Frances Welson
Holyoke, United States
Tom Osborn, founder and sensei, served in the US Army 8 years, six plus years in Special Forces, 24 months on A-teams in Viet Nam. He earned black belts in Karate and Aikido. Practicing Aikido has enabled him to channel the negative, self-defeating energy of PTSD into something empowering that he can use positively. Based on his teaching at the VA, he developed KNSA to provide vets with CRPTSD an effective means to become more vital, constructive, integrated members of the community.