The USPI Urban Self Defense Manual (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537628196)

Balogun Ojetade is an author, master-level martial artist in indigenous, Afrikan combative arts and sciences, a survival and preparedness consultant, a former Communications and Asst. Operations Sergeant in the U.S. 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and a priest in several Afrikan spiritual traditions. Balogun is Master Instructor and Technical Director of the Afrikan Martial Arts Institute, which has branches in the Unites States, England and Ghana, West Afrika, Co-Chair of the Urban Survival Preparedness Institute and Co-Chair / Founder of the State of Black Science Fiction Convention, the largest gathering of Black speculative fiction, film and fashion authors, filmmakers, cosplayers, designers, artists and fans in the world. He is the author of the bestselling non-fiction books Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within, The Afrikan Warriors' Bible, The Afrikan Warriors' Guide to Defeating Bullies and Trolls and Surviving the Urban Apocalypse and ten novels, including the Steamfunk bestsellers, MOSES: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman (Books 1 & 2) and The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman: Freedonia; the Urban Science Fiction saga, Redeemer; the Sword & Soul epic, Once Upon A Time In Afrika; the Action-Adventure novella, Fist of Afrika; the gritty, Urban Superhero series, A Single Link and Wrath of the Siafu; the two-fisted Dieselfunk tale, The Scythe; the "Choose-Your-Own-Destiny"-style Young Adult novel, The Keys; and the Sword and Soul Horror novel, Beneath the Shining Jewel. Balogun is also contributing co-editor of three anthologies: Ki: Khanga: The Anthology, Steamfunk and Dieselfunk and contributing editor of the Rococoa anthology. Finally, Balogun is the Director and Fight Choreographer of the Steamfunk feature film, Rite of Passage, and the short dark fantasy films, A Single Link, Rite of Passage: Initiation and The Dentist of Westminster and co-author of the award winning screenplay, Ngolo.