American College of Martial Arts-Master Instructor

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Grandmaster John Dowdy

Facts

At a Glance

Inducted into USA Martial Arts Black Belt Hall of Fame-Two Times

39 years Martial Arts experience

9th Degree Black Belt Tiger Shark Hapkido

5th Degree Black Belt American Jujitsu

6th Degree Black Belt Hak Dari Shon Hapkido

2nd Degree Black Belt Kuk Sool Won Hapkido

Black Belt Kemp Karate

Black Belt Tae-Kwon-Do

Black Belt Judo

Red Sash (Black Belt) Great White Crane Kung Fu

Red Sash (Black Belt) White Tiger Kung Fu

Co-Founder Hak Dari Shon Hapkido system

Founder of Tiger Shark Hapkido system

1973 joint US/Korea Demonstration team

Consultant/Expert Witness for court system

Instructor at Kilgore Police Academy, TX

Numerous Classes for Community Colleges, churches, and schools

Veteran US Air Force

Instructor of   S.W.A.T. unarmed combat and non-firearm weapons

Personal Body Guard

Overseen Martial Arts Tournaments

Board member of Testing Committee of Black Belts

Overseen training of special tactical personnel for police departments.

Personal Trainer for weight training

Use of Traditional and Non-Traditional martial arts weapons

Extensive work with special-ed children

Weekly TV Program- ‘Self Defense and U' in Roanoke, VA

Program director for Cognitive Connection, alternative school

Taught adult high school and the GED program for community colleges

 

Lectures and Seminars for the following:

*  Self-Defense

*  Energy

*  Rape Prevention

*  Massage and acupressure

*  Self-Healing

*  Inner Self-Defense

*  Martial Arts History and philosophy

*  All forms or martial arts training from ground fighting to weapons

*  Ground fighting and Jujitsu

Two Time US Martial Arts Blackbelt Hall of Fame/Instructor of the Year

Knowledge before Power

Thought before Action

Wisdom before Strength

----Grandmaster John Dowdy.

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