A nationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships, Dr. Nielsen has been teaching, conducting research and writing about adolescents and father-daughter relationships since 1970. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the recipient of of the outstanding graduate's award in teacher education from the University of Tennessee in 1969, she taught high school for several years before earing an MA in Counseling and a Ph.D. in Educational and Adolescent Psychology.

She joined the faculty of  Wake Forest University in 1974. Since 1991 she has been teaching her "Fathers & Daughters" course- the only college course in the country that focuses exclusively on father-daughter relationships. Her research and advice have been featured on a PBS documentary.   Visit Dr. Nielsen's website.

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Dr. Les Carter is a psychotherapist in private practice in Southlake, Texas.  He is the best selling author of 20 books including The Anger Workbook: A 13-Step Interactive Plan to Help You and his latest, Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me. Over the years he has conducted many seminars across America focusing on emotional and spiritual well being.  Visit his website.

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]]> Dr. Paul Babiak Tue, 6 Nov 2007 07:10:00 GMT http://warriortraditions.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=275120# klkeough@gmail.com 00:38:41 psychopath, dr paul babiak, dr kevin keough, warrior traditions, psychjourney, sociopath Dr. Kevin Keough When Psychopaths Go To Work Clean http://warriortraditions.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=275118# Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Dr. Paul Babiak, co-author of Snakes In Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work published by Collins.

Part one of a two part interview-  We apologize for the abrupt cut-off of the interview due to technical difficulties.  The conversation is picked up in part two.

Paul Babiak, Ph.D. is an industrial and organizational psychologist and president of HRBack Office, an executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in management development and succession planning. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company.  He lives in Duchess County, New York with his wife.  Visit Dr. Babiak's website.

]]> Ms. Geri Weis-Corbley Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:06:00 GMT http://warriortraditions.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=275105# 01:23:46 good news, positive psychology, good news network, Geri Weis-Corbley, dr kevin keough, warrior traditions, psychjourney Dr. Kevin Keough An interview with Ms. Geri Weis-Corbley Clean http://warriortraditions.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=273365# Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Dr. Thomas Holm, author of The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era published by University of Texas Press.

Dr. Thomas Holm (Creek/Cherokee; Ph.D., 1978, University of Oklahoma) came to The University of Arizona in 1980 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science.  He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1986 and to Full Professor in 1995.  In 1982 Professor Holm, Robert K. Thomas, Larry Evers, Vine Deloria, Jr., Emory Sekaquaptewa and N. Scott Momaday developed the M.A. program in American Indian Studies.  In 1994, Professor Holm transferred full time to the American Indian Studies Program.  He has taught over fifteen Native-related courses, nine of which he developed.  He has served as the chair of over thirty-five M.A. committees in both Political Science and American Indian Studies at The University of Arizona and has sat on a number of doctoral committees in American Indian Studies and for the departments of History, Political Science, Education, and Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies.

 Professor Holm served as the chair of the first Ph.D. graduateâJ. Diane Pearsonâof the U of A American Indian Studies Program.  Four doctoral students whose dissertations he supervisedâPearson, Jeff Boyd, Elise Marubbio, and Ian Recordâhave had their work published as books.  Professor Holm is currently supervising two doctoral dissertations.  Twice the recipient of the Outstanding Native American faculty award, he has also been selected for an Excellence in Teaching Award during the U of Aâs âyear of the Undergraduateâ in 1988.  In 2004 he was honored with the Graduate Collegeâs Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award. 

Since receiving his degree from the University of Oklahoma, Professor Holm has published over 50 articles, books, pamphlets, government reports, book reviews and essays, editorials and book chapters.  His 1996 book, Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: The Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War was a finalist for the Victor Turner Prize in ethnographic writing in Canada.

 His most recent articles and book chapters have dealt with the historical militarization of Native American peoples and the development of the âPeoplehood Matrixâ as a theoretical construct for Native American/Indigenous Peoples Studies.  A contributor to a large number of historical dictionaries and encyclopedias, Professor Holm has also been called upon to add to forthcoming works on peoplehood, Native American diasporas, Native American leadership, and the late Vine Deloriaâs contributions to scholarship.

