INSTRUCTORS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

ANTHONY ADAMS

IS A MARTIAL ARTIST FROM ROCK ISLAND ILLINOIS. HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES IN OMNI SU CHINESE BOXING UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF A STUDENT OF SIJO CHRIS JENKINS. ANTHONY HAS CONTINUED HIS STUDIES BY TAKING UP JKD, FMA, SILAT, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN KICKBOXING SYSTEMS STUDYING WITH THE LEGENDARY DAN INOSANTO. HE IS A STUDENT OF AND CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR UNDER DDT FOUNDER TIM BECHERER

JOHN ARDEN – JOHN ARDEN IS A LOS ANGELES AREA BASED MARTIAL ARTIST – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

RICHARD BENNETT

RICHARD BENNETT IS A STUDENT, TEACHER, AND RESEARCHER OF THE MARTIAL ARTS. HE’S BEEN BLESSED TO BE PART OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MARTIAL ARTS LINEAGES OF THE PAST 100 YEARS: THAT OF SIJO BRUCE LEE, GURO DAN INOSANTO, AND SIFU LARRY HARTSELL UNDER THE OUTSTANDING TEACHING OF TIM BECHERER AND MANY OTHERS. AS THE SAYING GOES “TO HE WHO IS GIVEN MUCH, MUCH IS EXPECTED.” 

HIS GOAL IS TO TRAIN STUDENTS IN THE MARTIAL WAY, NOT SO THEY CAN PERPETRATE VIOLENCE, BUT INOCULATE THEMSELVES AGAINST IT.

RICHARD PLANS TO START CLASSES IN RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA SOON AND EXTENDS AN OPEN INVITATION TO JOIN HIM.

MARK EVELEIGH – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

DAN FORCEY

DAN FORCEY’S MARTIAL ARTS JOURNEY BEGAN AT AGE 6, STUDYING TANG SOO DO AT THE LOCAL YMCA UNDER MIKE WHITE, EARNING HIS BLACK BELT IN THAT ART AT THE AGE OF 12.
DAN CONTINUED TO DABBLE IN MARTIAL ARTS, STUDYING KALI UNDER GURO SHAWN ZIRGER AND GURO LEE MCDERMOTT, MUAY THAI UNDER KRU GEORGE TONEY AND OTHERS BEFORE FOCUSING HIS TRAINING ON FENCING FOR MANY YEARS. DAN WON NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS DURING HIS TIME FENCING, BECOMING ONE OF THE TOP-RANKED SABRE FENCERS IN THE WORLD AT AGE 20. LATER, HE WOULD TURN THOSE SKILLS INTO A CAREER AS A STUNTMAN AND FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER.

DAN RETURNED TO MARTIAL ARTS IN MARCH 2015 WHEN HE BEGAN STUDYING AT THE INOSANTO ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS IN MARINA DEL REY WHERE HE QUICKLY GRAVITATED TO THE TEACHING OF SIFU TIM BECHERER AND HIS DDT METHODS AND PHILOSOPHIES. DAN RECENTLY EARNED HIS BLACK BELT IN THE FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS UNDER GURO DAN INOSANTO AS WELL AS GETTING HIS INSTRUCTORSHIP CREDENTIALS UNDER GURO DAN INOSANTO. DAN NOW CONSIDERS HIMSELF KNOWLEDGABLE ENOUGH TO START LEARNING. HE IS IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED HIM REACH THIS POINT AND HOPES HE CAN MAKE THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE HIM PROUD AS HE CONTINUES HIS JOURNEY.

DANA GRILIKHES – DANA IS A MEMBER OF THE DDT BOARD BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

DAVID HEARST

IS THE OWNER AND HEAD INSTRUCTOR OF CONTROL MARTIAL ARTS. HE HAS BEEN TRAINING IN THE MARTIAL ARTS SINCE 1989.  OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES, HE’S BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO STUDY UNDER SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE INSTRUCTORS. ADDITIONALLY, DAVID IS ALSO A DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC WITH A LICENSE TO PRACTICE ACUPUNCTURE. WHEN NOT TEACHING EVENING GROUP CLASSES, DAVID SPENDS HIS DAYS EITHER SEEING PATIENTS OR DOING PRIVATE LESSONS IN THE MARTIAL ARTS.

