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Indiana Martial Arts Academy
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Biography SENSEI-GURO CORY 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 Systema. 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. He continues to run a small training group in Muncie as well as teach 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... Editor's Note: Mr. Ballinger and one of his students visited my school and I must say that I was very impressed! He is a genuine and unassuming person with a real passion for his art. He is very honest and open. We talked about how his art differs from other "traditional" arts in that it is "combative" rather than simply defensive. Hopefully he will elaborate on that for us soon! |