Ric Black – Senior Master Trainer

Defense Tactics & Military Certifications:

• Armed and Unarmed Self Defense
• Combative and Non Combative Handcuffing
• Control of Occupational Violence
• Gun Retention
• Handgun Retention
• Knife Fighting and Edged Weapons Combatives
• Military Armed and Unarmed Combatives
• Bicycle Defensive Riding Instructor Trainer
• Police Armed Tactics Instructor Trainer
• Pressure Point Control Tactics
• Side Handle Baton (PR-24)
• Unarmed Defense & Control
• Specialist Improvised Weapons
• Come Along & Take-down Techniques
• Knife and Gun Disarming
• Kubotan Defense
• Military Unarmed Tactics Instructor Trainer
• Mounted Bicycle Defense Instructor Trainer
• Specialized Training – Women
• Ordinance & Demolitions
• Diversionary Weapons
• Combat Shotgun

Martial Arts Certification

Began 1958 – 1st Dan 1967 – 2nd Dan 1972 – 3rd Dan 1974 – 4th Dan 1976 – 5th Dan 1978 – 6th Dan 1980 – 7th Dan 1983 – 8th Dan 1985 – 9th Dan 1988 – 10th Dan 1990 – Soke 1990

Karate do – Aiki-Jujutsu – Tang Soo Do – Taijutsu – Tae Kwon Do – Kenjutsu – Kung Fu

Martial Arts – Karate, Japanese/Okinawan
Martial Arts – Jujitsu, Japanese
Kung Fu, Chinese
Martial Arts Weapons, Chinese, Japanese, Okinawan & Pilipino
Tae Kwon Do – Chang Moo Kwan, Korean
Tang Soo Do, Korean

Author:

1. Basic Self Defense in Close Quarters
2. Intermediate Self Defense in Close Quarters
3. Advanced Self Defense in Close Quarters
4. Rapid Response Close Quarters Combat
5. Cyclist Defense System
6. A Citizen’s Guide to Survival in Times of Manmade and Natural Disaster
7. Rogue Survivalist – A Prepper’s Guide to Survival
8. The Armageddon Complex – Novel
9. My First 100 Years – Novel
10. Twenty-Six (26) Martial Arts Video’s
11. Thirty-Two (32) Defense Tactics Video’s
12. Bicyclist Self Defense Video

Tactics Certifications: 1982 – Present

1. Armed and Unarmed Self Defense
2. Combative and Non Combative Handcuffing
3. Control of Occupational Violence
4. Gun Retention
5. Handgun Retention
6. Knife Fighting and Edged Weapons Combat Tactics
7. Military Armed and Unarmed Combat Tactics
8. Bicycle Defensive Riding Instructor Trainer
9. Police Armed Tactics Instructor Trainer
10. Pressure Point Control Tactics
11. Side Handle Baton (PR-24)
12. Unarmed Defense & Control
13. Specialist Improvised Weapons
14. Come Along & Take-down Techniques
15. Knife and Gun Disarming
16. Kubotan Defense
17. Military Unarmed Tactics Instructor Trainer
18. Mounted Bicycle Defense Instructor Trainer
19. Specialized Training – Women
20. Ordinance & Demolitions
21. Diversionary Weapons
22. Combat Shotgun

Martial Arts Certification

Martial Arts Black Belt: Received Shodan 1^st Degree Black Belt on December 22, 1967

• Began June 12, 1958
• 1st Dan          1967
• 2nd Dan        1972
• 3rd Dan         1974
• 4th Dan          1976
• 5th Dan          1978
• 6th Dan          1980
• 7th Dan          1983
• 8th Dan          1985
• 9th Dan          1988
• 10th Dan       1990
• Soke 1990    3^rd Generation Inheritor

Karate do – Dai Ito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu – Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan – Taijutsu – Tae Kwon Do Chang Moo Kwan – Kenjutsu – Kung Fu

Martial Arts – Black Family Martial Arts founded in 1918, Shotokan, Shito Ryu and Shorin Ryu Karate, Japanese/Okinawan
Jujutsu – Hakkoryu Jujutsu & Nagamine Ryu Jujitsu, Japanese
Tiek Soo Chang Chuan Fa and Bok Mei Kung Fu, Chinese
Kobudo – Martial Arts Weapons, Chinese, Japanese, Okinawan & Philippine
Tae Kwon Do – Chang Moo Kwan, Korean
Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan, Korean

International Certifications and Memberships: 

1. International Martial Arts Federation – Europe – 16 County Confederation – Jens Fricke international President
2. Beijing Medboo Training Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine – Dr. Pan Ping
3. World Union of Karatedo Organizations – J. Delcourt
4. International Security Academy – Germany
5. Unarmed Commando Combat Academy – Mumbai India – Dr. Deepak Rao
6. Intersec – OSA – Philippines
7. Special Armed Forces Commando Instructors Group – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
8. World Elite Police & Special Forces – Saudi Military Special Marine Forces
9. Police & Military Combat Close Quarter Association – Hong Kong
10. Special Forces Instructors Group – Saudi Arabia
11. Institut fur angewandte padagokik und Gewaltpravention – Germany
12. National Guild of Hypnotists – Dr. Dwight Damon
13. World Organization of Martial Arts – Professor M.I. Tianero
14. Okinawa Shorin-ryu Kushinkai Karate-do – Grandmaster Mauricio Troncoso
15. USA Warlord MA Magazine – Dr. Irving Soto
16. Falken Industries – Robert Ord
17. International Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do Association – Jae Joon Kim
18. International Combat Union – Professor Boris Krivokapic
19. Hung Bak Fu Shalolin Jun-Do Woo Kwan – Hung Bak Fu
20. World Martial Arts League – Dr. Klaus Schuhmacher
21. International Yi Tsung Association – Mu Ying Dow
22. World Head of Sokeship Council – Dr. Frank Sanchez
23. International Association of Europa Budo – Grandmaster Giuseppe Di Garbo
24. International Hosinsul Federation – Professor Jeff Everetts
25. Manna’s Martial Arts – Professor Brian Manna
26. Borneo Open International University – Prabhas Chandra Sinha
27. Fraternal Order of Law Enforcement – Master Richard Johns
28. Nippon Martial Arts Renmei – Soke Siegfried Boedeker
29. World Chun Kuhn Do Federation – Bok Man Kim
30. All Okinawan Seidokan Martial Arts Union – Shian Toma
31. World Tae Kwon Do Chang Moo Kwan – Nam Suk Lee
32. Accademia Nationale Italiana Scuole Jujutsu – Gilberto Pauciullo
33. World Okinawan Shorin-ryu Kyudokan karate-do – Indishe Senanayake
34. Educational Martial Arts System – Brian Manna
35. Traditional Karate Dojo Confederation – Osamu Ozawa
36. Hakkoryu Martial Arts Federation – Dennis Palumbo
37. International Tae Kwon Do Federation – Choi Hong Hi
38. Kojasho Karate Shinkokai
39. Hashira Ryu Ninjutsu

Education

Assoc. Sc. Architectural Technology

BS Civil Engineering

M.Sc. Environmental Sciences
Ph.D. Environmental Science

D.Sc. Honors Causa

OMD Acupuncture – Traditional Chinese Medicine