“My personal mission is to lead a life centered on the principles of integrity, service, excellence and empowerment.  To remember what’s important in life is contribution, happiness, purpose, personal growth and development of talents.”

-Mark S. Gridley

Formal Martial Study since 1988

5th Degree Black Belt Combat Hapkido (Chon Tu Kwan Hapkido)

Certified Master Instructor Combat Hapkido

5th Degree Black Belt Ryukyu Kempo Tode-Jitsu

Master Instructor Dillman Karate International 

Kyusho-Jitsu Kenkyukai Sensei

Korea Ki-Do Association and World Ki-Do Federation 3^rd Dan Certification

Combat Hapkido Seminar Leader 

Director of the ICHF Anatomical Targeting Strategies (ATS) Program

4th Degree Black Belt Israeli Kavanah

4th Degree Black Belt World Survival Hisardut

Kavanah Instructor Certification

1st Degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do (Kukkiwon)

International Police Defensive Tactics Institute Faculty

Certified Military Combatives Instructor

Certified Ground Survival Instructor

Certified TaiJi Qigong Instructor (Peng You Taiji Quan)

Defense-Ability Instructor

Director of the IDSA Ground Survival Program

American Kickboxing/Karate Instructor

2008 IAMA Hall of Fame Inductee

2006 World Karate Union Hall of Fame Inductee

2006 Action Magazine International Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee

2005 BUDO International Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee

2004 WHFSC International Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee

Specialized training in:

Knife, Blunt Weapon and Gun Disarming, Defensive Knife and Stick, Cane, Ground Survival, Pressure Point Applications & Professional Self Defense Instruction 

Affiliations:

International Combat Hapkido Federation-Vice President

Dillman Karate International-Affiliate School

International Police Defensive Tactics Institute-Licensed Instructor

International Disabled Self Defense Association-WI State Director

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee-College of Health Sciences - Department of Human Movement-Academic Faculty

International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA)- Member

Humane Defensives Consortium-Member

International Kavanah Federation-Charter Member

Independant Tae Kwon Do Association-Member

World Martial Arts Alliance- Lifetime Member

Cane Masters International Association-Member

Tony Blauer’s Self-Defense System-Member

Military Combatives Association- Lifetime Member

Other Arts of Interest:

 Studied with no ranking or professed proficiency

but as an ongoing journey in the Arts

 Jeet Kune Do                   Russian Martial Art-Systema               Chu Fen Do

Indonesian Kuntao Silat              Chinese Kenpo             Small Circle Jujitsu  

Arnis/Kombatan                         Tai Chi Chuan                             Qi Gong 

Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu                       Mixed Martial Arts                      Kiai-Jitsu