I've been a bit of a Ronin regarding my martial arts training. Unfortunately, I haven't really kept good records of my experiences but the following is my best attempt at writing it out.
-Learned fundamentals of Shorin-ryu Karate from father as a child.
-Trained in Tae Kwon Do for a few years back in the mid 80's at a Hong Kong Kim branch school in Newport, KY. Received rank of red belt/black tip.
-Trained a year or so with a guy teaching Ninjutsu (he represented himself as a black belt but later learned this probably was not true).
-Trained with Eldon Clem at the Cincinnati Academy of the Martial arts (later I.M.B. of Cincinnati) from around 1991 to sometime in the mid 90's. After taking some time off, I again trained with Eldon for a year or two when he moved to Hebrew Union College. The curriculum incorporated Jeet Kune Do (concepts, kickboxing and trapping) Boxing, Muay Thai, Kali/Escrima, and some Shoot Wrestling. Later also incorporated BJJ.
-Learned fundamentals of Shorin-ryu Karate from father as a child.
-Trained in Tae Kwon Do for a few years back in the mid 80's at a Hong Kong Kim branch school in Newport, KY. Received rank of red belt/black tip.
-Trained a year or so with a guy teaching Ninjutsu (he represented himself as a black belt but later learned this probably was not true).
-Trained with Eldon Clem at the Cincinnati Academy of the Martial arts (later I.M.B. of Cincinnati) from around 1991 to sometime in the mid 90's. After taking some time off, I again trained with Eldon for a year or two when he moved to Hebrew Union College. The curriculum incorporated Jeet Kune Do (concepts, kickboxing and trapping) Boxing, Muay Thai, Kali/Escrima, and some Shoot Wrestling. Later also incorporated BJJ.
-In early or mid 90's I began training in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu with Steve Watkins who was at the time a blue belt under Rickson.
-Level I Handgun course from Tactical Training Center (later to become Tactical Defense Institute) June 1991
-ASP Tactical Baton course November 1994
-Level I Handgun course from Tactical Defense Institute April 1997
-Level II Handgun course from Tactical Defense Institute May 1997
-Level III Handgun course from Tactical Defense Institute September 1997
-Guro Don Edwards and Guro Cliff Derry Doce Pares seminar May 1997
-Dan Inosanto two day seminar sometime around the mid to late 90's
-Semi-private lesson with Wellington "Megaton" Dias sometime in late 90's
-For about a year, sometime in the late 90's, I took one to two private lessons a month from Muay Thai/Dutch Kickboxing coach Eric Haycraft, owner of Real Fighters Gym in Louisville, KY (trained out of his house as this was before he opened the gym).
-Between 6 to 8 private lessons sometime in the late 90's with Sakasem Kanthawong at Siam Muay Thai Kickboxing in Indianapolis.
-Trained at Carlson Gracie Jr's school in Cincinnati for about 8 months sometime in the late 90's or early 2000's
-Helped instruct classes at Impact Martial Arts, a school ran by Dennis Landrum and affiliated with Jeet Kune Do instructor Paul Vunak (Progressive Fighting Systems).
-Progressive Fighting Systems - Phase I Instructor - 1999
-Sometime around 2008 - 2009, I trained for a year at Son of Siam Martial Arts in MMA and BJJ.
-While at Son of Siam I received my blue belt in BJJ from Bill Peace (at the time a brown belt, currently a black belt under Shawn Hammonds.
-Between 2010 to 2013 - Something between 6 to 8 private/semi private lessons with BJJ black belt Nick Albin from Derby City Martial Arts in Louisville, KY.
-Taught a beginning submission grappling class at FITE (Fighter Inspired Training for Everybody) from 2009 - 2013
-Level I Handgun course from Tactical Training Center (later to become Tactical Defense Institute) June 1991
-ASP Tactical Baton course November 1994
-Level I Handgun course from Tactical Defense Institute April 1997
-Level II Handgun course from Tactical Defense Institute May 1997
-Level III Handgun course from Tactical Defense Institute September 1997
-Guro Don Edwards and Guro Cliff Derry Doce Pares seminar May 1997
-Dan Inosanto two day seminar sometime around the mid to late 90's
-Semi-private lesson with Wellington "Megaton" Dias sometime in late 90's
-For about a year, sometime in the late 90's, I took one to two private lessons a month from Muay Thai/Dutch Kickboxing coach Eric Haycraft, owner of Real Fighters Gym in Louisville, KY (trained out of his house as this was before he opened the gym).