DAVID HOLDS INSTRUCTOR/COACH RANK IN THE FOLLOWING SYSTEMS:
MKG INTERNATIONAL MARTIAL ARTS  –  INSTRUCTOR RANK UNDER SIFU RICK FAYE
KALI & JEET KUNE DO – INSTRUCTOR RANK UNDER GURO DAN INOSANTO

DDT MARTIAL ARTS – INSTRUCTOR RANK UNDER TIM BECHERER
MUAY THAI KICKBOXING – INSTRUCTOR RANK UNDER AJARN CHAI SIRISUTE
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU – BLACK BELT UNDER PROFESSOR ROY HARRIS
COMBAT SUBMISSION WRESTLING – COACH RANK UNDER  SENSEI ERIK PAULSON

NICK LANZA – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

BRANDON MANCUSO – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

DARREN MORGAN

SIFU/SENSEI DARREN FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN MARTIAL ARTS AT THE AGE OF 9 WHEN HE BEGAN STUDYING WADO RYU KARATE. AFTER COMPLETING HIS FINAL EXAM UNDER SHIHAN VERNON BELL (THE FATHER OF THE BRITISH KARATE MOVEMENT), HE WENT ON TO STUDY SEVERAL DIFFERENT SYSTEMS INCLUDING KICKBOXING, WING CHUN, AND OTHERS.

HAVING READ THE WORKS OF BRUCE LEE IN HIS TWENTIES, DARREN THEN BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN JEET KUNE DO. AFTER MOVING TO CALIFORNIA, DARREN FOCUSED ON JKD, TRAINING AT THE INOSANTO ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS WITH SIFU DAN INOSANTO AND SIFU YORI NAKAMURA.

UPON HEARING THAT SIFU/GURO TIM BECHERER HAD CREATED DOBLE DOS TATSULOK MARTIAL ARTS, DARREN WAS EAGER TO JOIN AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE ORGANIZATION. AS A LOING TIME STUDENT AND TRAINING ASSOCIATE OF TIM BECHERER, SIFU DARREN WAS EAGER TO IMPLEMENT THE STRUCTURED LEARNING AND SYLLABUS OF DDT INTO HIS STUDENTS EDUCATION AT HIS OWN SCHOOL, THE INTERCEPTING COMBAT ARTS ACADEMY.

ALONG WITH HIS QUALIFICATIONS IN JKD, SIFU DARREN IS ALSO A PURPLE BELT IN BJJ, RANKED BY PROFESSOR CHRIS HAUETER AND A CERTIFIED MEMBER OF THE COMBAT BASE CLUB. HE IS ALSO A KARATE BLACK BELT UNDER THE AMERICAN KARATE ASSOCIATION WHICH CERTIFIES HIS KARATE STUDENTS.

HE CURRENTLY TEACHES KARATE, JKD, FMA, & GRAPPLING TO KIDS, TEENS, AND ADULTS AT THE INTERCEPTING COMBAT ARTS ACADEMY IN WOODLAND HILLS (HOSTED BY TEAM KARATE CENTER). AS A PROUD MEMBER OF DDT, ALL OF HIS STUDENTS ARE CERTIFIED IN THE ARTS OF KICKBOXING, FMA, AND JKD BY SIFU/GURO TIM AND TRAINED UNDER THE DDT PROGRAM.

DARREN IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE CLASSES IN WEST LA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT HIM AT: INTERCEPTINGCOMBATARTS@YAHOO.COM

BEA NGUYEN – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

DIEM NGUYEN

SIFU/COACH DIEM NGUYEN IS THE FOUNDER AND HEAD INSTRUCTOR OF INTEGRATED COMBAT SYSTEMS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SIFU NGUYEN IS A FAYETTEVILLE NATIVE AND IS A UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS ALUMNI.
SHE HAS OVER 32 YEARS OF MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE AND SIFU STILL TRAVELS THE GLOBE TO FURTHER HER MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING AND EDUCATION. IN HER LAST 22 YEAERS AS AN INSTRUCTOR, SHE HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT FOR MARTIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRADITION, AND EDUCATION. SHE HAS HAD THE PRIVLEGE OF TEACHING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS – HELPING THEM ON THEIR PATHS TO GAINING KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES IN THEIR LIFELONG STUDY OF THE  MARTIAL ARTS. HER MISSION IS TO ENDURE THAT THE TRUE ESSENCE AND CULTURE OF THE MARTIAL ARTS ARE PASSED ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

