Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Jan Black.

And I'm Laura Owens. We're glad you could join us for this very important episode because we're going to find out what you can do

if you're in a situation where an assailant is trying to harm or even kill you. Our guest is

internationally known self-defense expert Tim Larkin. Over the years, Tim has trained elite military,

special forces and law enforcement units in addition to corporate and civilian clients. Tim's books

include How to Survive the Most Critical Five Seconds of Your Life, Survive the Unthinkable,

a Total Guide to Women's Self-Protection, and when violence is the answer, learning how to do

what it takes when your life is at stake. Tim, thank you so much for joining us today.

Hey, thank you for having me.

So talk to us a little bit about your background and how you became a self-defense expert.

I was a Navy brat growing up.

My father was a military officer, a naval officer.

And I got introduced to the steel teams when I was about 12 years old. I lived literally

right across the street, Navy housing from where the SEALs train. And that's what I wanted to do.

And I had had a martial arts background growing up because, you know, growing up on Navy bases,

basically wherever you go, usually there um, there's some sort of a

martial art being trained at the, at the local, you know, fitness facility on, on base. So I got

into martial arts early on. I always had a fascination with it. When I got into the field teams,

uh, I went through training. I was two weeks away from, the SEAL teams, you know, finishing my training.

And I had an accident.

I had a diving accident that injured my eardrum.

It burst my ear drum, put me into vertigo.

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