International
Combat Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Who is Who in the International
Combat Martial Arts
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David Baker
I am the Head Instructor and Director
of Freestyle Ju Jitsu Kobudo 2nd Dan Ju Jitsu / 4th Dan Kobudo.
I also hold the position of Head Instructor Practical JuJitsu and Part Founder 3rd Dan and
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Rep under Practical Martial Arts plus I hold the following: -
Member of Masters International Nunchaku Association
1st Dan Senior Instructor under licence
with Martial Arts All Styles
1st Dan Spirit Combat International
1st Dan under Self Defence
Federation as a Club Head
Senior Self Defence Instructor
1st Dan Instructor under World Elite Black Belt Society
The past Martial Arts I have trained in are: -
Shotokan Karate, Kempo Ju Jitsu, Shadlin
Kempo, Thi Chi, Hapkido, Offensive San Soo, Aikido and other Martial Arts.
I have been training in Martial arts since 1985 and I have
been teaching Weapons for the past 12 years and Jujitsu for 9 years (5 years of
my own club) Freestyle Ju Jitsu
has two Dojo and Practical JuJitsu has over 8500
members under the membership of Practical Martial Arts.
The system of Kobudo we teach is
done around 5 weapons (4 of which has a syllabus) these are Jo, Tanjo, Handbo, Kubotan and Nunchakus.
The system of Ju Jitsu we teach (Freestyle Ju Jitsu) is based on Samurai Ju Jitsu, Kempo Ju
Jitsu, Judo and other systems, but it does have its
own syllabus that is done to as high standard as we can keep.
Past and
Present Instructors
Soke Brain Dossett
10th Dan Spirit Combat
Kancho Bill Cox 7th Dan Spirit Combat
Shihan Brian
Cheek 7th Dan W.E.B.B.S
Master Dave Turton 8th Dan Self Defence
Federation
Senior Sensei
Neil Godbold 2nd Dan Freestyle Ju
Jitsu
Shihan P
Browne 7th Dan Kempo Ju Jitsu
Sensei Dave
Aikido
Sensei
Dominic Foster 4th Dan Aikido
Master Dave
Bishop 5th Dan Karate / Kickboxing
Sensei Zoltan 3rd Dan Shotokan Karate
Sensei Robert
Agar Hutton
Plus others
that have been on Courses Seminars
Time in
Martial Arts
1985 (only 6
months) – Shadlin Kempo
1985 Present
weapons Nunchakus
1990 Present
Freestyle Ju Jitsu (plus
other Martial Arts)
1998 Present
Spirit Combat
2001 2003
Self Defence Federation
2002 Present
W.E.B.B.S
2002 Present
Practical Martial Arts
I have done tournaments
and got 5th place in Sport Ju Jitsu
(Nationals) 2 years running 1993 / 1994
Marco Bandioli
Marco
BANDIOLI started his martial arts training in 1965 in Turin (Italy), when he
was 7 years old, practicing Judo and Shotokan Karate under the guide of
Grandmaster Shoji Sugiyama (a multi-ranked japanese
martial artist, Hanshi and Kyoshi
from Yoseikan Budo system, Kodokan and Aikikai). In 1974 he
attended the Naval College in Venice, in 1977 the Naval Academy and in 1981
started his full active service aboard naval units. During military education
and Navy overseas operational activities, he was able to grow up in martial
arts skill taking anytime opportunities to meet and train under the leading
guide of different karate sensei (i.e. Tadayuki Mimura, Kohei
Takano) joining, in those perspectives, different dojo, renmei
and styles (i.e. Goju–Ryu, Kyokushinkai). A special account must be taken into account
for his growing process: the aquaintance of Goju-Ryu Grandmaster Jitsumi Gogen Yamaguchi (the worldwide famous 10° Dan Hanshi and Kancho) and the
practical influences and technical teachings by major Hitoshi Nakamura, a war
veteran. Shortly, three significant points: in 1976 he achieved the 1st Degree
Black Belt both in Karate and Judo; in 1999 he was awarded the US Presidential
Sports Award (for his outstanding Karate dedication and for his deep knowledge of
both japanese and okinawense
expressions of different karate styles); in 2003 he achieved the 5th Degree
Black Belt in traditional japanese Karate (certified
by korean Karate and Tae-Kwon-Do Grandmaster Kang
Rhee), and becoming a Kobudo weapons specialist too.
Military operations in which he was involved made him more conscious of the
need of a “fighting military system” particularily
fitted for sailors, for Amphibious troops and for Special Forces operators
tasked in Boarding Operations, Maritime Security Operations, Antipiracy
Operations and Antiterrorism activities. In this perspective (at that time Navy
Commander) he created (with the support of few martialists
Navy Officers and Army Warrant Officers) a “karate system” named “Wanikan-Ryu” (the style of the Alligator) linked to japanese tradition but implemented with new forms and
fighting techniques from different karate styles and mixed martial arts. Subsequently,some of his articles
on the development of military combat systems have been published with great
success in a specialized online defence magazine
(www.difesaonline.it). That new martial aspect has been transposed by
International Association ICMAUA (2021) and Bandioli
has been awarded the 5th Degree Black Belt in “Combat Karate” and has been bestowed
“Soke” of Wanikan–Ryu (but maintaining the karate rank of 5° Dan Black Belt).