 Professor Holm currently is working on another book, tentatively entitled âWarfare and the Cherokee Stateâ under contract at the University of Nebraska Press.  In 2006 he completed a book for younger readers, entitled Warriors and Code Talkers: Native Americans and World War II for Chelsea House/Facts on File.  It will be released in the spring of 2007.  He is a reviewer for several academic presses and journals and is an advisory/editorial board member of Ethnic Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Red Ink and Wicazo Sa Review.
 Recently, Professor Holm has written two novels: the first is a mystery set in 1920âs Oklahoma and the second an action/adventure set in South America.  The mystery, entitled The Shelby Rose, is to be published by the University of Arizona Press in 2008.  The action/adventure novel is still under consideration at a commercial press.  His latest academic book, The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era was released in 2005 by the University of Texas Press.  

A Cherokee-Muskogee Creek from Oklahoma, Professor Holm has served on numerous Native American boards, panels, and working groups.  He is a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and has taken part in several federal programs dealing with veteransâ affairs.  In the 1980âs he served as an advisor for the Readjustment Counseling Services and as a member of the Native American commission on veteransâ affairs for the Veteransâ Administration.  Professor Holm also has done presentations on Native American veterans before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. 

In 2001, he was appointed to the Council of One Hundred Chiefs, Leaders, and Scholars for the American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the organization that handles the Gates Millennium and American Indian Scholarship Fund scholarships.  Visit Dr. Holm's website.

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A native Californian, C. Scott Littleton received his B.A., M.A.,and Ph.D from UCLA, and has taught anthropology at Occidental College in Los Angeles for many years. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at UCLA in 1957. In 1991 he received The Graham L. Sterling Memorial Award, given annually to a distinguished member of the Occidental College faculty. Heâs also received grants from the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation (1963), the American Council of Learned Societies (1972, 1978), the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (1983), and The American Philosophical Society (1983). In 1960-61, he was a Haynes Foundation-Town Hall Fellow.

He is considered an expert in comparative mythology and folklore, as well as in traditional Japanese culture, having lived and taught in Tokyo on several occasions. Littleton is the author of 8-9 scholarly books, including The New Comparative Mythology (3rd Edition, University of California Press, 1982), From Scythia to Camelot: A Radical Reinterpretation of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table,and the Holy Grail (paperback edition, Garland Publishing Inc., 2000), and Understanding Shinto (Oxford University Press, forthcoming), and numerous articles in professional journals.

He has also researched the mythological dimensions of the UFO phenomenon, and his article "Divine Rebels, Alien Dissidents: Does the Mythology Surrounding Lucifer, Prometheus, and the Ancient Mesoamerican Deity QuÃÂtzalcoatl Reflect a Pro-Human Faction in the 'Alien Raj'?" has appeared in UFO Magazine. He has authored one science fiction novel. His latest book, 2500 Strand: Growing Up In Hermosa Beach, California, during World War II  is scheduled for release within the next few weeks.  Visit Dr. Littletonâs website.

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]]> UFO Research Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:44:00 GMT http://warriortraditions.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=271271# klkeough@gmail.com 01:59:36 UFO's UFO research, dr c scott littleton, dr kevin keough, warrior traditions, psychjourney Dr. Kevin Keough An interview with Dr. C. Scott Littleton Clean http://warriortraditions.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=266104# Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Sifu Glen Doyle about Irish stick fighting.

Born in Avondale (Middle Arm), Newfoundland, Canada, Glen Doyle began his martial arts education at a very young age. Greg Doyle, Glen's father, was a military man who was also a marathoner and a boxer. Greg ran for Canada many times and boxed for the Canadian Armed Forces during and after the Korean War.

Greg felt his son would need the education of the fighting arts to help give him confidence and drive. At the tender age of four, Glen put on his first pair of boxing loves and began his pugilistic career. Under the strict guidance of his father, Glen continued to train for over eight years in both boxing and the Doyle family style of Irish stick fighting.

However, at age twelve, Glen startled his father with an observation about his boxing art. He told his father that although boxing was an outstanding sport for both endurance and coordination, he found it limited in its realism for street combat. Glen sat his father down and mapped out boxing limits with respect to striking and defending below the waist, and weight disadvantages.

With the support of his father, Glen decided to look for a more complete fighting art. The search took him through a sampling of the Japanese and Korean arts, and even into the military for a few years to test out its hand-to-hand combat program. Nothing seemed to make him feel complete.

Then in 1983, strictly by chance, Glen met an elderly Chinese gentleman, Mr. James Lore (Lore King Hong). Lore was a Hung Gar Gung Fu teacher at the Jing Mo Kung-Fu Club, which operated out of the Chinese Community Center of Ontario. Glen watched one class and signed up...the partnership had begun.

