W.
Lee Fjelstad, Vice President
The Vice President of the Verbal Judo
Institute and an international trainer with a
professional background that includes over 18
years of speaking and training experience, Lee is
a highly animated, humorous, thought provoking, and
entertaining presenter. He has instructed
audiences on Verbal Judo in the United
States, Canada, Scandavia, the Caribbean, and England.
Lee has been
interviewed regarding Verbal Judo as the
subject of magazine articles ranging in interest from
Conde Nast Traveler and Broker Magazine to sports
publications like Referee Magazine, and in
newsprint articles from the USA Today and the Wall
Street Journal to small town newspapers. He has
been seen and heard internationally on CNN,
nationally on NBC, ABC, and Fox, in Canada on CBC, and
on local television and radio across North America and
in Europe.
His professional
experience includes five years as a Computer
Operations Supervisor for a $130 million computer
research and development facility working with classified
materials, and an additional six years of work for the
Federal Government protecting nuclear weapons systems.
He has also worked as a reserve police officer in New
Mexico at the Sandavol County Sheriff's Department and
trained self-defense and defensive tactics to the
police, corrections, probation and parole, and
military law enforcement officers in numerous
states and self-defense instruction to federal and
local government agencies and civilian programs for
corporations, women's groups, and the airlines.
Lee has
instructed martial arts classes and self defense
seminars for over twenty years and
retains 2nd degree black belt ratings in Shotokan
(Japanese) and Tae Kwon Do (Korean) karate. He has
also trained in Hapkido, Combat Judo, Arnis, and Akido.
His educational background includes degrees in
English, Business, and Organizational Communication
with additional work in Psychology and Behavioral
Science. Along with Dr. Thompson, and Mr. Andy
Sanano, a noted master martial artist from Rapid City,
South Dakota, Lee created an instructional video on
self-defense for adults and children called The
Total Defense System," combining protective
personal defense techniques with the tactics and
strategies of Verbal Judo which sold internationally.
Lee now spends over
280 days per year traveling and teaching audiences to
communicate effectively using Verbal Judo. His clients
range from corporate and customer service industries,
city and county government employees, to airlines,
banking and real estate operations. Lee also
still trains federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies in both Verbal Judo and Self-Defense
applications.
To
contact Lee:
W. Lee Fjelstad, Vice President
Verbal Judo Institute, Inc.
PO Box 49047
Sarasota, FL 34230
1 888 255-5353
E-mail: leefjelstad@verbal-judo.com
Web: http://verbal-judo.com/index.asp
Lee Fjelstad
Web Site
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