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Richard Post   3-Shields/Sam Pai Kenpo

Mark Puthuff is an 8th degree black belt under Grand Master Dave Hebler. Mr. Puthuff is the founder of the Modern Budo Martial Arts School. The American Budo System has a foundation that is rooted in American Kenpo Karate with blended concepts and principles from Jujitsu, Aikido, and Grappling. Puthuff has combined the various training principles to create a very effective, modern, and proven combat system. This balanced approach incorporates the joint manipulation, leverage, striking, and submission techniques. The training focuses on a high level of competency based delivery to the student regardless of their level of experience. Mr. Puthuff has taught over five thousand students during the past two decades.

In addition to teaching martial arts, Mr. Puthuff is also a recognized subject matter expert, certified instructor, proctor, and adjunct faculty member who has trained well over 7,000 law enforcement and the military students in Arrest & Control, Tactical Survival, Use of Force, Impact Weapons, Ground Control, Lifetime Fitness, and Tactical Communications.

Since 1988 Puthuff has been a law enforcement professional working a variety of specialty assignments. Puthuff worked his way up through the ranks to the executive level leadership positions. Puthuff is currently the Chief of Police for the City of Fort Bragg, located on the beautiful Mendocino Coast in Northern California.

Mark Puthuff is a former competitive medalist in state and national bodybuilding and martial arts competitions. Mr. Puthuff has a Bachelor of Arts in Management and a Master of Arts in Public Sector Leadership from Saint Mary’s College in Moraga CA. He is a graduate of the Los Angeles Police Department West Point Leadership Program and the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Mr. Puthuff and his wife Linda have almost 50 years of combined law enforcement experience. Mark and Linda have been teaching fitness, self defense, and personal safety techniques to a multitude of audiences.

The Puthuffs offer fitness boot camps, group/individual self defense instruction, specialized defensive tactics, ground control, personal safety courses, and personal fitness training. Puthuff has a specialized exercise program “Body by Storm” which is an explosive endurance workout. In addition, they also teach dynamic confrontation simulation training. They are available for seminars, specialized training session, and specialized consultations. They will have their “Body by Storm” DVD available for purchase soon.