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• Over 48 years of Martial Arts Study and Research in Europe, Japan, Korea and the USA
•  Member of the World Head of Family Sokeship Council
• Soke – Head of System – Aiki Tora Ryu Aikido
• 8th Dan Jujutsu
• Guro Lima Sayoc Arnis-Escrima-Kali (5th Dan)
• Lakan Apat 4th Dan Impaf Kombatan
• Kati Bayan - Expert Level Black Belt - Arnis
• 4^th Dan Black Belt Iaido
• Gold Coast Hall of Fame Diamond Life Achievement Award 2004
• Gold Coast Hall of Fame Legend Award 2005
• Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame Grandmaster of the Year Aiki Tora Ryu Aikido 2004

International Martial Arts Hall of Fame awards:

• International Grandmaster Aiki Tora Ryu Aikido 2004
• International Grandmaster of the Year – Self Defense 2003
• Distinguished Grandmaster Aiki Tora Ryu Aikido 2002
• Millennium Grandmaster Instructor of the Year 2000
• Grandmaster Instructor of the Year 1999
• Golden Life Achievement Award for 1998
   
• World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Weapons Expert 1994
• Who’s Who in American Martial Arts 1987
• Deputy Director - Police Tactics Instructors of America
• Member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers
• Certified Instructor: Police Self Defense Instructor International
• Senior Instructor: Tactical Edged Weapons for Law Enforcement And Military -Common Sense Self-Defense - Street Combat

• Member of the American Academy for Russian Martial Arts and Combat Skills

• Member of the Police Martial Arts Association of Canada
• Florida Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award - 2004
• Florida Hall of Fame Diamond Award – 2003
• Florida Hall of Fame Grandmaster of the Year – 2002
• Florida Hall of Fame Awarded Founder/Pioneer 2001
• London, England International Hall of Fame - 2006 Excellence in the Martial Arts Award

I began my training in 1956, at age 12, at the West Tampa Boys Club. My teachers were Cabrera and Maley in the Arts of Judo and Jiujitsu. In 1960 I joined the US Navy and I was stationed in Damneck, Va. I was assigned to shore duty. In early 1962 I began my training in Taekwondo until I was discharged in late 1964. In 1965 I began training in the Art of Shotokan. Later I continued to train in TKD with Carroll Mooneyhan, a well known competitor from the ranks of Jhoon Rhee. In 1970 I began training with teachers Mark Smith and James Wilson, in TKD and Shotokan Karate. During this same time period, I was training with my Mentor Grand Master Douglas Grose in Jiujitsu, Karate, Iaido, and Kobudo. In the span of 52 years in the martial arts I have had the pleasure of training with many great instructors. Currently I have been continuing my training in Taekwondo, Holsinsul, Yusool, and Yudo, with Kentucky's Legendary Grandmaster, Robert L. Sheroan, at Sheroan's Taekwondo and Iaido Academy. I am currently the Iaido and Kobudo instructor at Sheroan's Academy. I have been teaching in the Southeast and Southcentral regions since 1968.

Professor Alice Rogers:

Professor Alice Rogers is a veteran of almost 40 years in the martial arts and is the highest ranking woman in MAUSA Yudo. Professor Rogers has extensive training in the martial arts, having earned multiple black belts.

Professor Rogers was competing well into her 40's often giving up more than 20 years to her opponents.  Having recently celebrated her 83rd birthday, Professor Rogers has been advised by her physician not to take falls anymore. But that doesn't stop her training. She still gets on the mat at every opportunity and teaches martial arts every chance she gets.

When asked about her martial arts training, Professor Rogers said "Martial arts have given me years of pain and pleasure, joy and tears. I wouldn't trade any of these experiences for anything in the world. I'm looking forward to another 80 years in the martial arts."

Grandmaster Lunsford began his martial arts training in the summer of 1961 and has been teaching since 1974.  His early training included Shotokan Karate and Judo under Ichiro Nakagawa and Kyung Ho (Ken) Min, among others.  Grandmaster Lunsford spent nine years in law enforcement and for a time served as firearms instructor for the N.E. Ga. Police Academy.  Grandmaster Lunsford was inducted into the U.S.A. Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2004 and was featured in the 1987 edition of “Who’s Who in American Martial Arts”.   Grandmaster Lunsford teaches Aikido as well as several other martial arts at Itto Martial Arts & Fitness in Athens Ga.  He is currently training under Grandmaster Neal Hummerstone out of Orange City FL in aikido and Hanshi Larry Beard and Professor Patricia Hill in Yudo/Jujitsu.

Professor Smith is a highly decorated combat veteran with over 20 years in the Special Forces.  He has over 30 years in the Martial Arts and has won many Judo titles.  Professor Smith has training in judo, yudo, boxing, karate, kick boxing, wrestling, kendo and fencing.

Professor Smith has taught combatives to military, police and protection personnel literally around the globe.   He has a degree from the University of Memphis in education and has instructed in Martial Arts at all levels from recreational programs, military application and college teams.  He was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to coach/manage the U.S. team to the World College Games in Beijing China. 

As a competitor he has won several national championships and three world championships.

Mr. Ken Blumreich has been active in the martial arts since 1990. He began studying Kyuki-Do and Judo under Master Lloyd Holden in Janesville, Wisconsin, serving as an assistant instructor for several years, and eventually moving to Athens, Georgia to open his own studio in 2000.  He joined MAUSA in 2007 after merging his existing studio with Itto Self Defense under Grandmaster James Thomas Lunsford.

While his primary art is Kyuki-Do, Mr. Blumreich also trains in Judo (studying under Master Lloyd Holden, Grandmaster Larry Beard and Sensei Phil Tomporowski), Hapkido (studying under Master Lloyd Holden and Grandmaster Ken Ok Hyung Kim) and Yoshukai Karate (under Sensei Dr. Erik Hofmeister). He currently trains and teaches around fifteen hours each week, and travels around the country to attend and participate in various martial arts clinics, seminars, promotions and other events.

Mr. Blumreich’s martial arts philosophy is that the primary responsibility of any instructor is to develop the spirit, the character, and the moral fiber of students in addition to cultivating their physical abilities. 

Further information is available at the AKF Itto Martial Arts website, www.akfitto.com.