For the next five years, Glen trained every day for six to seven hours and moved up his club's pecking order. Though Glen was not Chinese, he threw himself totally into both his martial art and the Chinese culture and became a recognized face in Toronto's Chinatown, earning the Chinese name of Lok Siu Fung (after a figure in Chinese mythology).

Glen's next step was the competition circuit, and on his first outing he won the Eastern Canadian Championships and won a chance to compete in the Canadian National Championships, which saw teams from all over Canada and numerous teams from the U.S. The competition was fierce, but Glen emerged as the Canadian Champion, and would keep the title, until he stepped down to pursue other interests in the form of training sports teams and adopting his fighting theories to all aspects of life -- from self-defense to self-help.

Developing his and martial arts cross-training techniques, Glen went on and became the martial arts coach for figure-skating mega-star Elvis Stojko (who still works with him), ice dancers Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz,Pro-Roller Hockey teams, AHL and OHL players, soccer teams, football teams and more.

Glen now offers unique, highly effective martial arts cross-training classes and seminars specifically tailored for hockey,figure skating, running, soccer, basketball, and other sport. Using his keen ability to analyze motion and movement within sport, he takes the muscle explosion, muscle awareness, focus, breathing, power, control,and emboldening self-confidence found in the martial arts and directly applies them to each specific sport and athlete. This streamlined approach allows the athletes to reap many of the benefits of martial arts that are directly applicable to their sport without the time required for studying martial arts in the traditional manner.

Glen's style, flair, and open approach to his martial arts has landed him on the cover of numerous magazines, seen him perform at both national and international events, on television shows throughout Canada and the U.S., and even won him the prestigious honor of being the special guest performer at the historic Opening Ceremonies of the World Wu Shu Championships in 1995, held in Baltimore. It was the first time the games had been held outside Asia, and the event was to be seen by millions via satellite.

Always looking for new ways to spread his teachings, Glen accepted assignments as a fight choreographer for Cynthia Rothrock and for Canadian film and television programs. This helped him realize his potential to both teach and learn, and Glen began to set aside much of his time to explore this area. Studying film arts and screenwriting at Ryerson University and then journalism at Humber College, Glen developed new creative avenues to increase his power to teach and invent. However, he did not want to stray from the purity of his art, and he still had a drive to continue to educate and help those wishing to better themselves so Glen decided to put some of his thoughts and ideals into a book entitled The Martial Artist's Way. It is not a picture-filled "how to" book, but rather a simple set of thoughts and suggestions for those wanting to get more from their martial art or sports experiences.

Glen recently opened his own martial arts club in Milton, Ontario. The CÃad Bua Club offers traditional Kung Fu, Irish stickfighting, Sports Cross-training, as well as Theatrical Martial Arts forFilm. Contact Glen at cead_bua@yahoo.ca for more information.

Glen has made foray into the entertainment world via screenwriting. He has had three of his scripts produced within the last few years - and they have been seen at numerous international film festivals and TV networks. Look for Sometimes a Hero, The Circuit, and Circuit II at a video store near you.

Visit Sifu Glen Doyle's website.

Born in Avondale (Middle Arm), Newfoundland, Canada, Glen Doyle began his martial arts education at a very young age. Greg Doyle, Glen's father, was a military man who was also a marathoner and a boxer. Greg ran for Canada many times and boxed for the Canadian Armed Forces during and after the Korean War.

Greg felt his son would need the education of the fighting arts to help give him confidence and drive. At the tender age of four, Glen put on his first pair of boxing loves and began his pugilistic career. Under the strict guidance of his father, Glen continued to train for over eight years in both boxing and the Doyle family style of Irish stick fighting.

However, at age twelve, Glen startled his father with an observation about his boxing art. He told his father that although boxing was an outstanding sport for both endurance and coordination, he found it limited in its realism for street combat. Glen sat his father down and mapped out boxing limits with respect to striking and defending below the waist, and weight disadvantages.

With the support of his father, Glen decided to look for a more complete fighting art. The search took him through a sampling of the Japanese and Korean arts, and even into the military for a few years to test out its hand-to-hand combat program. Nothing seemed to make him feel complete.

Then in 1983, strictly by chance, Glen met an elderly Chinese gentleman, Mr. James Lore (Lore King Hong). Lore was a Hung Gar Gung Fu teacher at the Jing Mo Kung-Fu Club, which operated out of the Chinese Community Center of Ontario. Glen watched one class and signed up...the partnership had begun.

