Jim Wagner was the target of schoolyard bullies, but that all changed when he was introduced to the martial arts by a friend. As a fatherless boy he discovered that the God he had worshipped since 10-years-old was not only a God of peace, but also a God of war that would protect him. Over the years he grew in both his faith and fighting skills becoming a renowned police defensive tactics and military combatives instructor teaching some of the most elite units in the world, and simultaneously becoming one of the most famous martial arts instructors in modern history. Told in his own words, this is the true story of an incredible career that hop scotches around the world, from the jungles of Argentina training South American Special Operations units to combat a secret war with radical Islam to the sand dunes of the Middle East where he was poisoned by the Jordanian police accused of being a spy, and then after his near-death experience he immediately taught the Israelis fighting methods that only he had developed and that they wanted. It's a story that takes you through the pain and exuberance of a turbulent U.S. Army in the 1980s, the stress of getting through the police academy, bodyguard training, and the U.S. Government's counterterrorism school only to come out on the other side to run the gauntlet of shootings, knife attacks, S.W.A.T. missions, taking a suspected Pakistani terrorist off of a fully loaded passenger aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport with nuclear "information" in his briefcase, and preparing soldiers for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and at home against the new threat posed by ISIS. Ironically, some of Jim's fiercest enemies were the very ones who were supposed to be on his side, and all because of petty jealousy and envy. The Greatest Martial Arts Story Ever Told is more than just the adrenalin rush of living on the edge, but it's an Old Testament mixture of violence and a public platform that gave Jim the opportunity to bring the Gospel, the Good News, to one of the most cynical groups imaginable, all in need of the Savior to cleanse them of their filthy sins and guilt. It's a story about trusting in Jesus Christ for protection in an ever growing anti-Christian culture, and how a born-again Christian can thrive in a world of extreme violence and not succumb to the unmasked evil it reveals. Chapter 1 starts with Jim Wagner's experiences inside one Europe's top counterterrorist teams German GSG9, one of the few Americans ever to do so. Chapter 2 is how Jim Wagner went from a "soft target" to a "hard target" learning the martial arts, including with Bruce Lee's protege Dan Inosanto back in a time when "mixed martial arts" was taboo. Chapter 3 is titled "Joining the United States Army" describing what it was like in the pot smoking, post Vietnam War defeated moral, military of the early 1980s. Yet, it was the seeds of a martial arts system that would change the world two decades later. Chapter 4 is Jim Wagner's climb up the slippery ladder of success in the corporate world, but with a strange curiosity about international terrorism. In Chapter 5 he ends up in jail, but not as a prisoner, but as a custody officer where he learns the hard way about life and death fights, and not just the "ego fights." Chapter 7 is an inside look into what it takes to get through the police academy, exciting street situations, the thrills mixes with intrigue of the Costa Mesa Police Department S.W.A.T. team, and how a police sniper training club became an international training organization instructing the world's elite. Jim Wagner's detailed, and wonderfully, descriptive writing makes the reader feel as if they are going through this exciting career with him. This first book gives insight into police work, the tactical community, and the martial arts community never before seen in other works. It also gives a good explaination as to why there is often friction with Christian professionals and the"