Matt Patrick Kelly is a Texas native, born and raised. He graduated high school from Bandera, class of 1987. There is not much he doesn’t love about Texas and the amazing people in it.

Matt is a former police officer and a defensive tactics and firearms instructor who has also served as a SWAT team member. Matt has been a lifelong martial artist and has over forty years of training and instruction in multiple disciplines ranging from Korean, Japanese, Okinawan, and American arts. 

Matt has been a safety health and environmental manager for the last sixteen years and has been instrumental in creating, developing, and teaching ergonomic safe-lifting programs, active-shooter programs, and most recently, situational awareness-based training for corporate employees. Matt has a passion for teaching and imparting knowledge. According to him, seeing that “light-bulb” or “aha” moment when someone learns something new and valuable is one of the best feelings a teacher can have.

Matt is the founder of The Knight’s Path (https://www.theknightspath.com), a modern-day knighthood based on the principles of mission, purpose, camaraderie, preparedness, and faith, and whose sole purpose is to provide products and services that benefit humanity. His work, The Book on Situational Awareness is an example of what he feels modern-day knights should put their efforts toward.