For the next five years, Glen trained every day for six to seven hours and moved up his club's pecking order. Though Glen was not Chinese, he threw himself totally into both his martial art and the Chinese culture and became a recognized face in Toronto's Chinatown, earning the Chinese name of Lok Siu Fung (after a figure in Chinese mythology).

Glen's next step was the competition circuit, and on his first outing he won the Eastern Canadian Championships and won a chance to compete in the Canadian National Championships, which saw teams from all over Canada and numerous teams from the U.S. The competition was fierce, but Glen emerged as the Canadian Champion, and would keep the title, until he stepped down to pursue other interests in the form of training sports teams and adopting his fighting theories to all aspects of life -- from self-defense to self-help.

Developing his and martial arts cross-training techniques, Glen went on and became the martial arts coach for figure-skating mega-star Elvis Stojko (who still works with him), ice dancers Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz, Pro-Roller Hockey teams, AHL and OHL players, soccer teams, football teams and more.

Glen now offers unique, highly effective martial arts cross-training classes and seminars specifically tailored for hockey,figure skating, running, soccer, basketball, and other sports . Using his keen ability to analyze motion and movement within sport, he takes the muscle explosion, muscle awareness, focus, breathing, power, control,and emboldening self-confidence found in the martial arts and directly applies them to each specific sport and athlete. This streamlined approach allows the athletes to reap many of the benefits of martial arts that are directly applicable to their sport without the time required for studying martial arts in the traditional manner.

Glen's style, flair, and open approach to his martial arts has landed him on the cover of numerous magazines, seen him perform at both national and international events, on television shows throughout Canada and the U.S., and even won him the prestigious honor of being the special guest performer at the historic Opening Ceremonies of the World Wu Shu Championships in 1995, held in Baltimore. It was the first time the games had been held outside Asia, and the event was to be seen by millions via satellite.

Always looking for new ways to spread his teachings, Glen accepted assignments as a fight choreographer for Cynthia Rothrock and for Canadian film and television programs. This helped him realize his potential to both teach and learn, and Glen began to set aside much of his time to explore this area. Studying film arts and screenwriting at Ryerson University and then journalism at Humber College, Glen developed new creative avenues to increase his power to teach and invent. However, he did not want to stray from the purity of his art, and he still had a drive to continue to educate and help those wishing to better themselves so Glen decided to put some of his thoughts and ideals into a book entitled The Martial Artist's Way. It is not a picture-filled "how to" book, but rather a simple set of thoughts and suggestions for those wanting to get more from their martial art or sports experiences.

Glen recently opened his own martial arts club in Milton, Ontario. The CÃad Bua Club offers traditional Kung Fu, Irish stickfighting, Sports Cross-training, as well as Theatrical Martial Arts for Film. Contact Glen at cead_bua@yahoo.ca for more information.

Glen has made foray into the entertainment world via screenwriting. He has had three of his scripts produced within the last few years - and they have been seen at numerous international film festivals and TV networks. Look for Sometimes a Hero, The Circuit, and Circuit II at a video store near you.

Visit Sifu Glen Doyle's website.

Guazabara's Chief Instructor,  Edgardo Perez,  has more than 28 years of training in Hapkido in both the United States and South Korea, a Full Instructor in Filipino Largo Mano Eskrima as well as being the founder and Chief Instructor of The Defense Training Institute & The World GuazÃbara Federation. Master Perez began his Hapkido training in 1979 under the Fowler Brothers in Aurora, Illinois. Perez then took his training to South Korea where he trained under Grandmaster Yu Chong Su (Chong Su Kwan Hapkido) who in turn was trained by Grandmaster Choi Yong Sool (Founder of Hapkido).

Perez is a law enforcement veteran of more then twenty years who has also been teaching Police Defensive Tactics to local, state and military personal during that time. He is a member of  Illinois Tactical Officers Association and a  charter member of The International Law Enforcement Educators & Trainers Association (ILEETA). He has conducted numerous seminars in the United States and Puerto Rico.  As a veteran with tactical and combat training, and as a police sergeant who has quelled many dangerous situations. Maestro PÃrez has reintroduced to the modern era  a realistic weapons system that can adapt to any hostile circumstances.