Rear Admiral (Lwr Hlf)
ITNAVY Bandioli holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Maritime
and Naval Science at Pisa University and a Master’s Degree in Political Science
at Trieste University.
Gregory Benjamin
Soke Gregory B. Benjamin was born March 20, 1956 in Monroe,
Louisiana. He has acquired many
accomplishments from his marital art status to his honorary Doctorate of
Divinity to retirement from the United States Air Force in June 1994.
Soke Gregory Benjamin started his martial arts journey in 1971,
under Master Johnson. Ben Do Sool ® Founder Gregory
Benjamin is a lifelong student of the martial arts, with over 35 years in the
arts. Soke Grandmaster Benjamin has studied and
achieved black belts in different systems, but his main arts have been Korean
styles such as Dong Koo Yudo Kwan/Korea 4th Dan, 4th
Dan in Kempo, 3rd Dan in Do Hap Sool
under Sabunim In Hwan Chung, 2nd Dan Tang Soo Do, and
1st Dan Tae Kwon Do, etc. Soke Benjamin has been awarded the degree of Doctorate of
Philosophy in Martial Arts & Sciences. He has trained in Korea, Germany,
and the United States. While in the military for 20-plus years Soke Benjamin has trained many units and masters how to
fight full contact in different Military Branches. He is a decorated veteran (Vietnam and Gulf
War) and a military hand to hand specialist.
Some he trained have gone on to take masters championships in different
martial arts events.
Soke Benjamin has trained with many great
Masters in different systems. He fought Golden Glove, and has taken many
martial arts championships. Soke Benjamin fought in
the Osan Pacific Nationals full contact fighting
tournament and placed third against 120 competitors; some of the greatest fighters in the Marines,
Army, Navy, and Air Force, etc. Soke Benjamin also taught in Germany and Barksdale AFB from
1979 through 1984 before being transferred to Tinker AFB. Soke
Benjamin has performed many exhibitions around the country and at different Air
Force Bases. Soke Benjamin is also a certified
martial arts international examiner.
Soke Benjamin is founder of Ben Do Sool School of Martial Arts which means “Fighting skills
and weapon techniques”. Ben Do Sool’s unique aspects
are its self-defense tactics, weapons, and its close quarter’s techniques. Ben Do Sool is an
art depicted on its circular movement, flowing motion and its animal forms. Soke Benjamin’s philosophy with the movements of this art
is that a fight should not last longer than one minute.
Stephan
Breu
Kaicho
Stephan Breu was born in 1965 in Switzerland. Since
his younger years he showed interest in japanese Martial
Arts, starting training in Aikido and later Kyokushin
Karate (Kyokushinkai) and Shotokan Karate-Do.
After a break in training of traditional Martial Arts caused by professional
reasons and military service he restarted training in different modern Martial
Arts systems. So he is today representing Kyokushin Kakuto Jitsu, a modern all-round
fighting system based on Kyokushin-Karate headed by Kancho Fernando Caraballo and Kaicho
Luis A. Ortiz Flores, in Switzerland. He is also confirmed 6th Dan by the International Ryu Kyu Kai Karate Association, a
traditional Shotokan Organization founded by Grandmaster Teji
Saito in 1954, today headed by Robert Handley, Hanshi.
Today he is focusing more on energy-training to develop "Ki" (chin.
"Qi") and nourishing life. So he founded Kokusai Kikou
Renmei to promote japanese
energy systems for health benefits and he is heading Seishin-Ryu
Kikoukai teaching traditonal
and modern kikou-forms as well as basic knowledge of
traditional asian medicine and Zen-Buddhism through
his school Energetic Arts Academy. Seishin-Ryu Kikoukai is member of the International Seishin-Ryu
Association founded by Dai-Soke David Pérez Alvarez of Seishin-Ryu Iaido Renmei (an organization
founded 1945 by Hanshi Hattori Takeyuki,
Soke).
Kaicho was also introduced to the newly developed
Health Qigong Forms of the Chinese Health Qigong Association by his brother, at
that time President of the Swiss Health Qigong Association. So he used the
opportunity to present the Health Qigong forms "Yi Jin
Jing" and "Ba Duan Jin"
successfully as one of the first Europeans in China during the 2nd
International Health Qigong Demonstration and Exchange in 2007 in Beijing and
took his Duan Examination at this first time event.
He is acting as Vice-President of the Swiss Health Qigong Association today.
His training allowed him to form a new training-system „Shaolin Yangsheng Fa“ combining the advantages of traditional
elements of Shaolin Qigong and Shaolin Quan with daoistic techniques and the new developments in Health
Qigong aiming for nourishing life of the practitioners.
Through his activities as Chairman of the Referee Committee of the World Sports
Karate Federation (WSKE) and licensed Referee Sanshou
for Swiss Wushu Federation he is still engaged in
different martial arts events. He also founded Kokusai Bujutsu
Kessha as an open forum and organization for Martial
Arts enthusiastics worldwide.
He is also a Reiki Master/Teacher in
the Usui Shiki Ryoho
tradition.
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