John Crum

John "Pax" Crum has been in martial arts for 34 years, having studied competition, form and combatives systems, and has been practicing HEMA since 2012. He was a founding member of the MKDF curriculum council, and remains a member of the club. John has taught self-defense, has done kinesthetic and competition coaching, and does special coaching for those having trouble with body mechanics. On top of his martial training, John is a medically retired police officer of 12 years, having specialized in deescalation and crisis intervention. His experience across multiple martial contexts and in coaching people from diverse physical disciplines and backgrounds has given him an array of communication tools when it comes to coaching movement, tactics and technique, as well as interpretation in the context of HEMA.