Started Martial Arts In September of 1984

School Owner Since 1989

Yon-dan In Aikido (Registered Fourth Degree Aikido Black Belt with the Aikikai - International Aikido Federation) -- Iwama Style

Proud Member of the International Takemusu Aikido Association

Student of Master Level Instructor (shihan) Hidaka Hiroshi Sensei, Seventh Degree Aikikai Black Belt (7th Dan) [Hidaka Sensei was a student of Morihei Ueshiba, The Founder of Aikido, during his five years of university study at Ibaraki Prefecture University]

Aikido Sempai: Jonathan Lane, Long Time Iwama Dojo Uchi-deshi/Soto-deshi

Home Aikido Dojo: Iwate Prefecture Miyako City Dojo & Iwate Prefecture Budokan Japan

Coordinator of Japanese Instruction For The AEGIS Program's Foreign Language by Internet, Computer and Satellite (FLICS) --- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (Arkansas Education for the Gifted In The Summer)

Lived In Japan From 1994-1997 Working As An Employee of the Iwate Prefecture Government Serving in the Capacity of Teaching English at the Junior and Senior High School Levels for the Japan Exchange for Teaching (JET) Program in Miyako, Japan

Second Level (2-kyu) Certificate in Proficiency in Japanese from the Association of International Education, Japan and The Japan Federation

Japanese Correspondence Course For JET Participants Certificate of Completion From the Council of Local Authorities For International Relations, Japan

Seminar for Teaching Japanese as A Foreign Language Completed For the Council of Local Authorities For International Relations, Japan

Certified Pressure Points Control Tactics Instructor with the PPCT Management Systems, Inc.

Fifth Degree Black Belt In The American Taekwondo Association, Songahm Taekwondo Federation and World Traditional Taekwondo Union

Certified Instructor With The American Taekwondo Association, Songahm Taekwondo Federation and World Traditional Taekwondo Union

Training the Trainer Certified Instructor for Songahm Taekwondo Seminars: Songahm Taekwondo, Class Management and Curriculum Management

Chartered School #0008, #1965, #2014, #2164 With The American Taekwondo Association

Certified Single Bahng Mahng Ee Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Short Stick or Escrima Stick)

Certified Double Bahng Mahng Ee Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Short Stick or Escrima Stick)

Certified Single Ssahng Jeol Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Single Nunchaku)

Certified Double Ssahng Jeol Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Double Nunchaku)

Certified Sam Dan Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Three Section Staff)

Certified Jee Pahng Ee Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Korean Hook Cane)

Certified Midrange Jahng Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Long Staff)

Certified Long Range Jahng Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Long Staff)

Certified Ssahng Nat Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Double Kama)

2000, 2001, 2004, 2008  Songahm Taekwondo International Judge for the Tournament of Champions for World Titles

Region 101 Certification Camp Staff Member -- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Songahm Taekwondo High Rank Leadership Camp Graduate -- 2001, 2003

Level Three American Taekwondo Association Tournament Judge

Four Star Certified Weapons Judge of the American Taekwondo Association, Songahm Taekwondo Federation and World Traditional Taekwondo Union

Bachelor Of Arts with Distinction From Hendrix College, Major in History

Awarded the Richard E. Yates Prize for History from Hendrix College -- May 22, 1991

Graduate of St. Joseph High School, Conway, Arkansas

CPR Certified

Youth Protection Program Certified

Born September 11, 1972 in Fresno, California