About this instructor:

Mr. Joel Kirch is ranked a 6th Dan in the ZDK and started as a student of Mr. Gifford (TX) in Ogdensburg, NY in the 1970's. He directed the N-NY ZDK after Mr. Gifford left for TX in the early 1980's and taught all of the senior ZDK instructors in the N-NY region - Mr. Brown, Mr. Guccione, Mr. Pepe, & Mr. Perry. Mr. Kirch was a member of the St. Lawrence County (NY) Sheriff's Dept. at one time in his career. He is currently in Federal Law-Enforcement in Indiana. He has over 25 years of law-enforcement experience and has trained members of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marshal's & Air Marshal's in Defensive tactics.