AUTHORIZED MBC TRAINERS

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The following is the complete list of authorized MBC instructors and study group leaders. It includes all instructors and study group leaders who have ever been officially authorized to share MBC. Instructors claiming to teach MBC, CBC, or their related systems who are not included on this list have not been formally recognized or endorsed by MBC or Michael Janich.

Please note that some people on this list, although fully authorized, do not actively teach MBC or have chosen not to maintain currency in it. To find an instructor or study group leader near you who is actively sharing MBC and is maintaining an up-to-date skill set, please refer to the MBC Instructor Locator on the Contact page of this web site.

Certified Instructors:

  • Thayne Alexander

  • James Allen

  • Wayde Allen

  • Jeff Boss

  • Robert Boston

  • Adam Boyce

  • Thomas Cole

  • Robby Cook

  • Steven DeArmond

  • Christopher Doner

  • Marc Durant

  • Linden Evans

  • Ernest Flores

  • Jonathan Forsythe

  • Marc Galli

  • Uli Gebhard

  • Paul Harris

  • Seth Hendrickson

  • Eric Herzog

  • Paul Hunter

  • Keith Jennings

  • Eric Kaltenborn

  • Thomas Leake

  • Martin Lee

  • Bob Lemmons

  • Rhonda Lent

  • Vince Luke

  • Louis Massaro

  • Eric Mayes

  • Bryan McKean

  • Imri Morgenstern

  • Peter Oliveri, Jr.

  • Aaron Parr

  • Jesse Pollock

  • Kristopher Rhodes

  • Al Rieman

  • Michael Rigg

  • Tim Romanik

  • Steven Schneider

  • Fionn Sheerin

  • Alex Sholomisky

  • Jim Stolz

  • Kevin Vasconcellos

  • Rick Wallace

  • Jimmie Wessell

  • Matt Zavakos

Associate Instructors/Recipients of Certificates of Proficiency:

  • Robin Allen

  • David Bain

  • Todd Baldridge

  • Tim Ball

  • Brooks Betts

  • Marc Bonar

  • Kieran Britt

  • Tim Broderick, Jr.

  • Andrew Carpinelli

  • Jason Child

  • Kaeli Clark

  • Dave Cooley

  • Nicolas Daugeron

  • Andy Feltovich

  • Rich Fitzgerald

  • Robert Fox

  • Benjamin R. Geary

  • Brandon Gilbert

  • Kurt Golgart

  • Mark Gridley

  • Harold Hamilton

  • Erik Haw

  • Jon High

  • Chris Hildreth

  • David Holloway

  • Scott Hugues

  • Tyler J. Irvine

  • Don Jones

  • Andy Keyworth

  • Harold Kramer

  • Cath Lauria

  • Damian Lauria

  • Howard LaVine

  • David Mayo

  • Keith E. McDonald

  • Jeff Norman

  • Patrick Nyffeler

  • Jonathan Old Horse

  • Robert Palleschi

  • Trevor Park

  • Rocky Patel

  • Gene Potocki

  • Lawrence Pritchard

  • Giovanni Purpura

  • Dan Rheaume

  • Michael Savage

  • Hauke Schulz

  • Keiichiro Shiraishi

  • Jeremy Shive

  • Katie Smith

  • Wayne Smith

  • Karl Swass

  • Edward Swiatek

  • Chip Szyfer

  • David Vasconcellos

  • James Vise

  • Alex Voisard

  • Patrick Welch

  • Dariel Williams

  • Jessica M. Wilson

  • Jonathan Yurco

  • Mickey Yurco

Affiliate Instructors

The following Affiliate Instructors of MBC—many already talented instructors of other martial disciplines—have demonstrated an exceptional understanding of the MBC system and have earned my trust to share the MBC and guide others in their training. Some, as noted, have also passed rigorous physical testing to earn Certificates of Proficiency.

  • Brian Ambros

  • Rebecca Anderson

  • Calvin Blanchard

  • Josef Borbas

  • Sean Carter

  • Michael Chamberland

  • Mike Christensen

  • Francois Daneau

  • Ron Dial

  • Murad El Massry (Certificate of Proficiency)

  • Douglas Farmer

  • Jay Fujimoto

  • Daniel Galich

  • Christopher Hall

  • Daniel E. Hasbrouck

  • Naohiro “Hiro” Hayashi

  • Tamara Heller

  • D. Thane Jensen

  • Tetsuya Kamioka

  • John Kline

  • Damon Lusky

  • Dell Manantan

  • Christian Mikula

  • Gemez Norwood

  • Leonard Ochart (Certificate of Proficiency)

  • Treyson Ptak

  • Alan Purpura

  • Jonghwan Rhee

  • Charles Rives

  • Jack Roman

  • Mirko Ruggeri

  • Mario Santizo

  • Wolfgang Seidel

  • Horst-Dieter Stadler

  • Robert Turnage

  • Blaine Vachon

  • Dan Vigil

  • Eric Vinson

  • James Wilson

  • Michael Wolhfert

  • Patrick Wolfe (Certificate of Proficiency)

Study Group Leaders

Study Group leaders are advanced students of MBC who have demonstrated an exceptional understanding of the MBC system and have earned my trust. They guide the training of other aspiring MBC practitioners through study groups and are an excellent source of information and training opportunities in the MBC system.

  • Mark Anthony

  • David Beger

  • Jason Bergemann

  • Blue Buchanan

  • Jason Wade Bugg

  • Andrew Crepea (Certificate of Proficiency)

  • Matt Elliott

  • Dirk Foster

  • Francis Garcia

  • Star Gibbs

  • Tristan Gonzales

  • Tim Holter

  • Peter Honigmann

  • Niko Huffman

  • Mikko Lindevall

  • Christian Maine

  • Matt Nizzi

  • Ben Nueman

  • Trent Praytor

  • Sean Rome

  • Jon Skubis

  • Ryan Simmons

  • Ken Takahashi

  • Edmund Tan

  • Mihaly Tatar

  • John Wright

  • Yancy Jencsok