Rory Miller: 9 books

In "Meditations on Violence," Rory Miller explored the gap between martial arts training and real-world violence. In "Principles-Based Instruction" he strikes at the gap between traditional teaching and effective teaching. In seven sections, Rory gives you a solid foundation in the information you...

Drawing on extensive experience with unstable, violent, intoxicated and mentally ill people, former Corrections Sergeant Rory Miller delivers a street-level guide to building rapport, taking command and avoiding force.   An altered state of consciousness can be caused by many things--...

This is not about writing technique. "Violence: A Writer's Guide" is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what...

The second year of the Chiron Training blog, with a few additional notes. A corrections sergeant, tactical team leader, martial artist and father, Rory Miller has been doing his 'thinking out loud' at chirontraining.blogspot.com since 2005. It's reputed to be worth a read...

In the third year of the popular Chiron Training blog, Rory leaves the jail for a temporary stint as an Internal Affairs investigator, works to take his team to an entirely new level, and thinks and writes about life, love and hand-to-hand combat.

The fourth volume of the ChironTraining blog follows Rory as he leaves his desk job as an investigator to return to working the jail; becomes a real, live, published author; and then bags everything to go to Baghdad. Yep. He went and volunteered for the ICITAP (International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program) mission in Iraq.

After seventeen years of dealing with violent criminals and a year as a contractor in Iraq, what's the next step?  Time to do something really scary: Start a business. In 2010, Rory goes on the seminar circuit, writes and publishes and, as always, tries to write things out of his head.  About teaching,...

After seventeen years of dealing with violent criminals and a year as a contractor in Iraq, what's the next step? Time to do something really scary: Start a business.In 2010, Rory goes on the seminar circuit, writes and publishes and, as always, tries to write things out of his head. About teaching,...

Six months of writing ranging from blood exposures after a fight to calming a mentally ill criminal; from funerals for children to tactical training and raising a small family on a farm... It's all just another day at the office for sarge.