The instructors at BTSD San Diego are all highly-accomplished individuals in the martial arts and in life ranging from Military Officers and Special Forces to Ph.D's and Engineers. Below are the senior primary instructors and a little about them.
Jim is a 10th degree black belt (Shihan), a senior instructor at BTSD San Diego, and is the resident silver-back. He is a Colonel in the US Army Veterinary Corps and has deployed overseas into combat zones several times. He is also certified to teach Shiatsu and Reiki healing. Jim is the founder of Okinawa Bujinkan Taka Seigi Dojo and has been training in the Bujinkan for over two decades. He is an instructor at the Ready 5 program and holds Ph.D in Physiology and is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Bill is a 6th degree black belt (Shidoshi), the head instructor, and is a founder/owner of BTSD San Diego. He is a Lieutennant Commander in the US Navy Reserve Information Dominance Corps working the domain of cyber defense and full-spectrum cyber operations. In the civilian world, Bill is the VP of Engineering and Applied Technologies at Red Tail Corporation. He has been training in combatives for over twenty years and in the Bujinkan for over 15 years. He is a founder and instructor at the Ready 5 program, holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from San Diego State University, and has an active Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.
Randy is a 4th degree black belt and a senior instructor at BTSD San Diego. He is a former SEAL Sniper and has deployed overseas into combat zones several times. Randy is the founder and CEO of Red Tail Corporation which provides expertise and consulting to defense and law enforcement agencies in the fields of Surveillance, Counter-Surveillance, Anti-Piracy, Surveillance Technologies, Intelligence Collection, Operational Planning, and Executive Protection. He is also a founder and the Director of Training at the Ready 5 program. He holds a B.A. Economics, International Business, and Asian Studies from Appalachian State University.
Laura is a 1st degree black belt and one of the founders of BTSD San Diego. She holds a BA in Liberal studies option II Emphasis in Education from San Diego State in addition to a current California teaching BCLAD Credential (Bilingual Crosscultural and Academic Development). She heads up the Ladies Program at BTSDsd, directs the Women's Self Defense Curriculum, and is the director of the Kids Program. She is also a founder, instructor and line coach for the Ready 5 program.
Sho is a 1st degree black belt and an instructor at BTSD San Diego. He holds a BS in Mechnanical Engineering from the University of California San Diego and is the President of ShoMasui Corporation which provides Mechanical Engineering services and consulting internationally. Sho has built a company from nothing to a $22 million success and was invited to and spoken at TedX in Pasadena. His talk is to the right!
Shaun is a 1st degree black belt and an instructor at BTSD San Diego. He is a certified phamacy technician and runs the Bujinkan Basics classes at BTSD San Diego. He has studied several martial arts styles including muay-thai and wushu and is currently a student at University of Phoenix pursuing a BA in Criminal Justice / Management.
Kevin trained for many years in Iaido and other Japanese Martial Arts. He works as legal counsel at Graham Investment Management. Kevin is a sword instructor at BTSD San Diego teaching the formal methods of sword ettiquette and practices. Kevin holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of California San Diego and a J.D. from California Western School of Law.
Craig and Silvia run the Qi Gong program at BTSD San Diego. They are the founders/owners of Vivalachi Alternative Health and Wellness. They learned Qigong 32 years ago in Taiwan and have been providing healing since 1987 and do work with the U.S., British, South Korean and Chinese Olympic teams. They are the real deal. You can read about their story here: Vivalachi About Us. In addition to telling fantastic jokes, Craig has been practicing martial arts for 39 years, graduated from Cornell University and has a Ph.D in Entomology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Silvia has a Ph.D in Neuroscience from UIUC and during her 27 years of Neuroscience research has done post-doctoral research training at Yale School of Medicine and UCLA Medical School as well as being a research scientist at a pharmaceutical company.
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