Soke Ronald F Balas, Judan

  

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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 - CANADA
1998
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 - Canada
1998
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 Arts
 
6 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 2002
 2002
46 AWARDED: International Circle of Masters & Grandmasters,
Hall of Fame Achievement Awarded title of Martial Arts Professor 2002
 2002
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
     
     
     
     

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