Richard Ryan Fact Sheet
Founder of Dynamic Combat™
Richard Ryan is one of the worlds'
foremost authorities and masters of reality-based martial arts, combative
weaponry
and self-defense. He is the founder of Dynamic Combat™,
a highly scientific martial art system, regarded as one of the most
realistic
and effective fighting
arts in the world. A lifelong martial artist with over 35 years of
experience and more than 25 years as an teacher, Master Ryan is renowned
for
his knowledge and scientific understanding of reality fighting arts,
and his exceptional mastery of hand-to-hand and interpersonal weapons
combat.
General Achievements
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- President and CEO of Ryan Defense Systems, Inc.
- Founder
of the Martial Art of Dynamic Combat™
- Creator of Tactical
Defense Training™, Tactical Weapons Training™ systems,
and Quick Defense™ Personal Protection Programs
- Owner, Publisher
and Editor in Chief of Real Combat Online, RCO Magazine – www.RealCombatOnline.com
- Owner of Reality Video and producer of highly
acclaimed Dynamic Combat™ Training tapes
- Author of the best selling book, Master of
The Blade on the art and science of knife fighting. www.paladin-press.com
- Featured
on the cover of Black Belt magazine and other martial
arts magazines
- Black Belt magazine writer and columnist
- Featured on numerous television
and news programs on martial arts and personal safety
- Designed and
taught courses in combat for stage and screen – Impact
Studios/SCC
- Actor and stuntman appearing in film, television,
radio and commercials
- Former Certified United States Protective
Service Agent Professional Bodyguard, Badge #4804
- Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Executive Board Member
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Awards
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- Samurai Award, Ifojj Legion of Honor, 2005
Martial
Arts University
- Combat Martial Arts Founder of the Year 2004
United
States Martial Arts Hall of Fame
- Most Distinguished Grandmaster of the Year 2004
Universal
Martial Arts Hall of Fame
- Founder of System Award – The Art of Dynamic
Combat, Ging Kuen-Do, 2004
Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame
- Master of the Year – Self Defense,
2003
Universal Martial
Arts Hall of Fame
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Martial Arts
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- Master Instructor Dynamic Combat™ Training
Academy, Phoenix, Arizona
- Third Degree Black Sash Wing Chun Gung Fu
- Chinese Weapons Master
Instructor
- 1st Degree Black Belt, Chinese Kenpo Karate
- 5th Degree Black Belt, Kakugo Jiu Jitsu, 2005
- Jun Fan Boxing/Jeet
Kune Do Full Instructor, Certified 2003
- American Combat Kickboxing
Instructor
- International Wing Chun Federation (I.W.C.F.) Instructor
of the Year, 1979
- American Freestyle Grappling Club Coach of the
Year, 1986-87
- Founded the Gladiator Club™ of Arizona – a
full contact kickboxing club
- Chinese Iron Palm/Lin Gung Master Instructor
- Team Leader Southwest
Chinese Kung Fu Demonstration Team
- Chief Instructor Arizona Gung
Fu Academy
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Law Enforcement |
- Trainer of S.W.A.T. and special operations
teams
- State of Arizona certified Law Enforcement/Defensive
Tactics Instructor – first
civilian in Arizona to be certified an Arizona Peace Officer’s
Standards and Training (AZPOST) General Instructor
- Former Member
of the AZPOST Defensive Tactics Subject Matter Expert Committee
- Former Use of Force Technical Training Advisor for AZPOST
- AZPOST
Certified High Risk Vehicle Stop Instructor and Officer Survival
Instructor
- Author of the majority of the AZPOST Defensive Tactics
and Impact Weapons Training Manual currently used by all law
enforcement agencies
in Arizona
- Arizona Law Enforcement Advisory Council (A.L.E.A.C.)
Advanced Defensive Tactics Instructor
- Court appointed
expert witness in the use of edged weapons and law enforcement
defensive tactics
- American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET)
Law Enforcement Trainer
- Designer of Southern Arizona
Law Enforcement Training Academy's (S.A.L.E.T.A.) Edged Weapons
Officer Survival
Program
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Firearms and Other Weapons |
- Former Gunsite Academy instructor and designer of the
original Edged Weapons and Integrated Force Tactics programs
for Gunsite Academy, Inc.
- Certified United States Marksmanship Academy (U.S.M.A.)
Firearms and Expedient Weapons Instructor
- Firearms, Hand-To-Hand
And Impact Weapons Instructor for Accuracy Control Systems,
Inc. (A.C.S.) Academy
- Certified ASP/ Impact Weapons Instructor
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Other Skills |
- American Boxing
- American Kick Boxing
- Tae Kwon-Do
- Ch’in Na (Chinese Grappling)
- H’sing i Gung Fu
- Hung Gar Kung Fu
- European Fencing (Foil And Saber)
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- American Catch Wrestling
- Tai Chi Chuan
- Aikido
- Shotokan Karate
- Stick and Staff Fighting
- European Long Sword
- Italian Foil/Spada
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