Roy Jerry Hobbs

Began Martial Arts in 1958 

Occupation:

• Colonel (Retired), United States Air Force

Education:

• Master of Arts, Health Care Administration, Central Michigan University 

• Master of Arts, Personnel Management, Central Michigan University 

• Bachelor of Arts, History and Education, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

• Associate in Applied Science, Air Traffic Control, Community College of the Air Force

• Certified Bodyguard, International Bodyguard Association (ID No. 3100)

• Certified Bail Enforcement Agent, National Enforcement Agency (Control No. 1606), & National Institute of Bail Enforcement

• Certified Armed Security Officer, State of Illinois

Significant Martial Arts Grades:

• Judan Hanshi, Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do and Kobudo, Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Seidokan Kyokai, Okinawa

• Judan, Karate-Do, All Japan Seibukan Martial Arts Association, Japan

• Hanshi, Goju-Ryu Karate-Do, All Japan Seibukan Martial Arts Association, Japan

• Judan Hanshi and Menkyo Kaiden, Ju-Jutsu, All Japan Seibukan Martial Arts Association, Japan

• Judan Hanshi, Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do and Kobudo, International Karate Kobudo Federation, U.S.A.

• Menkyo Kaiden, KoKoDo Ju-Jutsu, KoKoDo Renmei, Japan

• Kudan Hanshi, Seidokan Karate Kobudo, All Okinawa Seidokan Karate Kobudo Association, Okinawa 

• Hachidan Hanshi and Menkyo Kaiden, Ryoi Shinto Ryu Ju-Jutsu, Ryoi Shinto Kai, U.K. and Ireland 

• Hachidan, Goju-Ryu Karate Kenpo, Okinawa Goju-Ryu Karate Kenpo Renmei, Okinawa

• Hachidan Hanshi, Iai-Jutsu, All Japan Seibukan Martial Arts Association, Japan

• Shihan Menkyo, Ryukyu Dento (Goju-Ryu & Shorin-Ryu) Karate-Do, Hamabaru Rensei Kai, Okinawa

• Shihan Menkyo, Hakko-Ryu Ju-Jutsu, Hakko Juku Hombu, Japan

• Godan, Goshin Budo (Ju-Jutsu), Seishinkai Goshin Budo Union, Japan

• Advanced Instructor, Close-Quarter-Battle (Unarmed Combat, Knife Fighting, and Bayonet Fencing), Jim Shortt's Combat Training Team, U.K.

Martial Arts Leadership Positions:

• President/Founder, Sekai Dentokan Bugei Renmei (World School of Traditional Martial Arts Federation)

• President, International Bodyguard Association - North America (Great Lakes Bureau)
• Senior Combatives Instructor, International Law Enforcement Training Agency - U.S.A. Branch
• Member, Board of Directors, All Okinawa Seidokan Karate Kobudo Association, Okinawa
• Kaicho (Outside Okinawa & Main Islands of Japan), Seidokan Karate Kobudo Shihan-Kai, Okinawa
• Member, Executive Board, International Karate Kobudo Federation, U.S.A.
• Senior Advisor, American Goshin Budo and Kobudo Kai, U.S.A
• Patron, Alfred Kleinschwarzer's Kun-Tai-Ko International Association of Budo / Seiwakan, Germany
• Chief Instructor for the U.S.A. (1983-1990), Lucien Victor Ott's Defense-Security Group, Belgium 
• Instructor (1984-1986), Taiho-Jutsu (Police Self-Defense, Arrest and Restraint, and Baton Techniques/Applications), Force Training School, Headquarters, Suffolk Constabulary, England
• National Officer for the U.S.A. (1996-1997), International Bodyguard Association, Ireland