Zombie Apocalypse: New Threat to Workplaces?

Acknowledged internationally as a superb strategist, tactitian and martial arts instructor, who bridges the adjacent worlds of grappling, submission wrestling, MMA, jiu-jitsu, cage fighting and related disciplines, Kesting has outdone himself in his first forray into the new frontier of Zombie Defense.

Never one to rely on unhelpful generalizations, Kesting provides practical and effective techniques in this video for neutralizing zombies' primary offense, biting, while also distinguishing usefully between "eaters" (zombies who bite in order to devour) and "converters" (zombies who bite to contaminate and replicate).  While of limited assistance to interest-based negotiators and mediators seeking collaborative outcomes with zombies, there is little doubt that this analytical paradigm is of fundamental importance when escalation to physical confrontation proves unavoidable. 

Similarly, Kesting masterfully communicates the importance of early situational assessment, in order to distinguish between the "Slow Shufflers/Plodders" (think, Night of the Living Dead, Michael Jackson's Thriller, etc.) and "Speedy Zombies" (World War Z, etc.). Such situational assessment is, of course, critical in determining whether a neutralize and run strategy is even worth attempting during a zombie engagement.

If I have one substantive criticism of this video, it is Kesting's failure make any mention whatsoever of the importance of incorporating reference to zombie attacks into workplace violence policies, procedures and training, something that is, of course, critical to acheiving compliance with occupation health & safety regulations in many jurisdictions.

Others have objected to what they see as the exploitive use of under-aged zombies in this commercial production. I, personally, respectfully disagree with this position; I do not see any moral or legal basis for precluding the utilization of the undead in instructional videos, whether or not they are of the age of consent, in the sincere pursuit of reductions in rates of injury and even death amongst the living in workplaces.

I do, however, maintain my strong objection to animal testing in any form, whether or not the subjects are living, and I was relieved to receive confirmation from Kesting that no animal was involved in the making of this production.

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