MILITARY: United States Army, Korea 1951-52

• EUSA International Karate Black Belt Hall of Fame 1992
• WHFSC International Grandmaster Hall of Fame (USA)
• WHFSC World Head of Family Sokeship Council
• International Karate Club, St. Petersburg, Russia 1993
• WHFSC International Grandmaster of the Year 1996
• WHFSC International Grandmaster of the Year 1997

• Golden Dragon Award International 1997 (Greece)
• World Karate Union Hall of Fame 1998
• World Jug-tai Head Society 1998 (Europe)
• WHFSC Grandmaster Golden Life Achievement Award 1998
• Tai Shin Doh Grandmaster
• International Free Style Martial Arts Organization Director/ Grandmaster (Canada 1998)
• 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
• 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
• Grandmaster Instructor Certification by EUSAIMAA
• Featured in WHFSC, "The World's Martial Arts Elite" Volume I, 2000

In my forty plus years in Martial Arts, I have also spent more than thirty years as a Professional Educator and Family and Children Case Work Professional. My professional Counseling career included assignments in the Public Sector of Human Services with Families and Children. For nearly a decade, I was the Director of planning and development for human services, which included educational, career counseling, and recreational services sponsored by the Police Athletic League for youth at risk, in Cleveland, Ohio.

I have served as Adjunct Lecturer on Child Development, and "Youth at Risk," in Departments of Psychology and Sociology at several Colleges and Universities in Northern Ohio. I served on the first Drug and Chemical Dependency Initiative Program for Youth in the Greater Cleveland Area, and for two years was Host of a "crisis intervention," talk radio program serving youth in Northern Ohio. I am a recipient of the National Commander's Award of Disabled American Veterans (of America) for my work with Vietnam area veterans and effects of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome on Families and Children.

I have spent the majority of my professional years associated with Youth Serving Institutions with planning and implementing of educational programming and innovative leisure time recreational activities for Youth. Finally, I worked for ten years in Private Practice specializing in Human Services to Families and Children. I currently serve on several Boards of major Public Sector Institutions serving "Special Needs" adults and children.

In addition to public sector service and my professional academic life, I am the Karate and Martial Arts Director in Recreation and Continuing Education Departments of three major suburban Cleveland area School Systems.

RONALD F. BALAS, MARTIAL ARTS HIGHLIGHTS

MAJOR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY: TAI-SHIN-DOH Karate

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: Hanshi, Tai-Shin-Doh
5. BEGINNING: 33rd consecutive year of teaching Martial Arts
6. 40+ Years: Practicing Martial Arts
7. TRAINED: coached over 3500 students for competition at Local, Regional,
   State, Inter-State, National and International levels
8. DIRECTED: Training for more than 12,000 students during Karate career
9. STUDENTS: Have won 100 Team Awards and more than 900 trophies and medals since 1991
10. GUEST INSTRUCTOR: U.S. Army Special Forces (Res.)
11. ADVISORY: Tai-Shin-Doh, South Eastern United States: Headquarters, St. Petersburg, Florida
12. ADVISORY: Tai Shin Doh, Western United States, Headquarters, Los Angeles, California.
13. ADVISORY: Tai Shin Doh, Cambridge, England, UK
14. CHAIRMAN: Lake Erie AAU Karate Association, 1985-86
15. PRESIDENT: Lake Erie Judo/JuJitsu Yudan Shikai, 1972
16. FEATURED: Black Belt Magazine, September, 1977
17. INTERNATIONAL: Judge and Referee
18. STATE Representative: Region #1 Eastern United States Martial Arts Association
19. TAI SHIN DOH: listed in "The Martial Arts Sourcebook" (Corcoran, J. -- Harper Perennial)
20. ESTABLISHED: Martial Arts programs for Persons of Special Needs
21. ESTABLISHED: Martial Arts programs for Persons physically challenged
22. ESTABLISHED: Self Defense (personal safety) programs for local area Senior Citizens
23. ESTABLISHED: Martial Arts programs in area Public and Private School systems as part of Physical Education
24. LAW Enforcement Training Instructor, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972
25. FORMER: Radio and Television Talk Show host and guest, major networks on Self Defense and Karate
26. CURRENTLY: Director Martial Arts programs Public School Systems
27. DESIGNATION: SOKE (founder) International honor from World Sokeship Council; WHFSC 1996:
28. CERTIFICATE: European International Martial Arts Club, 1995
29. MEMBER: World WHFSC SOKE Grandmaster Council
30. MEMBER: World WHFSC Grandmaster Hall of Fame
31. MEMBER: Eastern United States International Karate Black Belt Hall of Fame
32. AWARDED: Grandmaster of the Year, 1997 WHFSC World Sokeship Council
33. AWARDED: Golden Dragon Award International, 1997 Official Book of Styles, Published, Arta, Greece
34. MEMBER: World Jug-Tai Society of Acknowledged Heads and Founders of International Karate Styles, 1998
35. AWARDED: World Head of Family Sokeship Council, Golden Life Achievement Award: (Over 40 years in Martial Arts) 1998
36. AWARDED: World Karate Union (International Black Belt) Hall of Fame; International Grandmaster Instructor of the Year Award,1998
37. MEMBER: World Daito Ryu Aiki Ju Jutsu, USA
38. AWARDED: International Grandmaster of the Year; Eastern United States International Black Belt Hall of Fame, 1998
39. FEATURED: CHUAN NEWS: International Magazine of the Martial Arts, European edition, Arta, Greece
40. AWARDED: the 2000 Millennium Medal of Honor the American Biographical Institute: the United States of America
41. FOUNDER: KIDS KARATE WORLD
42. MEMBER: Advisory Board, Police Martial Arts Association, New Brunswick, Canada