SIFU DIEM’S EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDE:
– JEET KUNE DO INSTRUCTOR CREDENTIALS UNDER SIFU FRAN POTEET-JOSEPH, SIFU DAN INOSANTO, SIFU LADELL ELLIOT, AND SIFU TIM BECHERER
– FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS CERTIFICATIONS: LAKAN GURO UNDER GURO DAN INOSANTO, LEVEL IV INSTRUCTOR IN ARMAS DI MANO ESKRIMA, APPRENTICE INSTRUCTOR LEVEL III IN IHAN KALI-SILAT-KRABI KRABONG UNDER GURO TIM BECHERER
– KUN KRU IN WTBA MUAY THAI
– LEVEL 3 APPRENTICE INSTRUCTOR IN AYAMA BAN KICKBOXING UNDER KRU/SAYA TIM BECHERER

– RANKING IN SAVATE UNDER PROFESSOR NICOLAS SAIGNAC
– BLACK BELTS IN OKINAWAN KENPO AND JAPANESE JU JITSU
– ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN CAMBODIAN PRADAL SEREY, WING TSUN, AND THE MAJAPAHIT MARTIAL ARTS
– FORMER BOARD MEMBER WITH NWA CENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
– 18 YEARS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
– FEDERAL LEO FIREARMS & DEFENSIVE TACTICS INSTRUCTOR

JACOB NORDIN – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

DANIEL PARK – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

MICHAEL PEREZ

MIKE PEREZ IS A MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR WHO RUNS HIS SCHOOL, DNA MARTIAL ARTS, OUT OF TOLEDO OHIO. WITH HIS UNIQUE APPROACH HE CALLS (D)IRECT (N)ON-(C)LASSICAL .HE HAS BEEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS SINCE 1992, STUDYING VARIOUS ARTS SUCH AS JEET KUNE DO, THE FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS, WING CHUN, MUAY THAI, SHURI-RYU KARATE, BOXING, AND GRAPPLING ARTS. HE IS AN ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR UNDER SIFU DAVID AND SIFU LINDA HATCH. HE IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE LEVEL INSTRUCTOR UNDER GURO DAN INOSANTO.

VINCENT PHAM –  BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

RICK RAY

RICK RAY BEGAN HIS MARTIAL ARTS CAREER IN 1972 . THROUGHOUT THE 70’S HE STUDIED SHAOLIN AND HUNG GAR KUNG FU, TAE KWON DO, AND KAJUKENPO KARATE.

HE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BEGIN HIS  JKD TRAINING IN THE MID 1980’S THROUGH SEMINARS WITH DAN INOSANTO, RICHARD BUSTILLO, AND LARRY HARTSELL. HE BEGAN TRAVELING TO VARIOUS SEMINARS WITH THESE INSTRUCTORS AS MUCH AS HE COULD, MORE FREQUENTLY WITH SIFU LARRY HARTSELL AS SIFU LARRY’S APPROACH SEEM TO PERSONALLY RESONATE WITH HIM.

OVER THE YEARS HE TRAINED EXTENSIVELY IN JUN FAN/JKD, KALI/ESCRIMA, AND SILAT, TRAINING AS WELL AS  WITH DR. MASAAKI HATSUMI, EVENTUALLY EARNING THE RANK OF 10TH DEGREE BLACK BELT AND THE TITLES OF SHIDOSHI AND SHIHAN.

HE ALSO TRAINED FOR NEARLY A DECADE WITH SHOTO TANEMURA OF THE GENBUKAN AND KOKUSAI JUJUTSU RENMEI AS WELL AS OTHER TEACHERS WITHIN THE GREATER FAMILY TREE OF THE TAKAMATSU-DEN LINEAGES.

AFTER 43 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS STUDY WITH MANY TRIPS TO JAPAN, HE FOUNDED HIS OWN SYSTEM OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE NINPO/BUDO BASED ON THE ANCIENT LINEAGES OF HIS STUDIES TAUGHT IN A MODERN CONTEXT FOCUSED ON REAL FIGHTING ABILITY: JISSENKAN NINPO BUGEI RENMEI.

A LIFELONG BUDDHIST WITH STUDIES IN ZEN, TENDAI SHU, AND SHUGENDO, MR. RAY IS A FULLY ORDAINED TIBETAN TANTRIC BUDDHIST NGAKPA YOGI.

