About the Author
Mark “Six” James is the Founder and Executive Director of Panther Protection Services, LLC a full service protection agency which provides security consulting, threat assessment, executive protection, self-defense training, and firearms instruction. He is a seasoned Close Protection Operator/Executive Protection Specialist with over 25 years of firearms, martial arts and celebrity/executive protection experience. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Deepwater Security, a member of the British Bodyguard Association, North American Bodyguard Association, NRA, International Defensive Pistol Association, Greater Atlanta Defensive Pistol Association and the Sikaron Karate Federation.
He got started in the security and protection business by providing firearms training to legislators, judicial members and a number of business executives. He later became the Chief Security Officer and Personal Bodyguard for many of those same clients. He regularly protects government officials, corporate executives, entertainers as well as professional athletes. As a firearms instructor for Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies and International Firearms Trainer he provides firearms training to a number of security companies, executive protection agencies, law enforcement officers as well as private citizens.
He is a frequent contributor to online media such as bodyguardcareers.com, casttv.com, iaepa.com/news, thehomesecuritysystemsite.com, youtube.com, technical advisor to films and music videos, and the author of a number of other security, firearm and protection publications:
- Common Sense Defense – A Women’s Self-Defense Survival Guide
- Defensive Handgun – Preparing to Prevail
- Defensive Shotgun – Mastering the Versatility
- Law Enforcement Officers Combatives - Fighting at Bad Breath Distance
- Modern Pistol Fundamentals
