Perry William Kelly

Perry William Kelly is a Canadian born martial arts/defensive tactics instructor, lawyer and writer best known for his books and articles about the combative arts.

Professional Training and Experience

Mr. Kelly has both a Bachelor of Arts (St. Patrick’s College, Carleton University) and a Bachelor of Law (University of Ottawa) degree. He was called to the Bar of the province of Ontario in 1984. He began his career as a professional writer while attending law school at the University of Ottawa.

For over twenty five years he has worked in the Canadian criminal justice system as a lawyer, investigator, and emergency response teams coordinator. Mr. Kelly is a graduate of the U. S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Defensive Tactics Instructor Trainer program and the Correctional Service of Canada’s Institutional Emergency Response Team training programs.

A former peace officer, he was the National Coordinator of Instituational Emergency Response Teams for the Correctional Service of Canada, and the International Representative for the American Society for Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET).

His company, Perry William Kelly Consultants, has delivered training and criminal justice consulting services in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas.

Martial Arts Training and Experience

Mr. Kelly began his martial arts training in Chito-Ryu Karate during the early 1960’s. He holds instructor credentials in the following disciplines:

*Can-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu (Prof. Georges Sylvain, Kyoshi John Therien)
*Jun Fan Gung Fu/Jeet Kune Do Concepts (Guro Dan Inosanto)
*Inosanto Blend Kali (Guro Dan Inosanto)
*Muay Thai boxing (first Canadian to be certified “in Canada” as an instructor in Muay Thai by Ajarn Chai Sirisute, an accomplishment that was noted in Inside Kung Fu magazine.)
*Shamrock Fighting Systems (Frank Shamrock)
*FAST Combatives (Bill Kipp, Dik Chance)

Teaching experience

Mr. Kelly has lectured at the faculty of Criminology of the University of Ottawa, and for the Algonquin College Police Foundations program. He is presently a part-time faculty member at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada. He has presented at both the Canadian and Western Canada Officer Safety conferences and at the American Society for Law Enforcement Trainers conferences. He has taught police officers in Canada and the United States, and has also delivered martial arts seminars across North America and the Caribbean.

tick Fighting

In 2008 at the age of fifty, Mr. Kelly fought a full-contact stick fighting demonstration bout in Gatineau, Quebec against the former world sport jiu-jitsu champion and seventh degree black belt Shihan Norm Beauchamp on the undercard of a kickboxing event held by former kickboxing world champion Jean-Yves Theriault. His training and fight were profiled in Martial Arts Experts magazine.

Publications

Books

*The Thinking Officer's Guide to Police Defensive Tactics. [http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Officers-Police-Defensive-Tactics/dp/0398068631/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223437357&sr=1-1] Charles C. Thomas Publishing, Springfield, Illinois.
*Dan Inosanto: The Man, the Teacher, the Artist. [http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Inosanto-Man-Teacher-Artist/dp/1581605838/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223437507&sr=1-1] Paladin Press.
*ICEMAN: Kickboxing Legend Jean-Yves Theriault. [http://www.perrywkelly.com] SKELVAL Publishing, Ottawa, Canada

Articles

Mr. Kelly has written over fifty articles and cover stories for the magazines and periodicals listed below. He has interviewed world champions in Mixed Martial Arts (Matt Hughes, Frank Shamrock and Erik Paulson) and Kickboxing (Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, Jean-Yves Theriault, Bob Thurman, Don Wilson, Kerry Roop, Rodney Batiste, Danny Macaruso and Kerry Roop), Chuck Lidell’s trainer John Hackleman and UFC President Dana White.

Law Enforcement

*RCMP Gazette
*The Law Enforcement Trainer Magazine
*Canadian Criminal Justice Association's Justice Report
*Network for Research in Crime and Justice
*Canadian Society for Industrial Security Magazine
*Canadian Association of Police Polygraphists Newsletter

Martial Arts

*MA Success (as the Canadian and Mixed Martial Arts Correspondent)
*Martial Arts Experts
*Martial Arts Professional
*Ultimate Grappling
*George

References