC.

In 2012, he became certified as an NRA pistol and CCW instructor offering personal protection instruction for citizens.  He delivers practical, real-life scenario training with a heavy emphasis on situational awareness and home invasion tactics.

Today he specializes in combining personal defense, health, and fitness with weapons and firearms training to provide each student with the skills and confidence to safely escape an unavoidable threat.  Michael’s core belief is everyone has the ability, right and responsibility to protect themselves.