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YMCA Martial Art School: Karate Do Academy This information was graciously provided by Sensei Ballinger. Website www.KarateDoAcademy.com (This link is currently [10-1-2006] not working. Let me know if it continues to be a problem.) Location Muncie YMCA - Downtown at the corners of Mulberry and Howard Streets Instructors Head Instructor: Sensei Jay Dotson Assistant: Guro Cory Ballinger Style - Hard American Tae Kwon Do and Karate. Classes Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00pm to 7:00pm Adults and Children Tournaments Yes or No? No information. Ratio of Children to Adults 50/50? No information. Testing Fees How much/How often? No information. Tuition How much? No information. Family Discount? No information. Contract Yes/No? How long? No information. Other Costs Uniforms, etc? No information. Instructor Certifications Mr. Dotson is Chief of Security at Ball Memorial Hospital and a Reserve Sergeant for the Muncie City Police Department. In addition to his rank of 5th degree (Godan) black belt, his accomplishments and certifications include: * Certified Law Enforcement Instructor - ILEA (Indiana Law Enforcement Academy) * Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings - Instructor's Course - New Mexico Tech/Center for Domestic Preparedness * Authorized Weapons of Mass Destruction Instructor - US Department of Homeland Security * SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) - Delaware County * Certified Pressure Point Control Tactics Instructor - ILEA * Community Emergency Response Team - Instructor * Certified Ground Fighting/ Officer Survival Instructor - ILEA * Contact Weapons Defense and Control Instructor - ILEA * Hostage/ Crisis Negotiator - FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) * Indiana Association of Hostage/ Crisis Negotiators * Bombs & Explosive Devices Recognition - Indianapolis Police Academy * Response to Terrorism - FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) * Cultural Awareness Instructor - International Association of Chiefs of Police * Critical Incident Stress De-Briefing - American Red Cross * Hazardous Materials Instructor - 1st Responders In addition to teaching at the YMCA, Mr. Ballinger runs a small training group in Muncie as well as teaches his form of Martial Arts to local law enforcement officers and correctional officers and other black belts in other systems, styles, disciplines. In 2005 Mr. Ballinger became a Reserve Police Officer and now works part time for a local police department. This has allowed him to become far more familiar with Police Tactics and teach local law enforcement empty hand and weapons based training. He states, that he'll train till the day he dies. * Black Belt under Tim Armstrong * Second Degree Black Belt under Ralph White * Phase 1 Instructor Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Ogle * Third Degree Black Belt under Carl Jackson * Established Indiana Martial Arts Academy of Muncie, IN * Fourth Degree Black Belt under Carl Jackson * Fourth Degree Black Belt Equivalent in Kali-Silat under Guro Bruce Ogle Biographies Sensei Dotson: Sensei Jay Dotson began training in martial arts at the age of 16 at the old YMCA (formerly located at the corner of Adams and Jefferson Streets) in Muncie, Indiana, where he studied Korean Tae-Kwon-Do under the instruction of Steve Van Camp. In 1990 he began studying under Carl Jackson (Jackson's Karate Institute), a well-known instructor and state champion in Kumite (1980), and received his black belt in 1994. After receiving his black belt Sensei Dotson moved on to also study Bushi-Jiu-Jitsu, Eskrima/Contact Weapon Defense, Kali, and numerous other areas of defense in direct relation to his law enforcement career of more than 20 years. In February of 2003, Sensei Jay Dotson opened the Karate Do Academy at the Muncie Family YMCA (now at the corners of Mulberry and Howard Streets) which quickly grew from three students to seventeen in less than 6-months. In addition to learning karate, students at the Karate Do Academy learn a wide-variety of empty hand techniques for self defense plus weapons, sticks, and more. Sensei Ballinger: Mr. Ballinger had started his training by the young age of 14. His initial contact with martial arts came when he joined Armstrong's Karate Dojo in Selma, IN. He and his brother trained under Mr. Tim Armstrong from 1985-1991. As he went up the rank system under Mr. Armstrong he was crossed trained in several systems like Muay Thai, French Savate (kickboxing), Filipino Kali-Eskrima, and Indonesian Pencak Silat as well as Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, and of course Karate-TaeKwonDo, as it was sanctioned under the U.S.K.A. at that time. Mr. Ballinger's initial introduction to the F.M.A. (Filipino Martial Arts) was with Guro Bruce Ogle head of the Indiana Kali-Silat Academy of Indianapolis, IN. Mr. Ballinger immediately took to what Guro Ogle had to offer and ran with it, later training with many great F.M.A teachers such as Guro Dan Inosanto, Remy Presas, Herman Suwanda, Leo Gage, George Dillman and many others. Upon leaving Mr. Armstrong's Karate Dojo in 1991, Mr. Ballinger continued to train and study and preserve the F.M.A as much as possible, later on making contact with Al Mckluckie and Kim Satterfield in Fort Wayne, IN where he learned and studied Inayan Serrada Eskrima, and Russian Systems. Later, he moved back to Muncie after several years away and hooked up with Guro Mike Casto of Louisville, KY (www.impactacademy.com). Mr. Ballinger has attended many seminars over the years. Recently Mr. Ballinger has re-connected with his first teacher, Guro Bruce Ogle. He is now under the umbrella of his teacher, has been given permission to teach, and has the honor of Guro status. |