Honoring his Taino Warrior bloodline, Maestro Perez, who's family is from the mountains of Camuy & Lares, P.R., is also a  Nitaino-Chief of the Bramaya Tribe, Tequina (teacher) of Taino Tribal Warrior Ways and the Illinois Representative of The United Confederation of Taino People.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Maestro Edgardo PÃrez about  the Guazabara Fighting Arts & Hapkido/Warrior System.

Guazabara's Chief Instructor, Edgardo Perez, has more than 28 years of training in Hapkido in both the United States and South Korea, a Full Instructor in Filipino Largo Mano Eskrima as well as being the founder and Chief Instructor of The Defense Training Institute & The World GuazÃbara Federation. Master Perez began his Hapkido training in 1979 under the Fowler Brothers in Aurora, Illinois. Perez then took his training to South Korea where he trained under Grandmaster Yu Chong Su (Chong Su Kwan Hapkido) who in turn was trained by Grandmaster Choi Yong Sool (Founder of Hapkido).

Perez is a law enforcement veteran of more then twenty years who has also been teaching Police Defensive Tactics to local, state and military personal during that time. He is a member of  Illinois Tactical Officers Association and a  charter member of The International Law Enforcement Educators & Trainers Association (ILEETA). He has conducted numerous seminars in the United States and Puerto Rico.  As a veteran with tactical and combat training, and as a police sergeant who has quelled many dangerous situations. Maestro PÃrez has reintroduced to the modern era  a realistic weapons system that can adapt to any hostile circumstances.

Honoring his Taino Warrior bloodline, Maestro Perez, who's family is from the mountains of Camuy & Lares, P.R., is also a  Nitaino-Chief of the Bramaya Tribe, Tequina (teacher) of Taino Tribal Warrior Ways and the Illinois Representative of The United Confederation of Taino People.

Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Punong Guro Mike Schwarz about Serrada Escrima, martial arts and self defense.

In 1979 Mike Schwarz began instructing Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido(Moo Du Kwon) under Master Change Hee Jhoon.  It was thru his TKD/Hapkido training that he was able to develop unmatched body conditioning/hardening skills.  While in the military he continued training with Moo Du Kwon and obtained his 2nd and eventually 3rd Degree Black Belts.

His initial introduction to the FMA came in 1985. Upon his return from the military in 1991 he continued to study in Serra Escrima. Under Punong Guro Churk Caddell III, he achieved Pansiang Guro status. His empty hand, blade and stick/cane abilities increased under his instruction.

Most recently he obtained the status of Master Instructor level & 2nd degree Master Instructor level in the Davis/Cabales System of Escrima. Additionally, he has been asked to represent Martial Arts International & WSEF (World Serrada Escrima Federation) throughout the midwest and east coast.  He represents the ICSDA as a Combat Martial Arts instructor. Recently he was honored by becoming a member of the WMAU Board of Directors and nominated to President of the WCAU (World Combat Arts Union.)  Visit  Punong Guro Mike Schwarz's website and blog.

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Dr. Yang Jwing- Ming was born in Taiwan in 1946. He has studied Wu Su since the age of fifteen under different instructors, most notably Cheng Gin-Gsao, White Crane, Pai Huo Kao (Tao Tai Chi Chuan, Yangâs division) and Li Mao-Ching (Long Fist). His academic career is well rounded as well, as he received a M.S. degree in Physics from the National Taiwan University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1978.

He started working for Texas Instruments in Houston in 1980, founded the Yangâs Martial Art Academy in Boston in 1982, then left TI in 1984 to devote all his time to the YMAA, which has since expanded into the Yangâs Oriental Arts Association, Inc. He has published a large amount of material, most of which under Unique Publications and his own YMAA Publication Center.

  Read an article about Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and the YMAA Retreat Center by Jennifer Sexton,  published Sept 07, Inside Kung Fu magazine

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Donate to the nonprofit YMAA Retreat Center.

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Dr. Yang Jwing- Ming was born in Taiwan in 1946. He has studied Wu Su since the age of fifteen under different instructors, most notably Cheng Gin-Gsao, White Crane, Pai Huo Kao (Tao Tai Chi Chuan, Yangâs division) and Li Mao-Ching (Long Fist). His academic career is well rounded as well, as he received a M.S. degree in Physics from the National Taiwan University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1978.

He started working for Texas Instruments in Houston in 1980, founded the Yangâs Martial Art Academy in Boston in 1982, then left TI in 1984 to devote all his time to the YMAA, which has since expanded into the Yangâs Oriental Arts Association, Inc. He has published a large amount of material, most of which under Unique Publications and his own YMAA Publication Center.

