David DiBella

David, founder of Mindful Defense, has been studying and teaching the martial arts and self-defense since 1983. David is passionate about self-defense and educating the community. He created Mindful Defense in order to provide easy-to-learn, but effective, self-defense for people to all ages, skill levels and physical abilities. David publishes weekly self-defense articles for the Mindful Defense blog. Seminars are held throughout the year for local schools and youth organizations.

A 5th degree black belt, David holds a bachelor’s degree in Crime and Delinquency Studies from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Avila University.