Chief Instructor Jamey D. Olsen (J.D.) is a highly motivated, focused, and driven martial artist. J.D. fully understands the meanings of dedication, loyalty, honor, and mission accomplishment. He has executed successful seminars, designed many successful martial art programs and trained many different types of people from kids to forward deployed military members from the United States and our allies in hand to hand combat.
During his junior and high school years J.D. earned Black Belts in Tae Kwon Do and Shorei-Ryu Karate.
After graduating high school, J.D. entered the United States Air Force where he has led teams on explosive ordinance detection and chemical warfare units. He was also put in charge of vital tasks where he supervised and coordinated teams on projects that were in direct link to the President of the United States requiring top-level security.
Desiring to learn Aikido from its place or origin J.D. volunteered to take a military assignment to Tokyo, Japan. While there for almost a decade, J.D. earned Black Belts in Combative Aikido, Jui-Jitsu Submission Fighting, and Combative Weapons under MAU Director A.J. Weimer. J.D. has been featured in the Armed Forces Network T.V. stations overseas and has also been featured in military newspapers around the world for his accomplishments with martial arts within the U.S. armed forces community.
J.D. has taught hand-to-hand combat, aggressor neutralization, to U.S. Military Police, Japanese Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Military Special Operations members. With over 25 years of experience, J.D. is a professional martial artist. He has also developed a new style of karate called Combative Karate which teaches karate but also incorporates the basics of trapping, joint locks, submission, grappling as well as weapons.
In 2006, J.D. received his second degree black belts in Combative Aikido, Combative Weapons, Jui-Jitsu Submission Fighting, and Zembujitsu Total Fighting Concepts, all certified under the United States Martial Arts Association. Currently J.D. holds six second degree Black Belts and one first degree Black Belt. Also J.D. is the head instructor for Martial Arts Unlimited in the United States. He is presently a member of the Progressive Martial Arts Association, the Martial Arts Unlimited Association, the American Martial Arts Association, and the United States Martial Arts Association.
J.D. is also a volunteer for the questions and answers service Allexperts.com. J.D. has answered over 150 questions on various martial arts and self-defense subjects and is now labeled as the "TOP EXPERT" in that subject.