  Read an article about Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and the YMAA Retreat Center by Jennifer Sexton,  published Sept 07, Inside Kung Fu magazine

 Watch the YMAA Netcast. 

Donate to the nonprofit YMAA Retreat Center.

In 1979 Mike Schwarz began instructing Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido(Moo Du Kwon) under Master Change Hee Jhoon.  It was thru his TKD/Hapkido training that he was able to develop unmatched body conditioning/hardening skills.  While in the military he continued training with Moo Du Kwon and obtained his 2nd and eventually 3rd Degree Black Belts.

His initial introduction to the FMA came in 1985. Upon his return from the military in 1991 he continued to study in Serra Escrima. Under Punong Guro Churk Caddell III, he achieved Pansiang Guro status. His empty hand, blade and stick/cane abilities increased under his instruction.

Most recently he obtained the status of Master Instructor level & 2nd degree Master Instructor level in the Davis/Cabales System of Escrima. Additionally, he has been asked to represent Martial Arts International & WSEF (World Serrada Escrima Federation) throughout the midwest and east coast.  He represents the ICSDA as a Combat Martial Arts instructor. Recently he was honored by becoming a member of the WMAU Board of Directors and nominated to President of the WCAU (World Combat Arts Union.)  Visit his website.

Grandmaster Rene Latosa has been actively teaching  the Filipino martial arts since 1968. He was strongly influenced by his instructors at the Stockton Escrima Academy in California, including Grandmaster Angel Cabales, Max Sarmiento, Dentoy Revilar and Master Leo Giron, as well as the teachings of his own father. Latosa has received full instructorship certification in the Serrada system and Cadena de Mano.  He is the only person ever to be certified in Cadena de Mano by Max Sarmiento

Rene Latosa has been teaching martial arts for over 30 years.  He has schools worldwide and teaches seminars all through the U.S. He is the first person to introduce the Filipino martial arts to Europe.

He has taught martial arts to special police tactical units on the East Coast, West Coast, special combat units within the Air Force, the California Highway Patrol, U.S. Probation Department, sheriff departments, various security firms/bodyguards and various police and special police units in Europe.  He has designed several self-defense courses for women and children.

He has several series of videos out on the market, published several books on the subject, and has been the main theme for several major martial arts magazines as well as television stories both in the U.S. and in foreign countries.  He acts as a consultant to several kick-boxing and martial arts schools in Northern California.

Grandmaster Rene Latosa has been actively teaching  the Philipino martial arts since 1968. He was strongly influenced by his instructors at the Stockton Escrima Academy in California, including Grandmaster Angel Cabales, Max Sarmiento, Dentoy Revilar and Master Leo Giron, as well as the teachings of his own father. Latosa has received full instructorship certification in the Serrada system and Cadena de Mano.  He is the only person ever to be certified in Cadena de Mano by Max Sarmiento

Rene Latosa has been teaching martial arts for over 30 years.  He has schools worldwide and teaches seminars all through the U.S. He is the first person to introduce the Filipino martial arts to Europe.

He has taught martial arts to special police tactical units on the East Coast, West Coast, special combat units within the Air Force, the California Highway Patrol, U.S. Probation Department, sheriff departments, various security firms/bodyguards and various police and special police units in Europe.  He has designed several self-defense courses for women and children.

He has several series of videos out on the market, published several books on the subject, and has been the main theme for several major martial arts magazines as well as television stories both in the U.S. and in foreign countries.  He acts as a consultant to several kick-boxing and martial arts schools in Northern California.

Latosa Escrima / Concepts is the study and development of the best concepts and strategies of many systems.  It is the idea of understanding what you do, how you do it and why it is done.  The system is an education in body control, awareness and weapon efficiency. Visit Grandmaster Rene Latosa's website.

Purchase Grandmaster Latosa's DVDs on his website.

In traditional Japanese Ryu there are no belts to represent promotions, and Hiroshi Yachigusa did not believe in awarding certificates to denote achievement. Though not his custom, in 1989 he granted Gary Moro to the rank of Kyoshi (instructor).

During his martial arts career, Kyoshi Moro has also studied various other martial arts, including Karate, Judo, Kenpo, Arnis, and two forms of Kung Fu. Though he has over 30 years of training in the martial arts, he still considers himself a student of them. Always interested in learning new information, Gary Moro continues to attend numerous martial arts seminars each year, exposing himself to different arts, philosophies, and martial technique.