I have been studying martial arts for nearly 39 years, the past 20 directly under Soke Tony Ball. Prior to that I was a senior student of Billy Manne Soke for 18yrs the last 5 as Uchi Deshi. I have studied and graded in multiple styles amd disciplines and have run my own full time Dojo since 1998 and have been teaching in my family dojo, Soke Billy Mannes’ since I was 10 years old. I am graded to Godan under Soke Tony Ball and Fudoshin Weapons Master in which there are only 6 of us in the world.