BRANDON RYAN – BIOGRAPHY  COMING SOON

ROBERT RYAN – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

ATTICUS TODD – ATTICUS TODD IS A MEMBER OF THE DDT BOARD – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

AJ VAIMAN

BEGAN HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING AT THE INOSANTO ACADEMY IN 2019. AT AGE 13 HE INITIALLY STARTED IN THE LITTLE DRAGONS CLASS. HE ALSO TOOK UP PRIVATE LESSONS WITH SIFU TIM BECHERER. WHEN HE TURNED 14 HE MOVED INTO THE ADULT CLASSES AT THE INOSANTO ACADEMY AS WELL AS CONTINUING WITH THE LITTLE DRAGONS CLASS.

EVENTUALLY HE WAS TRAINING 5 TO 6 DAYS PER WEEK IN JKD, FMA, SILAT, MUAY THAI, AND BJJ AS WELL AS HELPING THE KIDS CLASS. IN 2023 HE RECIEVED HIS INSTRUCTOR CREDENTIALS IN JKD AND FMA FROM GURO DAN INOSANTO AS WELL AS BECOMING AN INSTRUCTOR IN DDT MARTIAL ARTS.

HE ALSO RECENTLY STARTED WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR IN THE UCLA MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS. IN EARLY 2025 HE RECIEVED HIS INSTRUCTOR CREDENTIALS IN THUT TI LETHWEI FROM SAYA WIN ZIN OO.

NATASHA VAIMAN

BEGAN HER STUDIES AT THE INOSANTO ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS IN 2019 AS A PRIVATE STUDENT OF TIM BECHERER. AFTER A SHORT TIME SHE BEGAN TAKING GROUP CLASSES AND FOUND HER LOVE FOR MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING A DEDICATED STUDENT, SHE CONTINUED WITH TRAINING 5-6 DAYS PER WEEK AND PRIVATE LESSONS AS WELL.

IN 2023 SHE RECEIVED HER INSTRUCTORSHIP CREDENTIALS FROM TIM BECHERER IN DDT MARTIAL ARTS AND GURO DAN INOSANTO IN JKD/JUN FAN MARTIAL ARTS AND THE FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS. IN 2025 SHE ALSO RECEIVED HER INSTRUCTOR CREDENTIALS IN THUT TI LETHEI FROM SAYA WIN ZIN OO.

SCOTT YUSAH – BIOGRAPHY COMING SOON

MIKE YUSKIW

MIKE’S HUMBLE MARTIAL ARTS BEGINNINGS STARTED IN MARYLAND, JUST OUTSIDE WASHINGTON D.C. AT A LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER. TOMPKINS KARATE ASSOCIATION TAUGHT KARATE AT EVERY COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE AREA. OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, MIKE WOULD TRAIN AT MORE THAN SEVEN SCHOOLS, LOOKING FOR THE BEST IN OLYMPIC TAE KWON DO. AFTER FINALLY AGREEING TO TAKE HIS BLACK BELT TEST, MIKE WENT ON TO FIND A JEET KUNE DO INSTRUCTOR, AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

THE TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL TAE KWON DO TO MORE OF A MODERN KICKBOXING STYLE WAS AS FUN AS IT WAS CHALLENGING. MIKE TRAINED WITH GURO/SIFU MIKE KRIVKA, A SENIOR INSTRUCTOR UNDER GURO DAN INOSANTO, STARTING IN 1996.  MIKE WAS ABLE TO MEET AND TRAIN WITH OTHER INSTRUCTORS LIKE RIGAN MACHADO, ERIK PAULSON, BURTON RICHARDSON, FRANCIS FONG, AND GURO DAN INOSANTO IN THE ARTS OF JEET KUNE DO, FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS, SILAT, SAVATE, MUAY THAI, SHOOTO, AND BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU.

ADDITIONALLY, MIKE HAS BEEN A CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, HE IS ALSO FLUENT IN MANDARIN AND LIVED IN BEIJING FOR 5 YEARS. HE HOLDS A FIRST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO AND KRAV MAGA, A THIRD DEGREE IN THE PREMIER MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEM, AND IS AN ASSOCIATE INSTRUCDTOR LEVEL 1 UNDER SIFU/GURO TIM BECHERER.

MIKE CURRENTLY LIVES IN AIKEN, SOUTH CARONLINA AND CAN BE REACHED DIRECTLY AT 240-616-5810 OR michaelyuskiw@gmail.com