- Over 45-years of Martial Arts training.
- Grandmaster (8th Dan) in Combat Hapkido
- “Hanminjok Hapkido Association / The World Ki-Do Federation” certified.
- President - Defensive Tactics & Consulting Enterprises, Inc.
- Founder/Director ICHF “Ground Survival” Program.
- Authored the Budo Intl. / DSI production DVD series Combat Hapkido "Ground Survival" (2012)
- Founder/Director DSI “Mixed Martial Arts” Program.
- Faculty Instructor “International Police Defensive Tactics Institute”.
- Faculty Instructor “Military Combatives Association”.
- Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do & Member of the 1998 Air Force Tae Kwon Do Team.
- Extensive training in Karate, Judo, Aikido, Boxing, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
- 2001 - WHOFSC Hall of Fame: “Instructor of the Year”.
- 2005 - “Budo International” Magazine Hall of Fame: “Outstanding Achievement in the Martial Arts”
- 2007 - “Action Martial Arts” Magazine Hall of Fame: “Outstanding Achievement in the Martial Arts”
- 2007 - “Artes Marciales en Accion” Magazine Hall of Fame: “International Master Instructor”
- 2007 - “International Martial Arts/Budo” Magazine Hall of Fame: “Gold Life Achievement”
- 2010 - “World Karate Union” Hall of Fame “Lifetime Achievement”
- Featured in the November 2001 issue of the official Air Force Magazine “Airman”.
- Featured in GM Pellegrini’s cover articles of Budo International Magazine (12/2004 & 09/2009) and Black Belt Magazine (01/2009).
- Featured with GM Pellegrini in Budo Magazine DVD productions: “Combat Hapkido” (2004) & “Combat Hapkido - Street Self Defense” (2009)
- Featured in the Budo Magazine DVD production “Combat Hapkido Ground Survival” (2010)
- Featured chapter on Ground Survival in the book “Combat Hapkido - Intelligent Self Defense”
- Former Defensive Tactics Instructor for “HSEC Caribe” Corporation.
- Honorably retired after 20-years of active duty as a Technical Sergeant in the US Air Force with numerous achievements and commendation medals.
- Member of the "International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association" (ILEETA)
- Former Detention Officer for the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office.
- Certified Instructor - Arizona Peace Officer Standards of Training (AZPOST)
- Detention Sergeant, and Lead Defensive Tactics Instructor for the Apache Junction Police Department
TESTIMONIALS
Letter of Appreciation - Office of Naval Intelligence
Letter of Appreciation - German Air Force Base, Fliegerhorst
Letter of Appreciation - 1LRS/CC
Letter of Apprciation - 1CS/CC
Certificate of Apprciation - 10th Mountain Infantry Division - Fort Drum, New York
Letter of Appreciation - Vice Commander, Air Education and Training Command
Letter of Appreciation - Chief of Police Tullytown Borough, Pennsylvania
Letter of Appreciation - Chief of Security and Air Base Defense, Bogota Colombia