-Between 6 to 8 private lessons sometime in the late 90's with Sakasem Kanthawong at Siam Muay Thai Kickboxing in Indianapolis.
-Trained at Carlson Gracie Jr's school in Cincinnati for about 8 months sometime in the late 90's or early 2000's
-Helped instruct classes at Impact Martial Arts, a school ran by Dennis Landrum and affiliated with Jeet Kune Do instructor Paul Vunak (Progressive Fighting Systems).
-Progressive Fighting Systems - Phase I Instructor - 1999
-Sometime around 2008 - 2009, I trained for a year at Son of Siam Martial Arts in MMA and BJJ.
-While at Son of Siam I received my blue belt in BJJ from Bill Peace (at the time a brown belt, currently a black belt under Shawn Hammonds.
-Between 2010 to 2013 - Something between 6 to 8 private/semi private lessons with BJJ black belt Nick Albin from Derby City Martial Arts in Louisville, KY.
-Taught a beginning submission grappling class at FITE (Fighter Inspired Training for Everybody) from 2009 - 2013
-Around 2012 to 2013 had about 6 to 8 private lessons with Kenny Bria from Gracie Cincinnati.
-Trained at Fusion MMA May to Dec 2015 (Stopped due to school closing)
-Began sporadic training at Jeet Kune Do Unlimited Cincinnati sometime in early 2015 consisting of a few private lessons in Battlefield Kali with Sean Sutton and the occasional group class.
-Burton Richardson seminar 06/20/15 - 06/21/15.
-Richard Bustillo seminar 08/07/16.
-Earned purple belt in BJJ under Alex Miller 12/29/16. Received brown belt from Alex Miller in October of 2020.
-Taught a basic kickboxing and a ground fighting class once a week for a little over a year at Northern Kentucky Krav Maga (2018 - 2019). Also took an occasional Krav Maga class.
-Rafael Lovato Sr. seminar on 09/10/19 on boxing and Jiu-Jitsu.
-Nick (Chewy) Albin seminar Dec, 2019
-Taught a basic kickboxing class one night a week at Northern Kentucky Martial Arts from mid 2019 to early April 2022. Class was changed to basic MMA fundamentals, then back to kickboxing. Also taught a self defense class for a couple of months before covid-19 shut everything down.
-Trained at Fusion MMA May to Dec 2015 (Stopped due to school closing)
-Began sporadic training at Jeet Kune Do Unlimited Cincinnati sometime in early 2015 consisting of a few private lessons in Battlefield Kali with Sean Sutton and the occasional group class.
-Burton Richardson seminar 06/20/15 - 06/21/15.
-Richard Bustillo seminar 08/07/16.
-Earned purple belt in BJJ under Alex Miller 12/29/16. Received brown belt from Alex Miller in October of 2020.
-Taught a basic kickboxing and a ground fighting class once a week for a little over a year at Northern Kentucky Krav Maga (2018 - 2019). Also took an occasional Krav Maga class.
-Rafael Lovato Sr. seminar on 09/10/19 on boxing and Jiu-Jitsu.
-Nick (Chewy) Albin seminar Dec, 2019
-Taught a basic kickboxing class one night a week at Northern Kentucky Martial Arts from mid 2019 to early April 2022. Class was changed to basic MMA fundamentals, then back to kickboxing. Also taught a self defense class for a couple of months before covid-19 shut everything down.
-Taught a basic four week self-defense workshop with Clyde Arnold In late 2021.
-Began coaching a casual BJJ training group once a week in early 2021. Mostly friends that are older.
-Not mentioned were the many training partners throughout the years, working out in basements, garages and parks.
Writing this out is not an attempt to stroke my ego. Actually, it's just the opposite. I've always tried to be humble regarding my martial arts training but also want to be as honest as possible about my background. It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when I come across instructors that are deceitful or try to make themselves seem more of an expert than they really are.
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