Soke Ronald F Balas, Judan
Military: United States Army, Korea 1951-1952
USA INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT HALL OF FAME 1992 INTERNATIONAL KARATE CLUB, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA 1993
USA INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT HALL OF FAME 1995 WORLD HEAD OF FAMILY SOKESHIP COUNCIL INDUCTION 1996
WHFSC INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR 1996 WHFSC INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR 1997
GOLDEN DRAGON AWARD INTERNATIONAL: (GREECE) 1997 WORLD KARATE UNION HALL OF FAME 1998
WORLD JUG-TAI SOCIETY: (Founders) (Europe) 1998 WHFSC GRANDMASTER GOLDEN LIFE ACHIEVEMENT 1998
INTERNATIONAL FREE STYLE MARTIAL ARTS ORGANIZATION:
DIRECTOR/ GRANDMASTER - CANADA1998 USA INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT HALL OF FAME: (Advisory Board; Ohio State Representative) 1998
Millennium Grandmaster by WHFSC 2000 Title of Soke awarded by World head of Family Sokeship Council
Founders Certification by World Head of Family Sokeship Council Founders Certification by World Jug Tai Society
Founders Certification by EUSAIMAA Soke of Tai Shin Doh Certification by WHFSC
Soke of Tai Shin Doh Certification by EUSAIMAA Soke of Tai Shin Doh Certification by World Jug Tai Society
Grandmaster Instructor Recognition by
International Freestyle Martial Arts Organization - Canada1998 Director: Police Martial Arts Association - Canada 1998
Grandmaster Instructor Certification by EUSAIMAA 1999 International Grandmaster Certification by EUSAIMAA 2000 Presented 7th Dan , Taekwondo - MOO DO WON USA 2000 Member: World Martial Artists Association, Germany 2001 Member: International Aiki Tora Ryu Aikido 2002
1. FOUNDER: The United States Martial Arts Association: (Ohio) 1968 2 FOUNDER: Tai-Shin-Doh Karate 1966 3 DIRECTOR: Tai-Shin-Doh Karate 4 HOLDER: Judan/Soke Tai-Shin-Doh 5 BEGINNING: 36th consecutive year of teaching Martial Arts:
50+ Years: Practicing Martial Arts6 TRAINED: coached over 3500 students for competition at Local, Regional, State, Inter-State, National and International levels 7 DIRECTED: Training for more than 11,000 students during Karate career 8 STUDENTS: Have won 200 Team Awards and more than 1500 trophy's and medals in past 10 years, 9 GUEST INSTRUCTOR: U.S. Army Special Forces (Res.) 10 ADVISORY: Tai-Shin-Doh, South Eastern United States: Headquarters, St. Petersburg, Florida 11 ADVISORY: Tai Shin Doh, Western United States, Headquarters, Los Angeles, California. 12 ADVISORY: Tai Shin Doh, Cambridge, England, UK 13 CHAIRMAN: Lake Erie AAU Karate Association, 1985 - 1986 14 PRESIDENT: Lake Erie Judo/ JuJitsu Yudan Shikai 1972 15 FEATURED: Black Belt Magazine, September 1977 16 INTERNATIONAL: Judge and Referee 17 STATE Representative: Region #1 Eastern United States Martial Arts Association 18 TAI SHIN DOH: listed in "The Martial Arts Sourcebook" (Corcoran, J. -- Harper Perennial) 19 ESTABLISHED: Martial Arts programs for Persons of Special Needs 20 ESTABLISHED: Martial Arts programs for Persons with physical impairments 21 ESTABLISHED: Self Defense (personal safety) programs for local area Senior Citizens 22 ESTABLISHED: Martial Arts programs in area Public and Private School systems as part of Physical Education 23 LAW Enforcement Training Instructor, Cleveland, Ohio 1972 24 FORMER: Radio and Television Talk Show host and guest, major networks on Self Defense and Karate 25 CURRENTLY: Director Martial Arts programs Public School Systems
26 DESIGNATION: SOKE (founder) International honor from World Sokeship Council - WHFSC 1996 27 INDUCTED: International (European) Martial Arts Club, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA 28 MEMBER: World WHFSC SOKE Grandmaster Council 29 MEMBER: World WHFSC Grandmaster Hall of Fame 30 MEMBER: U.S.A. International Black Belt Hall of fame 31 AWARDED: Grandmaster of the Year, WHFSC World Sokeship Council 1997 32 AWARDED: Golden Dragon Award International, Official Book of Styles, Published, Arta, Greece 1997 33 MEMBER: World Jug-Tai Society of Acknowledged Heads and Founders of International Karate Styles 1998 34 AWARDED: World Head of Family Sokeship Council, Golden Life Achievement Award 1998 35 AWARDED: World Karate Union International Black Belt Hall of Fame International Grandmaster Instructor of the Year Award 1998 36 MEMBER: World Daito Ryu Aiki Ju Jutsu USA 37 AWARDED: International Grandmaster of the Year; EUSAIMAA Black Belt Hall of Fame 1998 38 FEATURED: CHUAN NEWS: International Magazine of the Martial Arts, European edition. ARTA, GREECE 39 AWARDED: The 2000 Millenium Medal of Honor; The American Bibliographical Institute: The United States of America 40 FOUNDER : KIDS KARATE WORLD www.kidskarateworld.com 41 AWARDED: Millennium Grandmaster by World Head of Family Sokeship Council: 2000
2000 42 AWARDED: Diamond Crystal Award of Knowledge by USA International Black Belt Hall Of Fame 2000 43 AWARDED: Most Distinguished Grandmaster, by WHFSC 2001 44 Police Martial Arts Certification through WHFSC, Orlando, Florida 2001 45 AWARDED: International Circle of Masters & Grandmasters
Hall of Fame Achievement, Educator of the Year 20022002 46 AWARDED: International Circle of Masters & Grandmasters,
Hall of Fame Achievement Awarded title of Martial Arts Professor 20022002 47 PRESENTED: USA INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT HALL OF FAME Pewter International Award of Excellence 2001 2001 48 PRESENTED: INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, WORLD HEAD OF FAMILY SOKESHIP COUNCIL 2002 2002 49 PRESENTED: USA INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT HALL OF FAME INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMAT 2002 50 Inducted: Ohio PKC Black Belt Hall Of Fame 2003 51 Awarded Grand Patriarch by the World Head Of Family Sokeship Council 2004 52. Awarded: Humanitarian Award USA International Black Belt Hall of Fame 2004
