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ASP's founder,
Dr. Kevin Parsons, is an accomplished martial artist and ex-cop, having
authored several texts on police martial arts. His book, Techniques
of Vigilance, was one of the first to provide martial arts techniques
for the "new" police weapons of the 1970s--the yawara, nunchaku,
and baton. Parsons is also responsible for one of the first force
continuum doctrines, having copyrighted his "Confrontational
Continuum" more than 20 years ago.
ASP had earned a following
in the custom firearms business with their adaptation of the Smith and
Wesson Model 39 pistol. ASP's version reduced the size and weight of the
gun and added features like see-through grips, so the user could easily
check the number of cartridges left unfired. The gun was so advanced for
its time it became "the James Bond gun" in John Gardner's novels.
Once the "chopped
and channeled" trend caught on, Smith & Wesson evolved their
pistols to incorporate much of ASPs innovations. ASP then left the firearms
business to focus on impact weapons. The resulting baton used the machining
and heat-treating techniques learned from making custom firearms, thus
allowing a collapsible weapon to lock solidly in place.
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